Summer Death Olympics by bufbot

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made by bufbot for LD27 (JAM)
10 seconds before you die !

Multiplayer game with keyboard but you can of course use any key mapper you want.

Each 10 seconds the last sprinter explode !

Our twitter account: @Bufbot @Yaffare

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 2.61 506
Audio(Jam) 2.50 389
Fun(Jam) 2.38 491
Graphics(Jam) 2.77 432
Humor(Jam) 2.41 289
Innovation(Jam) 2.33 518
Mood(Jam) 2.21 504
Theme(Jam) 2.67 473

Feedback

CogentInvalid
26. Aug 2013 · 02:14 UTC
The sound when the race ends is a little too loud, but overall a good game.
Rabbits...
26. Aug 2013 · 02:27 UTC
I didn't have a second player, but it was entertaining to play myself.
OldPeculier
26. Aug 2013 · 02:46 UTC
Totally great concept and theme. Not much fun for one player though.
Waave
26. Aug 2013 · 02:47 UTC
The runners' graphics are neat.
dmastergames
26. Aug 2013 · 02:48 UTC
Good Game
Snail_Man
26. Aug 2013 · 02:49 UTC
Not bad, although I'm not entirely sure I understood it.
Still, a fun party game.
flamecow
26. Aug 2013 · 02:50 UTC
There's not much to dislike with this game. Simple and enjoyable. The one thing that I do dislike is that loud sound at the end. Kinda spooked me!
Angrycrow
26. Aug 2013 · 02:51 UTC
I didn't have another person to play with! Aww.
Beerman
26. Aug 2013 · 03:01 UTC
Single player experience is a bit limited, but I can see it being a fun game to play with a group of friends.
Steve
26. Aug 2013 · 03:27 UTC
Needs AI runners! Cool though. "Loser" sound is a little grating.
L0gicaL1nsanity
26. Aug 2013 · 03:53 UTC
Interesting...was a lot more fun multiplayer than single player. I feel it would be good to add bots or something
Ramon Imbao
26. Aug 2013 · 03:54 UTC
Fun!
isharacomix
26. Aug 2013 · 04:10 UTC
It would probably be more fun if I was playing with others, but it's still an awesome game! The background details are a nice touch, too. :)
Tetha
26. Aug 2013 · 04:15 UTC
The single player experience is indeed rather limited, and I'm a bit confused why there is such a slowdown (for me) in the middle of the race.

But overall, well done.
Empyrealhell
26. Aug 2013 · 04:26 UTC
This is about as simple as it gets. Not a lot going on here, so not much to rate, really. The graphics lacked cohesion, there were sprites of different resolutions which really broke up the feel. I would have liked to see more from it, maybe power ups or lane changing, anything to make it more than just a button tapper.
Jishenaz
26. Aug 2013 · 04:41 UTC
I played single-player, but I can tell that the multiplayer would be great. This game exercises my hand!
Tork
26. Aug 2013 · 04:57 UTC
Like the others say, its not so fun playing solo but the idea is good.
SteveSalmond
26. Aug 2013 · 05:30 UTC
Pretty cool - I think I would need to play with a friend or two to get the full experience though. Nice one! :)
Reaperguy
26. Aug 2013 · 08:10 UTC
Well, alone it's boring, but with more players it's quite good
🎤 bufbot
26. Aug 2013 · 11:07 UTC
I corrected the sound, hope it'll be good for you guys, thanks for commenting as it was our first game ever we are glad that some of you liked it !
Kaldrick
26. Aug 2013 · 11:14 UTC
Fun little idea, reminds me of old NES games ;)
matthias_zarzecki
26. Aug 2013 · 12:44 UTC
Nice faux 3d-models!
Yaffare
26. Aug 2013 · 13:44 UTC
Thanks for your feedback, it's really nice. We probably are going to get back on it to finish and add some features, like powers up.
superfoonly
26. Aug 2013 · 14:32 UTC
it felt like hitting the buttons was not influencing the game, the sprites were just slowly moving across the screen on their own
BradleySmith
26. Aug 2013 · 15:11 UTC
Very enjoyable. :)
ratalaika
26. Aug 2013 · 16:17 UTC
good job
SpiralCodeStudio
26. Aug 2013 · 17:03 UTC
Haha, fun!
zedutchgandalf
26. Aug 2013 · 19:17 UTC
The concept and graphics are nice, but this could really do with some kind of AI so that there are always 4 runners :) (even a very basic one would be nice)
gikdew
26. Aug 2013 · 19:31 UTC
Go runners, Go! REally enjoy it!
tripleVisionGames
26. Aug 2013 · 19:49 UTC
I used to love games like this on my Spectrum. Aaaah those were the days. Anyway, well executed and nice graphics too
aquilicoco
26. Aug 2013 · 20:56 UTC
nice game
Diogo Muller
26. Aug 2013 · 23:32 UTC
It's certanly a multiplayer-only game. Pretty fun to play with someone else, needs AI players for single player.
davisan
27. Aug 2013 · 02:44 UTC
Good game! I miss those old sport games! :D An IA would be great too!
megashroom
27. Aug 2013 · 04:09 UTC
Heh, nice game.
It would be cool to have some AI racing with you to illustrate the concept, but it was overall fun and visually appealing.
patrickgh3
27. Aug 2013 · 04:32 UTC
I bet this would be a lot of fun with a large group!
Anachron
27. Aug 2013 · 06:46 UTC
Nice sense of humour, it would great to see some AI!
Lightmare Studio
27. Aug 2013 · 07:54 UTC
A decent game! :D
FireZenk
27. Aug 2013 · 08:28 UTC
The multiplayer on 1 keyboard is nice
udo
27. Aug 2013 · 09:01 UTC
I played three people at once - I won! :-D
That was a fun retro experience, reminds me of the Olympics games for C64
infernet89
27. Aug 2013 · 09:24 UTC
Really nice addition to racing game, i loved the graphics of background!
Nerlin
27. Aug 2013 · 11:04 UTC
Interesting concept. But i don't understand controls, what should i press?
Still cool game.
🎤 bufbot
27. Aug 2013 · 11:30 UTC
@Nerlin it depends on the numbers of players, you have to press one touch then the second one, by default it's : arrow left + arrow right for player 1, A + B for player 2, Y + U for player 3, F + G for player 4. We didn't had time to include possibility to change the controls :(
RetroEpic
27. Aug 2013 · 13:36 UTC
not very fun single player, I think it would be better if there were different rhythms you had to tap instead of just left right the whole time. maybe the first 10 meters it's lr then it's llrr, then llrllrr something like that could be more interesting
🎤 bufbot
27. Aug 2013 · 13:39 UTC
@RetroEpic yeah that's true that we could have done better on that side, and even add AI, but the good thing is that we learned a lot for our very first game from scratch and we plan to maybe finish it to just learn even more. Thanks for the feebacks !
Xgor
27. Aug 2013 · 18:50 UTC
Really needs a more thought out single player. Could be fun with a group probably.
dancingflame
27. Aug 2013 · 19:23 UTC
Single player mode needs more polish, but overall a nicely crafted game :)
fgielow
27. Aug 2013 · 20:45 UTC
The idea it self needed more work. The concept is good, but i think you should work more in the game experience. but congratulations for ending the game.
flod
27. Aug 2013 · 21:34 UTC
reminds me on california games! ohhh the good old times! +1 for the multiplayer feature!
panurge
27. Aug 2013 · 22:56 UTC
Cute nostalgic style and fun simple gameplay. Just needs some computer controlled runners. Good work!
namrog84
27. Aug 2013 · 23:21 UTC
Was it just the 1 sport? not really the Olympics if just a sprinting game?
Ailin
28. Aug 2013 · 10:04 UTC
Fun game, very "retro".
xrm0
28. Aug 2013 · 11:16 UTC
In single player it's not much fun and I (maybe it's me) find that in certain point in the race, the runner slows down.
Sebastian
28. Aug 2013 · 15:08 UTC
This looks like it would be a lot of fun with a bunch of friends!
Xatulu
29. Aug 2013 · 06:03 UTC
What is there to say about that, didn't dislike anything, was fun and good!
kristof
30. Aug 2013 · 22:50 UTC
Simple, but nice little game. Was fun to play with two hands. My right hand won :D
TobiasW
31. Aug 2013 · 15:05 UTC
Interesting take on the theme! You might've implemented some computer enemies - like most people here, I play and rate the games alone.
Diptoman
31. Aug 2013 · 17:31 UTC
I like the graphics for the game. I tried out 4 player mode just to check if there were different sprites for all of them and was pleasantly surprised. :)
This is not as fun in single player though, but I can imagine this being one of the mini games in a party game collection.
Good job!
Pinktreeleaf
31. Aug 2013 · 17:49 UTC
simple, but congrats on making a multiplayer game in a jam, also the graphics emulate nes graphics beautifully.
GeorgeBroussard
31. Aug 2013 · 21:46 UTC
Nice effort. Not fun playing solo, really.
jprogman
09. Sep 2013 · 23:03 UTC
The controls seems to become unresponsive as I continue to play the game. I'm not sure if that's just me. Nice little concept you got.
Yaffare
13. Sep 2013 · 22:11 UTC
@Jprogman No I thing you are right. We missed something about the resetting of the variables.
Ossi
16. Sep 2013 · 04:47 UTC
Simple and neat retro art style. Good job!
porglezomp
16. Sep 2013 · 23:45 UTC
The single player version is practically pointless, but playing against myself was a bit more interesting, I don't really like button spammers though.