Highway 00101 by r3d5

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made by r3d5 for LD26 (JAM)
A low-res cruise game. Avoid collisions with traffic without the use of breaks.

There are only three inputs, all on the arrow keys.

Up Arrow - Accelerates car on Press. You car will deaccelerate when not pressed.
Right Arrow - Merge to right lane.
Left Arrow - Merge to left lane.


The song used is BIT8, by daftgamer2
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/330916

Ratings

Coolness 42% 1485
Overall(Jam) 3.28 222
Audio(Jam) 3.53 93
Fun(Jam) 3.16 171
Graphics(Jam) 3.58 183
Humor(Jam) 2.63 162
Innovation(Jam) 2.36 443
Mood(Jam) 3.21 189
Theme(Jam) 3.28 264

Feedback

MisterMagnus
29. Apr 2013 路 15:24 UTC
OMG! It's pretty good, what is the song's name?
馃帳 r3d5
29. Apr 2013 路 16:44 UTC
@MisterMagnus BIT8, by daftgamer2
馃帳 r3d5
29. Apr 2013 路 16:45 UTC
@MisterMagnus And Thank you! That means a lot! :D
dvdking
29. Apr 2013 路 18:05 UTC
Graphics are great. I find gameplay rather boring... you just drive and drive, nothing happens. It would be great if there were more gameplay elements.
馃帳 r3d5
29. Apr 2013 路 18:53 UTC
@dvdking ya I can see that. I'll be making the difficulty increase sooner. Might be too much of a cruise when you start out.
onzephyr
29. Apr 2013 路 20:00 UTC
Liking the visuals and the music. clean and well executed. got a zen like pacing after a while.
glocks
29. Apr 2013 路 20:00 UTC
Very awesome aesthetics! I loved weaving through traffic and seeing how far I could get with max speed (furthest I've gotten is 5 miles :I )
TaleLore
29. Apr 2013 路 22:14 UTC
Loved the jumps.
argo15
29. Apr 2013 路 22:14 UTC
That game was sick, damn I like that song.
psychomonster
29. Apr 2013 路 22:16 UTC
Like the Shader-GFX and the landscape setup. Super nice straight forward minimal racer. like that
fullmontis
29. Apr 2013 路 22:18 UTC
The music is CATCHY! I found myself to play while bobbing my head :)
The gameplay is nice but becomes boring rather fast...
FaBrito
29. Apr 2013 路 22:18 UTC
Great work on the theme, guys! 5 star for certain!
Wouldn't mind having the speedometer on the top of the screen instead of the car trunk, though... hehe
Missed some evolution on difficulty, despite the pedal to the metal for the whole trip.
Nice music! ;)
Lianne Booton
29. Apr 2013 路 22:19 UTC
I actually really like this, in terms of an art game. I think it would perhaps be more moody if set on an industrial freeway with the potential for traffic jams so that you can reflect on poor decisions :P I think the ramps maybe take away from the experience a little, but overall, great effort!
馃帳 r3d5
29. Apr 2013 路 22:23 UTC
@Lianne Booton Confession time! The ramps were totally me freaking out it wasn't fun enough. It really was an art game to begin with but after I had it play tested a bit, people seemed to want ~anything more exciting. So the ramps were a super quick addition for those players. So ya, I totally buckled lol, I'll admit it. But I wanted to compromise for both types of players.
馃帳 r3d5
29. Apr 2013 路 22:24 UTC
@Lianne Booton and thank you!!
(lol, dodging the eyes I'm getting while I'm at work not working)
馃帳 r3d5
29. Apr 2013 路 22:26 UTC
Wow, thank you guys all for such great feedback and compliments!! I'm getting all emotional that you played it!
ronsho
29. Apr 2013 路 22:34 UTC
I really enjoyed this one. Nice music, great landscape. Lots of occasions, though, where I felt stuck between the cars, couldn't really slow down and the path was totally blocked. Like the motion, though, smooth and relaxing.
Waave
29. Apr 2013 路 22:36 UTC
Seemed fun, sadly I was having trouble with the framerate on my 8-year-old computer :(
ataxkt
29. Apr 2013 路 22:36 UTC
Plays like Desert Bus.
馃帳 r3d5
29. Apr 2013 路 22:39 UTC
@Waave ya, there's like a lot of effects used on this. I was going to add a quick start test and adjust the visual / graphic intensity but I ran out of time :/

post update!
bleating
29. Apr 2013 路 22:57 UTC
The graphics in particular really stand out, good work!
fussycashew
30. Apr 2013 路 00:05 UTC
Pretty cool game, seemed kind of bland though.
xandy
02. May 2013 路 14:41 UTC
cool game but framerate gets bad at +90mph :/
MinionStudios
06. May 2013 路 02:52 UTC
I am not quite sure what that game was, but I f*ckin love it.
joe40001
06. May 2013 路 03:20 UTC
Oddly enough I think it might have worked better with the style if the car were like a wireframe or something more like that, it's current paint job is out of place in the tron type world. Also if the game is supposed to celebrate speeding down a highway the controls feel very sluggish. You need more game here to keep the player engaged.

As a proof of concept on background generation though this game is alright.
SmilingCat
06. May 2013 路 03:23 UTC
Loved the graphics and the soundtrack!
sP0CkEr2
06. May 2013 路 04:41 UTC
nice game -- the controls were not as solid as i would have liked but it was a good game overall.
nimblegorilla
06. May 2013 路 05:12 UTC
Nice racing game, but I didn't really get a sense of speed while going down the road. Some markers on the side of the road might help it seem like you are going faster.
Msquirrel
06. May 2013 路 09:37 UTC
That was great!! really nicely done. I liked the style as well, the graphics were very cool. Good job man
Yaxchilan
06. May 2013 路 09:45 UTC
Wow.. loved it! Awesome art as well.
Any chance of releasing the source for us newbie unity students?
Beerman
09. May 2013 路 06:37 UTC
Looks absolutely lovely, but as a few other people have said it just feels too slow to be much fun.
cardboard
20. May 2013 路 02:26 UTC
Really cool game! I got stuck behind the slow cars too often though, so I had to step off the gas sometimes. The ramps were my favorite part :D