Pitch Black by ReactorScram

made by ReactorScram for LD35 (JAM)

Drag-race 400 meters through the darkness.

Hold Left Control down to disengage the clutch. Then tap Enter to start the car. Then hold Up or W to rev the engine until the green light comes on.

Credit for the sports car model goes to "Teh_Bucket" - http://opengameart.org/content/sports-car-lowpoly

Instructional Video	https://reactorscram.com/pitch-black/screenshots/video-011-jam.webm
Windows	https://reactorscram.com/pitch-black/releases/pitch_black_win32-1.0.4.zip
GNU/Linux x64	https://reactorscram.com/pitch-black/releases/pitch_black_gnulinux64-1.0.1.tar.gz
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=29177

Ratings

Coolness	32%	1808
Overall(Jam)	3.60	229

Fun(Jam)	3.40	294
Graphics(Jam)	3.60	392
Innovation(Jam)	3.67	147

Feedback

Idkfawin32

19. Apr 2016 · 05:00 UTC

Killer! This is what I really wanted to go for

abaines

19. Apr 2016 · 16:48 UTC

Cool game, I like the atmosphere.

Had to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. and move some of the libs out the way for it to run.

Hankenstien

23. Apr 2016 · 02:21 UTC

I liked the idea, but the cars sound was a bit off. It need to rumble, but instead sounded more like a cat. I really liked the gear switch with the visible clutch. All in all not bad for a base to a game.

Weeping Rupee

23. Apr 2016 · 03:01 UTC

This was an interesting concept for a game. The light got stuck on red for me after my first race.

DesignerNap

23. Apr 2016 · 10:01 UTC

11.93 IS MY BEST! Took me a while to understand the start sequence. For those having trouble... hold the clutch down, THEN start the engine and rev. Lovely game though, really enjoyed it. Nice work.

Shael

25. Apr 2016 · 10:38 UTC

This was so fun. got an 11:62

g12345

25. Apr 2016 · 21:41 UTC

A nice and short experience.

Satisfying if you have a driver's license and you have never do this kind of racing before.

euske

25. Apr 2016 · 21:50 UTC

I liked the atmosphere.

Tijn

25. Apr 2016 · 22:01 UTC

This is right up my alley. I love car stuff! Why don't all racing games implement clutches?

My best time was 11.50 by the way. I was able to run the Windows version on my Mac using Wine :)

Crefossus

29. Apr 2016 · 07:06 UTC

Nice game. The actual gameplay feels polished and fun once you get started (I missed pressing f1 for a little bit :D).

Rock Eaters

01. May 2016 · 06:46 UTC

surprising car game, real enjoy the ambiance

alsantour

05. May 2016 · 00:02 UTC

Nice!

Yumeito

05. May 2016 · 00:12 UTC

Epic game :)

dcolgan

05. May 2016 · 02:28 UTC

I liked it, but the instructions I found confusing, I figured out the starting sequence, but no matter how long I waited revving my engine, the light never changed. I thought the sound and visuals were great.

TimBeaudet

05. May 2016 · 16:25 UTC

Pretty neat, different, art style. I managed to get an 11.47 and found it quite fun trying to get lower. Missed the ability to downshift at the end of the strip!

Really neat you show the clutch engagement, not sure what the torque output of the motor is, I suspect linear perhaps so shifting at the last possible moment being the best point, I could be completely wrong about that.

dollarone

08. May 2016 · 23:29 UTC

sorry man, can't run it in linux - Segmentation fault (core dumped) - and it's all pitch black in windows.

🎤 ReactorScram

20. Aug 2016 · 02:15 UTC

dollarone: I might know why it's black on some GPUs. I have fixed that bug on Pandora / Linux and it will hit Windows next time I have WINE running.