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(Car)ds by danes1111

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made by danes1111 for LD 41 (JAM)

Racing cars game + cards game. A car is driven by commands on cards. If your speed meter gets below speed limit you will start losing lives, so stay fast.

To start - grab a card and throw it from hand, they can be throwed anywhere, except on the card storage (just like in hearthstone).

The name is a combination of CAR + CARDS.

Link to game

https://skalikdaniel.itch.io/dards-lurum-dare-41

Controls

  • AD or arrows
  • Mouse

Cards

  • Start -> start the game

  • 90ties right/left -> car will turn 90 degree

  • 180 turn -> car will turn 180° degree

  • little right/left -> 35° turn

  • Back on track -> car will return to the center of a road

  • WASD help -> you can control a car for a few seconds with A and D buttons

  • Boost -> car speed up for a while

  • Slooooow -> car speed down for a while

  • New vision -> recycle your cards and get you new six cards

  • Faster cards -> start getting cards a little bit faster

  • Our savior -> extra life

  • Empty -> just nothing, throw it away for space to other cards

gif.gif Screenshot-2018-4-24 Unity WebGL Player (Car)ds-LudumDare(1).png Screenshot-2018-4-24 Unity WebGL Player (Car)ds-LudumDare(2).png

HTML5 (web) https://skalikdaniel.itch.io/dards-lurum-dare-41
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cards-1

Ratings

Overall 520th 3.5⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 421th 3.462⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 145th 3.904⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 47th 4.365⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 691th 3.315⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 758th 1.824⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Humor 639th 2.786⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 853th 2.955⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

CaptainPilot
24. Apr 2018 · 16:44 UTC
Really interesting concept. I like the idea here. You really need a few more objectives to keep things interesting (like a checkpoint you have to drive through rather than just surviving).
justsWn
24. Apr 2018 · 16:47 UTC
I like the idea! It is a little slow paced though.
tommohawkaction
24. Apr 2018 · 16:48 UTC
Love the art style :) -> Please check out our game https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ludums-kitchen
legavroche
24. Apr 2018 · 16:54 UTC
"WASD" and "Stay on the track" definitely helps haha!
The theme is very innovated and a well-fitted for LD41!
Making the card easier to use(allow us to use it in at any place after dragged it) would be nice.
dlowe
24. Apr 2018 · 16:55 UTC
Never thought I'd say "I need to topdeck a left hand turn", but here we are :)

Thanks for the game!
taviandir
24. Apr 2018 · 16:57 UTC
Lovely concept, have to rely a lot on the RNG to get the right cards you need to take the turns though :)
Karin Strljic
24. Apr 2018 · 16:57 UTC
Nice graphics and good concept! For the possible development, I would add a finish line and a faster pace or higher speed on straight parts. Good job!
Vovin
24. Apr 2018 · 17:01 UTC
A card-based racer is probably the last thing anyone expected, nice use of the theme.
minirop
24. Apr 2018 · 17:08 UTC
really neat game. it is just missing sounds (or is it my computer?). LAN multiplayer could be fun with a lap count instead of lives.
🎤 danes1111
24. Apr 2018 · 23:03 UTC
Thank you all guys, I really appreciate your positive feedback, it's motivating a lot. @CaptainPilot @Karin Strljic I wanted to add more features, but remaining time was my enemy :D @minirop There were no sounds, I don't have time to add them, but with the sound of screaming tires it would be soo good. @justsWn yeah, you are right, it needs some rebalancing.
I might make a new version in future, so thanks for all feedback
radmccool
25. Apr 2018 · 16:41 UTC
i really wanted to make it round at least once but i never got the draw for it :( the rng gods have forsaken me TT_TT meh had fun anyway :D
It would really have helped if the game played in short bursts maybe even just for an easy mode :P
🎤 danes1111
25. Apr 2018 · 17:15 UTC
@radmccool Thanks for the review, and what do you mean by "short bursts"?
radmccool
25. Apr 2018 · 17:31 UTC
like... the player would play the first card, then the car moves for x seconds and then the car would stop. Then the player would play another card and then the car would move. Sort of like turn based movement. I could just be bad at the game though :P
Lintfordpickle
25. Apr 2018 · 17:57 UTC
The idea was good, but the pace was a little slow
fazz
25. Apr 2018 · 18:00 UTC
I managed to keep it going for about three minutes. Interesting combination of playing mechanics. I reckon you should develop this further, could be quite a cool game with some AI opponents and an actually race.
isaaclopinho
25. Apr 2018 · 18:10 UTC
i loved the idea and the art style!! I also made a racing game.. It's a fishing/racing game for 2 players if you want to check it: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/super-bass-racing
🎤 danes1111
25. Apr 2018 · 18:38 UTC
@fazz Yes, I want to add AI in the first place, but at the end, I don't have time to implement it.
Lewis Quaife
25. Apr 2018 · 18:41 UTC
This is so neat - what a great concept and really embraces the theme - Feels fairly well balanced too.
sinemual
25. Apr 2018 · 18:48 UTC
Nice concept)
🎤 danes1111
25. Apr 2018 · 18:50 UTC
@Lewis Quaife Thank you, sometimes it is balanced, but are times when the randomization is just against you.
🎤 danes1111
25. Apr 2018 · 18:50 UTC
@sinemual Thanks
fashionbatman
26. Apr 2018 · 00:06 UTC
ugh that punny title! Really cool idea, I would love to see it expanded on at some point.
Anubhav Kashyap
14. May 2018 · 12:25 UTC
(Car)ds is a really great game and has a fun and really innovative concept.

"10/10" :v:
🎤 danes1111
14. May 2018 · 18:41 UTC
@Anubhav Kashyap thanks you very much, positive feedback is always motivating