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Teslabus by h.attila

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made by h.attila for LD 39 (COMPO)

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Drive an electric bus as far as you can!

You are a test driver for the brand new Teslabus. Your goal is to drive the bus as far as possible, but beware - your batteries are very limited and there are some hazardous obstacles along the way.

Use the battery indicator arrow at the top of the screen to see where the next battery will come from.

Links

  • Play now: https://cdn.rawgit.com/attilahorvath/teslabus/final/teslabus.html
  • Source: https://github.com/attilahorvath/teslabus

Tools I've used

  • Code: ES6, Rollup, Babel
  • Editor: Atom
  • Graphics: GIMP
  • Audio: Leshy SFMaker
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/teslabus

Ratings

Overall 634th 2.536⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 577th 2.571⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 655th 1.893⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 449th 3.286⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 614th 2.143⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 459th 2.24⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 417th 1.962⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 598th 2⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

doorless
31. Jul 2017 · 16:36 UTC
not a bad game i think you should try to be a bit more inovative
Johnnyc1423
31. Jul 2017 · 16:41 UTC
It felt a little random because there was no time to see what was coming.
Lukesta
31. Jul 2017 · 21:39 UTC
It was quite fun even if it felt more like gambling. The battery indicator worked mostly but not all the time.
I made 470 points do i get a cookie now? :)
gilborn
31. Jul 2017 · 21:39 UTC
Simple and fun.
As Johnny said, to eliminate the luck factor, a bigger view would have been good.
PBG
01. Aug 2017 · 01:20 UTC
Nice theming. I had trouble reading the icons - the game moves quite fast! The action might be better seen on a taller screen, or if it went left-to-right instead.

It was reaaaly satisfying when i got going insanely fast.
Toulou
01. Aug 2017 · 11:50 UTC
It was much more intense than I expected ! I kept getting faster and picking up stuff I didn't know the utility. It was a mess, but kind of enjoyable ! I think it give the game a weird charm. I had fun playing it, clearly. An intense music over the insane gameplay would have been perfect, but it's a great game. Good job !
azziliz
01. Aug 2017 · 13:47 UTC
I tend to agree with the others for drawbacks:

- not enough vision in front of the bus

- and expecting the player to learn about effects with trial & errors is not the best gameplay

Still, it works flawlessly and the balance is nice.

Bonus points for a clean source code that doesn't use one gazillion libraries.
eLeDe
01. Aug 2017 · 19:34 UTC
Nice! I like simple games with easy controls!

As previous players said, it could be better if it was a little bit slower.
Ajayajayaj
02. Aug 2017 · 04:46 UTC
It's a really nice simple game and the particle effects + screenshake really improve the experience and make up for the lack of audio by giving that feedback! Nice game!

Edit: Turns out my Autoplay disabler extention was breaking HTML5 game audio. I have adjusted my rating sorry. I like the sound effects, but I think a small background track would improve the game a lot. Nice job!
Boxfort
02. Aug 2017 · 19:11 UTC
Nice little infinite runner although there a few things i an critique. If the playing field was a little taller it would be much easier to play as you could anticipate things coming your way a lot easier. I felt like at a point i would gain so much speed i would get caught in a look of being stuck from the bad pickups and would lose. It would also be nice if there was a little explanation of the pickup symbols just to give the player a heads up. All in all a fun game. Good job!
BroRawr
03. Aug 2017 · 22:04 UTC
I agree with the rest of the reviewers, its hard to see obstacles coming.

Other than that, keep making games and keep up the good work!

Great little entry! :)
CMLSC
04. Aug 2017 · 06:04 UTC
It was pretty hard to see everything coming and properly react. I also didn't like the powerups that locked me in place because they forced me to hit some bad obstacles and miss power. The particle effects looked nice. I'm not sure if it's a bug, but I didn't get any audio. If it doesn't have any audio mark it out of the audio ratings please. :P

Reminded me of https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/tank-empty

Anyway, good job!
PeachTreeOath
05. Aug 2017 · 04:31 UTC
As some others have said, I really like the shake and particle fx. Usually when I see simpler graphics I don't expect to see extra special effects but you proved me wrong.
TheFlyingKeyboard
05. Aug 2017 · 10:09 UTC
Really nice game, with fun particle effects. Mechanics are fun, but game gets very hard pretty fast.
ruerob-hyky
05. Aug 2017 · 11:35 UTC
That's a nice little game. Unfortunately it feels more like you have to have a big portion of luck. Maybe it would have been better to make the screen vertically bigger. :0)
drtizzle
05. Aug 2017 · 15:22 UTC
Nice game! The controls are very smooth and it's fun to play. Sometimes the powerups/powerdowns make the bus uncontrollable, causing you to pick up even more powerups that make the bus uncontrollable again.

Overall very well made!
Enot487
06. Aug 2017 · 12:46 UTC
This is a really fast and cool game! It's funny to play but quite randomly, especialy on very high speed. Maybe the game would be more manageable if there were some kind of radar or increased size of the screen, as mentioned above.
Hugimugi7
08. Aug 2017 · 08:46 UTC
so confusing because you don't know what's happening
morphine
09. Aug 2017 · 01:02 UTC
Not bad but the bus does not move nearly fast enough given how far ahead you can('t) see!
CTTFOW
11. Aug 2017 · 11:11 UTC
Am I supposed to avoid everything else except the batteries? It sure seems like it!
terryg
14. Aug 2017 · 19:56 UTC
i found it pretty hard and i couldn't figure out what the the green arrow was for at first it seemed like it pointed to the closest battery but sometimes three or four batteries wold appear in other lanes before the one in that lane would appear