Solar Racers! by blackquiltro

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made by blackquiltro for LD 39 (JAM)

Captura realizada el 2017-07-31 21.25.46.png​Run against the top racers in the world, using your top-of-the-line solar car!

Complete 5 laps before you run out of power! Accelerating, shooting and nitro use power. Stay in the sun light spots to recharge if needed!

UP: accelerate

DOWN: break

LEFT: steer left

RIGHT: steer right

A: nitro

S: shoot

Done using GODOT

Ratings

Given 8🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Bartol44
01. Aug 2017 · 22:05 UTC
Nice game, I enjoyed racing agaist top racers (really top racers, I couldn't get past 5 pos). Some balancing should be made to the solar spots - for the first moment thought they are bugged, the restored power was too low. Wall colliders felt a bit clunky, I often ended up rotated backwards. Maybe making it multiplayer could help the game. Steering was really enjoable and skillful.
Plepletier
01. Aug 2017 · 22:06 UTC
I love top down racer!!! ^^ The IA its very challenging! Good Job
Bocodillo
01. Aug 2017 · 22:07 UTC
A fun game with pretty good, albeit a wee bit skiddy, controls. Smoother corners and a wider track would help a lot with keeping the player from crashing as much. The AI seemed a little iffy, getting stuck often but otherwise a good concept that fits the theme.
CG_Fred
01. Aug 2017 · 22:09 UTC
Good top down racing game. Would have loved to have some engine sounds. The theme could have been a bit more apparent in the game, takes a long while before you run out of power. Great racing AI implementation! Keep up the good work!
zgragselus
01. Aug 2017 · 22:12 UTC
The concept is simple and works.

I had troubles controlling the car (you can't see how are your wheels directed and I guess that is root of the problem), and somewhat the car physics was highly unpredictable.
pjnovas
01. Aug 2017 · 22:20 UTC
a top down racer it's awesome! .. car it's kinda hard to control, it needs more tune on the other racer/s IA (only saw one, I'm really bad at this lol), nice entry!
Jupiter_Hadley
05. Aug 2017 · 14:34 UTC
Good start! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tnbJWl_w0c