Highway to the Nearest Gas Station by ping78

Description:
You find yourself in the "middle" of the road with empty fuel tank. Your only hope is to find a gas(since when gasoline or diesel is a gas?) station nearby. Luckily there are gas cans laying around.
Controls:
Walking:
- You are able to make a game in 48 or 72 hours, shorly you know how to walk.
Driving:
- You turn on the engine, lights, press clutch, switch to the first gear, lower handbrake, release the clutch until it catches synchronizer ring if required(depending on car or inclination) press accelerator pedal. When car gets some speed fully release clutch press the accelerator for more speed then shift gears according to your speed. If you want to slow down press brake pedal and if needed press clutch.
Note: When you switch to reverse you should not be moving since reverse gear doesn't have a synchronizer ring. - To turn left or right turn wheel in front of drivers seat. DON'T go outside of a moving vehicle to turn the wheels.
- But since it's a game WS or Arrow Keys to accelerate and brake, Space to brake(the
CarController), AD or Arrow Keys to turn.
Other (actually useful):
- E - take and drop gas cans, barrels, boxes, pallets, planks. Enter car. Exit car. Fill the car with fuel. Pretty much everything.
- F1 - Restart
- F2 - Full Screen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7WgQjeaEhs
| HTML5 (web) | https://ping78.itch.io/highway-to-the-nearest-gas-station |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/highway-to-nearest-gas-station |
Ratings
| Overall | 242th | 3.45⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 283th | 3.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 261th | 3.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 187th | 3.75⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 219th | 3.55⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 334th | 2.8⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 159th | 2.95⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 329th | 2.95⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 23🗳️ | 15🗨️ |
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A lot of the fun for me came from the need to be constantly alert and on the lookout for gas cans. You did a good job of hiding them. It was natural for me to first assume they'd be near piles of big cans and crates, but you designed this game such that it wasn't always the case. :-) And that kept me on my toes. Not every junk pile contained a gas can. Not every gas can was near a junk pile.
Getting out of the car to get gas was a bit awkward because the car might roll away. I think it would have been nice if the car had a parking brake. Though maybe it did and I just didn't find the right key for it.
On that note, a list of controls on this page (or underneath the game in the Web player) might be helpful... just in case future players forget E is for getting in or out of the car. (I did manage to do that. Oops. :-) )
Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed this! Good luck! :-)
1. I got to drive a car like a maniac without my wife getting cross with me.
1. I had the unusual (and amusing) experience of parking my car after running out of gas, getting out, then racing my car back down the hill when it started to roll.
1. The driving sounds are spot on.