POWER BEAT RACER by Hels

Quick! Collect POWER ORBS to sustain your ships power level, drop to zero and it's game over! Can you go the distance in this radical rhythm game that's a blast to the future ? ?
- Switch lanes with the arrow keys!
- Collect POWER ORBS with the respective buttons!
- GO THE DISTANCE!!
TIMELAPSE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COHaTpFWvsk
| HTML5 (web) | https://darzoz.itch.io/power-beat-racer |
| Source code | |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/power-beat-racer |
Ratings
| Overall | 379th | 3.24⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 369th | 3.08⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 333th | 3.08⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 535th | 3⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 233th | 3.52⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 79th | 3.64⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 199th | 2.783⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 361th | 2.87⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 26🗳️ | 5🗨️ |
Obviously with it being colours (cyan/purple/pink) and not something like a key (z/x/c) or accepted ordered tuple (a/b/c, 1/2/3) that scrolls past, there's a level of indirection that makes it tricky to pick up and immediately enjoy.
I powered through that however and *almost* had a great time. I unfortunately found the beats you're meant to hit are about 1/8th beat off the accented or expected beats in the music. That again is something you could get used to but it means the game is more of about audio/visual misdirection than rhythm. Perhaps it is just the fault of WebGL/WebAudio, but I have no way of knowing.
Sorry if that's hard to hear! What I will do is I will rank each category according to its own merit instead. :thumbsup:
The art is great too.
Nice work!
Nice work!
Other than that a very nice work.