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Dancing Car by Ludrak

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made by Ludrak for LD 41 (COMPO)

Finished my 2nd Ludum Dare on this easy theme... (sarcastic :D)

It was really hard because it was the first time that I used audio I my games and I saw how it is difficult to manipulate x) My game is a "Car-Driving Plateformer Musical", I think that fits right in the theme, So you control a little car on a platform-style map with a bit of musical integration (I said that i got problems with audio :p) I built 2 versions : one for AZERTY keyboards and one for QUERTY's (they should work on Windows, OS X, and Linux, you just need Java installed)

The game is totally written in Java (using eclipse) without any engine or library (I made my physics engine.. it was quite hard to make) and I used photoshop for my assets. I also used garageband to make a little song for the game so it's not copyrighted ;)

I also made a level editor with processing (java + some OpenGL simplified) so that I can make my own levels easily (tell me if I have to give you the source / program for the level editor)

And that's it ! You can find more informations about the gameplay in the "How to play" section in my game menu (and also play a bit :p).

and here are some screenshots for you to see what it looks like ;)

Menu : screen 10000.png

Game : screen3.png

Level editor (not uploaded yet, just to show you how it looks like) : Capture d’écran 2018-04-22 à 16.14.40.png

Dont forget to rate and comment ! I will read them all !

Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=19GlNC6TDRm0feQsqe80XBU5m0qinrpLE
Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=19GcgeMcc5vXVZSnRpWbtwsRHPnmyOc0D
Source code
Source code
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/dancing-car

Ratings

Overall 585th 2.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 585th 2.75⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 652th 2.563⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 575th 3.042⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 394th 3.146⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 351th 2.792⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

Extrone
23. Apr 2018 · 23:14 UTC
Nice Game, hard to play.
AdroitConceptions
23. Apr 2018 · 23:15 UTC
I just get a black screen in the game window
- QWERY version.
- Linux (Ubuntu 17.10)

java details:
```
~$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_162"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_162-8u162-b12-0ubuntu0.17.10.2-b12)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.162-b12, mixed mode)
```
🎤 Ludrak
24. Apr 2018 · 08:50 UTC
@jason-kennedy The game has no loading bar, so it starts with a black screen then the menu pops up, Also did you let the assets folder in the same place than the .jar file ? Java is cross platform so you might not have problems with linux and I have the same java version than you. If you still have the problem then I think you will not be able to play it I dont know linux well. Hope this helped you !
Matt Pattabhi
24. Apr 2018 · 10:24 UTC
Damn bro the whole game was written in Java obj orientated?
🎤 Ludrak
24. Apr 2018 · 11:17 UTC
@matt-pattabhi Yes with no library, it's just pure java ;)
AdroitConceptions
24. Apr 2018 · 11:38 UTC
@Ludrak - I was talking with someone else on a Discord that their java game wouldn't even get that far (it through a stack trace immediately) and we think it has to do with the fact that I have using openJDK and most people are using Oracle's distribution of Java. He said that Oracle's distribution is a build of openJDK with a few non-FOSS Oracle bits added. Which might be the problem.
🎤 Ludrak
24. Apr 2018 · 11:43 UTC
@jason-kennedy Oh okay, i understand better now... I dont know openJDK at all but I will check this now to see if there is a way to adapt my game to that build but I think this will be hard :(
Lamasaurus
24. Apr 2018 · 12:08 UTC
The game is pretty fun! But hard to play in the beginning. A longer level with more music would also bring over the message more I think ;)
Vasco Freitas
24. Apr 2018 · 12:13 UTC
It was a bit frustrating at the beginning, car was always exploding, but once I got the hang of it (by always having the car angled up) it was enjoyable. Music was nice, just not much of it :)
polegar
24. Apr 2018 · 12:21 UTC
Haha, I finally manage to finish it ! It was hard at the begining to figure out how to get the angle right. Pretty nice gameplay and audio. Good job for making everything from scratch !
🎤 Ludrak
24. Apr 2018 · 12:24 UTC
@polegar @vasco-freitas @lamasaurus @extrone Thanks you all for playing my game and rating it !
AdroitConceptions
24. Apr 2018 · 13:05 UTC
@Ludrak - don't worry about it. I was thinking that I just need to get Oracle's not FOSS version of Java if I am going to try to play LDjam games.
Rapter
24. Apr 2018 · 21:18 UTC
Nice game and idea 5/5!!! Good Luck!
mrwillowb
25. Apr 2018 · 05:21 UTC
loads of fun enjoyed it
Vovin
26. Apr 2018 · 08:16 UTC
Wow, nice work making a game with basically nothing in a game jam setting, that takes a lot of nerve! I'm not sure if your stack is just hard mode or already masochism, but you did it anyway :thumbsup:.

The 2 separate downloads for different keyboard layouts are a 'unique' approach to configuration 🙃
Yahialds
26. Apr 2018 · 09:42 UTC
Nice idea for the Theme, i want to try that level editor :)
Theras
26. Apr 2018 · 09:45 UTC
Had a lot of trouble with the first part since I didn't read the instructions correcty and missed the SPACE=Jump part.... After that it was quite easy by holding D and S Keys down. Liked the concept but for improvement I would suggest an clearer instruction screen (bullet points instead of plain text) and maybe parts where slowing down or diffrent angle are required.
But for the short amount of time and self made physics good work!
designernap
26. Apr 2018 · 10:30 UTC
Gosh this is punishing hard! but fun once you get into it. A LOT of restarts just to get going. Good entry though, well done.
🎤 Ludrak
27. Apr 2018 · 10:28 UTC
@yahialds I will publish the level editor soon but I have some bugs to correct with it and some graphical improvement because now it's a bit raw I just made it for one level and there is no saving, copy and pasting and that kind of things ^^
EkkoEkko
27. Apr 2018 · 10:31 UTC
From the Start its so hard to play my car always explode 😢 but after more attempts i enjoyed it. The Art is good this kind of sprites are child friendly Good Job!!
ThatSommeS
27. Apr 2018 · 10:35 UTC
To be honest this game is far too hard and takes way too long too be rewarding.. Might be fun if you slow down the start a whole lot. Can't really rate the sounds as all I heard was explosions.. :stuck_out_tongue:
Papaver
27. Apr 2018 · 12:03 UTC
Nice game, but that explosion took way too long! (At least on my computer.) I quickly wanted to have another try, but had to wait for 15 seconds after each 2 second attempt.. I ended up quitting and restarting the game in stead. :stuck_out_tongue: (When I did wait, and clicked 'Retry', I see 'Congratulations, you finished the level' and I have to click retry again...) The music starts to get nice, but I died too soon to be really able to enjoy it. I would like to hear more of it. After many tries I got 11 seconds.