Right in the wood by Meta-link

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made by Meta-link for LD34 (COMPO)
Try to get author medals and share your best times in comments !

So here is my entry for LD34, I worked on the "2 button controls" theme. In fact, I started the jam with another idea, but after one day in, I put it aside and start with this one !

Controls :
- Use only right and up arrow key to play !
Special keys :
- M to mute/unmute music
- R to restart a level
- Escape to quit

So Right in the wood is a classic top down racing game, but the main feature is : you can ony accelerate and turn right ! This way, the race becomes harder and a kind of fun. I found this very interesting, so I tried to push as far as I could on the level design (even if I would have done more levels).

List time !

Things I liked doing this game :
- The car physics
- The vector graphics
- Setting author times
- Level design ! (except for level 5, I didn't have more time to make it better)

Things I wish I could add in the game :
- Online and local leaderboard
- More level
- More level mechanics (like jumping across a river)
- Difficulty levels with different cars (I implemented it, but I didn't have the time to create the selection screen ...)

This game was created with :
- GameMaker
- Illustrator and Photoshop
- SFXR


In the end, I really enjoyed create this game, and more than that, playing it and try to beat my own records ! So I hope you will have fun trying it, thanks for reading, and see you next LD !

Ratings

Coolness 52% 3
Overall 3.54 255
Fun 3.73 108
Graphics 2.92 581
Innovation 3.15 483
Mood 2.76 630
Theme 3.96 282

Feedback

CogComp
15. Dec 2015 · 18:37 UTC
Nice game. A bit hard for my taste, but fun!
in3orn
15. Dec 2015 · 18:59 UTC
Nice game. The last round frustrated me a little bit, but finally I got the medal. Total time: 49,71 :)

https://twitter.com/_krakers/status/676839910133932034
jigalx
15. Dec 2015 · 19:58 UTC
This was super hard, but super fun!
CodeNMore
15. Dec 2015 · 20:29 UTC
This was really fun, the controls were actually cool and challenging! Well done!
Zulgot
15. Dec 2015 · 20:31 UTC
Fun swift game :)
exhidor
15. Dec 2015 · 20:31 UTC
A really nice game ! i love it ! It hard to master but really funny !!
Indie L
15. Dec 2015 · 20:31 UTC
A great game!Nice job ;D
monetai
15. Dec 2015 · 20:36 UTC
That was really fun and well made, good job guy!!
jlouisB
15. Dec 2015 · 21:36 UTC
I like this usage of the theme.
It's fun and frustrating, a bit hard !
TeamCalin
15. Dec 2015 · 22:59 UTC
Smart way of using the theme in a racing game! Had a lot of fun :)
Herzucco
16. Dec 2015 · 00:48 UTC
The game is so HARD but so COOL !
You really have to tryhard it to obtain the best times !
Lullaby
16. Dec 2015 · 17:55 UTC
Hey dude! It's actually a pretty nice game, moreover if you know it has been done in 24 hours...pretty impressive!

The time-scoring stuff is making the job, and you really want to start again and again until you check all the races with the Author Medal.

Again nice job, with pretty victor graphics ;)
srakowski
17. Dec 2015 · 14:51 UTC
Very hard game, but that makes it extremely fun. Love the idea of drifting for this theme. Well done.
SirJavaGaming
20. Dec 2015 · 15:59 UTC
Too hard but a quite nice idea!