Blackout by wviper3
You must drive your car to the flag at the other end of each level. However, you have a limited amount of fuel to get there. Crashing into walls or buildings causes some of your fuel to leak out! Make it to the flag before you run out of fuel.
I actually had time to add some basic music and sound effects this LD! Also my first time in the compo, and I didn't read the rules completely until the end. I didn't know we could use pre-made fonts. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Hope you enjoy!
All code and binaries can be downloaded on itch.io. The Source is under the MIT License. Download links are below the screenshots.
Screenshots:




| Source code | https://github.com/BrodyEller/Blackout |
| Windows | https://wviper3.itch.io/blackout |
| macOS | https://wviper3.itch.io/blackout |
| Linux | https://wviper3.itch.io/blackout |
| HTML5 (web) | |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/blackout-1 |
Ratings
| Overall | 363th | 3.263⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 148th | 3.526⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 509th | 2.684⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 535th | 3⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 522th | 2.667⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 206th | 3.167⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 300th | 2.375⭐ | 18🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 415th | 2.765⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 12🗳️ | 20🗨️ |
The drifting is on point. Graphics are fun! Sound blends well. Good going! :D
Bright graphics, all sounds and a level selection menu, you've very polished it!
(this is super nitpick-y, but sometimes if you follow a road you run into a wall without much time to react, which feels unfair)
Unfortunately I cannot run this Windows 64 bit exe on my 32 bit machine, could you add another build?
Overall, you focused on one dynamic and crafted a few unique levels out of it which shows good direction and focus.
Other than that I enjoyed it, though I felt it a little moot to have to find the flag if it's always the same spot. A small nice thing would be being able to go directly to the next level without having to go to the level-select, and being able to click the area around the number too, not just directly on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utKWLuSIpCI
Thanks for being part of the stream :)
So I downloaded the standalone version :)
Love the sprites! Reminds me of the level-editor of Stunts4D for some reason. Music is cool too, but I little bit repetitive after the 20th time. I made it to level 10 btw. The fuel-meter is essentialy a timer right? Because it went down even when I was standing still. The control of the car could be a little less floaty, especially at low speeds.
With some small tweaks this would be perfect! Well done!
I don't think last levels were too hard. It was completely fine to me. Just a bit of caution and short key presses.
**Technical notes:**
As said by others, web version has a bug (car starts turning continuously after beating level 1).
When I downloaded the Windows version, the game run like a race (both moving and turning were uncontrollably fast).
My note *(Windows 10)* has a NVIDIA GPU. Right clicking the executable gives the possibility to *"Run with graphics processor"* > *"Integrated graphics"*. The game then run at normal speed, even though *"Integrated graphics"* is marked as default.
Anyway, fun little game. Good job :)