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Wreckless Rally by Flaterectomy

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made by Flaterectomy for LD 41 (JAM)

WRECKLESS RALLY, where you drive your tow truck around a race track, playing some kinda of Bejewelled along the way. Drop off wrecked cars for points, but mind the frog! 🐸🏎️🏎️🏎️

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Coding Timelapse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3wt-auXdIg

Pixelart Timelapse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LheYFO_i6XU

Controls

  • WASD for movement
  • E for dropping off your conga line of cars
  • SPACE for vertical drifting

Credits

Postmortem Blogposts

By @daanvanyperen

By @flaterectomy

Other Links

HTML5 (web) http://www.mostlyoriginal.net/play-wreckless/
Source code https://github.com/DaanVanYperen/odb-wreckless
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/wreckless-rally

Ratings

Overall 75th 4.07⭐ 144🧑‍⚖️
Fun 138th 3.901⭐ 144🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 55th 4.149⭐ 143🧑‍⚖️
Theme 106th 4.246⭐ 144🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 92th 4.376⭐ 143🧑‍⚖️
Audio 171th 3.752⭐ 137🧑‍⚖️
Humor 319th 3.387⭐ 130🧑‍⚖️
Mood 242th 3.703⭐ 135🧑‍⚖️
Given 75🗳️ 64🗨️

Feedback

Dylan Rainwater
24. Apr 2018 · 01:07 UTC
This is an interesting title! Nice submission!
davidsheadgames
24. Apr 2018 · 01:16 UTC
I like the concept provided actually! And the frog is hilarious!
krunoslav
24. Apr 2018 · 01:29 UTC
Very nice game. Creative idea: jeweled and race!
I liked the music and graphics, well done!
The best think is the learning curve, you can really improve and you not get frustrated, the vertical drifting is hard to master but not impossible. You put weeckless rally in an Arcade and you will have a lot of people trying to get more points.

Congrutulations
Kobrar
24. Apr 2018 · 01:31 UTC
I love this game. Best game this LD so far. I don't think I have any criticism. The tutorial starts off immediatley in the menu but it takes time to realize that so I had to watch it twice. Other than that, it's just good.
woergbi
24. Apr 2018 · 01:36 UTC
One of the best, if not the best game of LD41 I've played so far.
RetrogradeMarmalade
24. Apr 2018 · 01:50 UTC
Brilliant concept. Fun to play too.
Also I do like the "the menu is the game" meme and i like your implementation of it.
GoodKenneth
24. Apr 2018 · 01:51 UTC
It took me a while to figure out how to clear the matches that bend.

It feels like there's a lot of depth in technique to keeping colors you need to do the high scoring combos multiple times.

Fitting art/music style, theme, and great game all around.

![Untitled.png](///raw/0af/41/z/12dc3.png)
Jrpl
24. Apr 2018 · 04:36 UTC
Really amazing game. Graphics are great, music is great, concept is great and executed very well. I had a blast playing!
harusame
24. Apr 2018 · 11:27 UTC
Very nice game, well executed with lot of polish.
I enjoy the gameplay, graphics and audio.

The "menu" is also a very cool idea !
Really, good job team, it's a great game.
Decentsauce
24. Apr 2018 · 11:29 UTC
Really fun and clever idea! Also well executed.
5you
24. Apr 2018 · 11:30 UTC
How did you settle with this idea ? When I saw the theme, I imediately wanted to make a racing game, mixted with a turn base strategy ! I couldn't explain why XD
I just knew I couldn't get it out of my mind.

My entry : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/brains-of-racing
Lazlo319
24. Apr 2018 · 11:45 UTC
One of the best LD games I've seen. Super fun, super original, super everything. Excellent game!
YuukiMakoto
24. Apr 2018 · 11:56 UTC
The tutorial is brilliant. The Control of the car is very smooth. The Best LD41 Game so far.
3DLeon
24. Apr 2018 · 12:00 UTC
Nice idea, very original and it was well executed, it was difficult at the beginning to understand the gameplay but then it becomes interesting. Didn't find any bug btw, what is increidible in only 72.

My entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ludumdare-41-threerena
dragonxvi
24. Apr 2018 · 12:07 UTC
Nice! Mashup Works pretty well and was pretty easy to pick up once you get going! :D
Richard N Silva
24. Apr 2018 · 12:17 UTC
The visuals are simply amazing! Really liked the concept, the "look and feel" and the controls. Think about making a full mobile version, this game has potential, guys! :)

We are looking for feedbacks for our entry, “Type ‘n Jump”. Please consider checking it out too :) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/type-n-jump
Noxbuds
24. Apr 2018 · 12:35 UTC
Very fun game. The idea was well executed, and has some very nice art and catchy music to go with it.
FredricW
24. Apr 2018 · 13:09 UTC
The graphics are amazing and the choice of "menu" is brilliant. I think you are spot on the theme, it feels really original. The game is really well packaged and super polished.
Really good job doing this in just 72 hours! :)
YANIV
24. Apr 2018 · 13:56 UTC
Very nice
really fun
mintarcade
24. Apr 2018 · 14:50 UTC
This is awesome game! Great fun. Will play more after jam is ended...
Fernando Labarta
24. Apr 2018 · 22:44 UTC
The best game i have played in the ludum, congrats guys really nice work
CrazyHomeboys
24. Apr 2018 · 22:57 UTC
Damn!! This is gorgeous!!! Such a peace of art, excellent job! The mechanics feels so well with racing 👏👏
Jupiter_Hadley
25. Apr 2018 · 15:29 UTC
Really fun game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 41 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7llm9eTY4YI
Carvster
25. Apr 2018 · 21:56 UTC
Brilliant little concept, hard mode really is quite hard trying to grab all the wrecks needed!*

Really liked the art and music and felt really polished.

*Only 1 frog was harmed during the generation of this feedback.
Lerg
25. Apr 2018 · 21:57 UTC
Heh, what a fun combination! Car physics could have been better though.
Lagman9000
25. Apr 2018 · 22:03 UTC
Such a polished Jam amazing! Fantastic concept and beautifully exicuted, really addictive and fun!
If you get chance check out our Jam Mechasnek :) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/mechasnek
Cole and Jordan Studios
25. Apr 2018 · 22:05 UTC
That was cool. Liked the art for sure. I never figured out how to throw cars sideways. Clever way to combine the 2 genres! If you want to check out my game it's: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/dating-sim-hell
nina
25. Apr 2018 · 22:06 UTC
Great job! That was really good and challenging. Drifting to get the combo multipliers is fun.
SerpentWorks Games
25. Apr 2018 · 22:22 UTC
Great melding of 2 genres! It's really polished and I like that you pick up cars and make combos with the colors. I did want to speed up the car using S though. Mostly my preference though!
Chema Esteo
26. Apr 2018 · 09:18 UTC
107500 points on my first try! At least, I could end it.
Could you try my submit?
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/jammer-tank

Spoiler alert: a little bit more complex to control :P
dankar
26. Apr 2018 · 09:22 UTC
Wow! This is my favorite! As others have said it's super polished and looks and plays great!
Kaiomoi
26. Apr 2018 · 09:23 UTC
**Grat job ! Good polished and your game is in the theme !**

🤓 If you want to check out my game it’s :https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/snail-and-salt
Tuomo
26. Apr 2018 · 09:33 UTC
Your game is perfect combination of arcade gameplay, clear pixel art, fun sounds and music and nicely balanced controls. Hard to find anything to nitpick, maybe I could have used even easier level to practise..
Brillie Phan
26. Apr 2018 · 09:33 UTC
I was enjoyed it so much ! Really Fun and polished graphics.
If you have some time. Please try our game and leave some comments
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/life-and-death
croewens
26. Apr 2018 · 09:43 UTC
In my top 10 submissions for this LD so far.
Imphenzia
26. Apr 2018 · 10:07 UTC
Artwork is really nice, it really caught my attention! Clever combination of genres although the gameplay didn't maintain my attention for too long, maybe because I want to race these beautiful cars as a more traditional Amiga "Super Cars" game =) Wonderful job though!
Gerickos
26. Apr 2018 · 16:28 UTC
Good game, really polished !
rjhelms
27. Apr 2018 · 02:08 UTC
Amazing classic graphical style. Cool combination of themes, and the core mechanic is really compelling.

The "hard" level was a little overwhelming - it felt like there wasn't quite enough time to line everything up to make all the sweet combos. But I guess that's why it's hard mode!
BlakeMcDeezy
27. Apr 2018 · 09:00 UTC
Those graphics, that audio! Nicely done guys! Very enjoyable :)
Iluvatar
27. Apr 2018 · 09:09 UTC
This is one of those LD entries that you already know they will be on of the winners. Excellent game, fun and professional-like gameplay and graphics. Something you don't expect to see very often. I haven't found any bug or anything. Also the music was really good and well fitting.
kovareka
27. Apr 2018 · 10:34 UTC
Good concept! :)
shubart
27. Apr 2018 · 14:45 UTC
Very nice idea, very nice realisation
King Kujito
27. Apr 2018 · 16:29 UTC
Best one I came across so far
Mau
27. Apr 2018 · 18:13 UTC
Good game.
Yetman
27. Apr 2018 · 19:22 UTC
Nice, I love both the idea and the execution. I didn't notice that what was happening before the menu was a tutorial so I ignored it and was confused as hell when I started playing but it was easy to grasp after a few missteps. The art is really great too. Well done.
trivial171
27. Apr 2018 · 19:22 UTC
Not only is this one of the most innovative concepts I've seen this Ludum Dare, the graphics are also fantastically detailed and well-polished. I think the way the game detects collisions and matches got a bit frustrating sometimes, but I still had a lot of fun playing this.

I also really enjoyed reading your post-mortem blog posts; they're really well-done.

Thank you for making this game!
Jin9310
27. Apr 2018 · 20:55 UTC
Really great entry that has made it to TOP3 games I have came across so far. Love the Art work done on this peace and also the mechanics are handled in top-notch matter. Thanks a lot, I had fine time! Great Job!
krammetje
27. Apr 2018 · 22:47 UTC
Great game, great execution!
SubZtep
28. Apr 2018 · 11:41 UTC
Idea is good and the quality is like a proper game, good job to make it in this short time.
Jonathan Lorenz
28. Apr 2018 · 12:13 UTC
Fun little game. Really liked the music. Good work!
Chikoness
28. Apr 2018 · 12:18 UTC
This is fun! Took a while to understand how it works, but after a while I understood! So good job on that! I like a game where the players have to learn the gameplay themselves :) The graphic & audio is very well done, kudos to the artists! Great job on this polished game :smile:
wrexialmt
28. Apr 2018 · 12:51 UTC
Cool gameplay, i like the tutorial and the level selection and the "collision animations" + sfx are really on point
gil4
28. Apr 2018 · 20:14 UTC
Great concept, really cute and polished graphics, fitting audio - all in all a solid entry, well done. Special props for the nice tutorial, gotta remember it till the next jam. :P

Edit: Oh, forgot to mention - instantly recognized your LD39 entry (was last time I participated), that robot's style is awesome and hard to forget. :3
Shivur
29. Apr 2018 · 03:52 UTC
Good idea!
Pietro Ferrantelli
29. Apr 2018 · 21:41 UTC
Awesome game ! Strong in every aspect from sound to the nice pixel art. You manage to tell the player how he has to play the game. I really enjoyed it, really polished.
coatline
29. Apr 2018 · 22:28 UTC
Nice game! So satisfying when you would get a big chain of points. Great idea too!
Chormacorple27
29. Apr 2018 · 22:29 UTC
Super fun and super innovative! I had lots of fun playing this little game. Great job!
recursor
29. Apr 2018 · 22:29 UTC
A lovely marriage between two genres. For some reason the controls felt a little odd to me, and I'm not sure why. This is the most innovative and fun game I've played so far. Really great work!
cristiano.m.garcia
30. Apr 2018 · 00:46 UTC
Good job! Cool game!
I loved the gameplay. The game is very well finished, ready to be put to sell.

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
MacDoom
30. Apr 2018 · 01:43 UTC
Genius Game! Great combination of elements and is challenging and super fun. Cool graphics and matching audio with a catchy yume. A genre by itself!
Congratulations! 5/5
FussenKuh
30. Apr 2018 · 19:29 UTC
Hard to believe this game was created in 72 hours! Your entry really shows the quality and attention to detail that a small team of devs can put together in such a short time. Great job, everyone!
fashionbatman
30. Apr 2018 · 20:39 UTC
Awesome and unique concept! Sometimes the camera felt a bit to slow when there weren't any spots to drop off cars, but the game was still really fun and felt good too play. Great job!
Mikeliosus
01. May 2018 · 17:13 UTC
Hi! Super solid entry!

I really liked it very much! It is super polished and have an original and intresting mechanic!

Gameplay, Art, Sound and Music - everything fits great spreading awesomeness in the atmosphere!

And you catched the theme very well!

**Great job, guys! :3**

![WrecklessScreen.png](///raw/920/8/z/148cd.png)
agar3s
02. May 2018 · 21:32 UTC
This is the kind of gemes you are expecting to discover in a game jam :smile: great and simple gameplay!
congratulations!
afendar
06. May 2018 · 12:02 UTC
Oh yes I like this game, a little Mario kart in retro mode. I love graphics. Excellent work !
LeReveur
06. May 2018 · 15:34 UTC
It was fun to play, and I like the genre mix. And the mood - in a race, one plays usually as a challenger, not as the cleaning truck driver! :laughing:
I found also that arts are somewhat polished : I noticed lot of details in graphics, and the music, as simple and repetitive is it, goes very well with the game.
Very well done!
PeachTreeOath
06. May 2018 · 16:31 UTC
Jeez, you guys are incredible. The polish is unreal, the innovation is top-notch, and on top of that you guys are still rating and creating awesome post-mortems. I don't know what else to say but that you guys have a good shot at top 10.
invader
06. May 2018 · 19:50 UTC
Solid work. The art is amazing and the gameplay is smooth. One of the best entries I've played in this Jam. :red_car:
ted
06. May 2018 · 20:16 UTC
An easy to play experience that is easy to figure out but has some depth to it, with a polished graphical style... this is a great jam game!
DDRKirbyISQ
06. May 2018 · 21:59 UTC
Execution felt a little messy at times, but this was pretty fun anyways!
StrangerYann
08. May 2018 · 21:50 UTC
This is really fun! The controls are a bit tricky at parts but the graphics are amazing, the sound design is pretty fun, and it's just really-well coded! Also I ran over the frog at the start before playing in "hard mode" and the lil voice you put there cracked me up ^^# - ALSO the time lapse videos of the game's development are pretty neat ideas, I'll check out the one about the Art later on. Well done, nice game, keep it up :-D
Blinkenlights
12. May 2018 · 14:42 UTC
A really fun and polished game, was a little confused at first but caught up with it after a while. Really liked the artwork, well done!
Ethan Kennerly
13. May 2018 · 18:08 UTC
When I passed a chain of purple cars onto purple squares and read a bonus, I felt skilled! If you continue to develop this, when I dragged a chain of cars past their colored squares, I felt clueless.