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Your life is currency by hypp

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made by hypp for LD 44 (COMPO)

In the not too distant future, all major currencies have failed. Dollars are worthless, British Pounds are not even worth the paper it is printed on, and other currencies like the Yen and the Euro are but a memory. Alternative currencies like Personal Identifiable Data and Bitcoin have also collapsed.

But money does not matter only LIFE!

The life of you and others are put at risk in a racing game. The only survivor receives fame and glory!

You drive the red car and can shoot blood clots. Shoot too many and you loose your life; your currency. Shoot too few and you loose the game.

Controls: Space to start, Space to shoot, Up for speed, Left/Right to steer. Click to enable music.

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Tested on OSX in Chrome and Safari.

Sorry, that I didn't have time to make it better (more levels, more graphics, more explosions, more soundeffects). I started out with melonjs, then ditched that and started from scratch with pixijs. Hope you like it anyway!

HTML5 (web) http://kompetensum.com/ld44/
Source code https://github.com/hypp/ld44
Other (document) https://soundcloud.com/mathias-olsson-1/your-life-is-currency
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/your-life-is-currency-1

Ratings

Given 25🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Liev
28. Apr 2019 · 22:20 UTC
Nice game! I got stuck a lot, but that was probably me being awful at it.
SefrZ
29. Apr 2019 · 19:00 UTC
Nice take on the theme. It's a little hard to control and shoot, but I am not the best at these types of games to begin with, so that may be me.
Youpeoples
29. Apr 2019 · 19:00 UTC
I use to play the mess out of the slot-car game that came bundled with pcs way back when. I was in the lead 100% of the time with a gun I had no use for. Give the leading player things to shoot at please.
jk5000
29. Apr 2019 · 19:02 UTC
A fun idea for a game and I love the music. The controls is overall okay, but sometimes they did not work. Over a fine LD game with a funny/interesting story. Well done.
TwobyThree
29. Apr 2019 · 19:02 UTC
Have trouble in my screen to see the hole track so y need to scroll down and lost positions while doing it. Nice work on the competitors and it would be so good to add a reverse button because i got stuck almost in every corner :v Congratulations!
MrSchlag2
29. Apr 2019 · 19:03 UTC
Thanks for this game ! The music is nice, some sounds effects and backward motion would have been a plus !
Seb Jones
29. Apr 2019 · 19:04 UTC
I kept getting caught on the corners! Cool atmosphere though - kind of reminds me of *The Running Man* for some reason :)
Neowedge
29. Apr 2019 · 19:05 UTC
Greetings for the game! It's a little frustrating when you get stuck in the corners, and in the begining it's difficult to understand de goal of the game because is not a race (in fact, a good strategy is to drive in the opposite direction and fire the other cars head-on. This game reminds me the film "Death Race". It was a challenge to get down all the other cars. Congratulations!
EvoGenGames
30. Apr 2019 · 08:38 UTC
Nice Carmaggedon parody xD
Loved it, thank you!
Anna Karpova
30. Apr 2019 · 13:06 UTC
Nice music, fun game) The control is a little heavy for me
Dumivid
30. Apr 2019 · 14:12 UTC
Corners, I hate those guys! Nice game dude, I haven't seen many racing games so far on this LD. I don't know how exactly you made youк game, but a bigger map or zoom could benefit a lot (maybe there are some limitations but I am not aware so this is up to your judgment). Overall, the game is decent, especially the theme. Hope you had fun during development, good luck with future projects.
Geckoo1337
30. Apr 2019 · 17:33 UTC
Hard - fun - clever. I love the main background track. Sometimes I stuck in the corners and it is a litle bit frustrating. However you did a solid entry. I wish you the best. Thank you ++
Dvlv
30. Apr 2019 · 18:56 UTC
Cool idea. Music went well with the art style to make a futuristic vibe.
Ithildin
30. Apr 2019 · 20:30 UTC
Nice concept! I got stuck often in the corners as well: while the controls didn't feel necessarily clunky, road tiles are small and there's little room to steer accurately, specially if we also have to aim and shoot at the same time.

Music was catchy and fit the story.

Good job!
paul59
01. May 2019 · 14:22 UTC
Controls are a bit too sensitive and should there be a lap counter? Otherwise, nice little racer.
Furtive Pygmy
02. May 2019 · 01:52 UTC
Other than the corners being sticky it was a nice game.
I think there needs to be a penalty for being last, as I was able to sit in one spot and snipe people driving past. While fun, it sort of makes the game a bit cheesey :D
johnnysix
02. May 2019 · 19:17 UTC
I didn't read the rules, I just tried racing the cars. Would be cool with laps / other cars shooting, and a reverse gear! :)
![ld44db02.png](///raw/028/2/z/2461a.png)

Bonus points for the Aphex Twin sounding music. :D
wildcard
02. May 2019 · 20:59 UTC
The idea is certainly something I think more cart-racing games can learn from. Often you collect coins or something in those games for not immediately apparent effects. But your game includes a health system and all. The use of pixijs is also pretty impressive, well done!
Suchista
05. May 2019 · 10:57 UTC
It was nice, but lacked some elements. There probably should be some lap system, because now it's not even about racing. Also, health regeneration would be good, now when you have not enough health you have to waith for death. Some more polish and it would be cool :)
DataGreed
05. May 2019 · 15:16 UTC
The html5 version does not work for me on MacOS Chrome, I got only music, the description of the game and nothing else going on on the page :(
🎤 hypp
05. May 2019 · 20:07 UTC
@datagreed Thanks for letting me know. It is strange though, I have tested it on both Chrome and Safari in OSX and it works for me. If you have the time, please try again. And you did press spacebar, I assume?