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Roll A Loop by Tristan10Cats

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made by Tristan10Cats for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

In Roll A loop you try to keep the rollercoaster running as long as possible. Build track to make sure your rollercoaster doesn't crash. Make sure to pay attention and be fast enough, or you'll miss your chance!

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Go through an endless rollercoaster ride, randomly generated so no two playthroughs are the same.

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Try to get a higher score each time, the rollercoaster gets faster as time goes on! normalgameplay.png

Most importantly though, have a good time with it. As I had a good time making this. :)

Youtube https://tristantencate.itch.io/roll-a-loop
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/roll-a-loop

Ratings

Overall 1060th 3.33⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Fun 801th 3.347⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 629th 3.49⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Theme 693th 3.73⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1269th 2.979⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1093th 1.514⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 964th 2.452⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1467th 2.444⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Given 42🗳️ 67🗨️

Feedback

BorisFromMurmansk
05. Oct 2020 · 18:51 UTC
The gameplay is good, but as for me, there are not enough sounds
Lamasaurus
05. Oct 2020 · 18:54 UTC
Cool concept, once in the flow it was very fun. I think putting the 3 kinds of pieces on different buttons on the keyboard would have made my reaction time faster, now it was sometimes hard to look back and forth from the pieces and navigate the mouse toward the right piece. A little sound would also have livened it up. The difficulty rise was pretty good, I did not feel pressured at the beginning to learn the mechanics. Keep it up!
TheBookSnail
05. Oct 2020 · 19:07 UTC
I really liked the slow speed up progression and the scoring. Starts getting really intense! High score 38.
javicepa
05. Oct 2020 · 22:26 UTC
Really fun! I got to 40 points :D
WatermelonAndMe
05. Oct 2020 · 22:34 UTC
Cool idea, nice theme interpretation. Funny and graphics is good.
PrimalShadow
05. Oct 2020 · 22:35 UTC
it took me quite a few tries before I got the hang of it, but once I did it was pretty fun.
Fedora
06. Oct 2020 · 00:37 UTC
I like how it starts going faster and faster to increase the difficulty. I agree with what @lamasaurus said, having hotkeys to place the pieces would have been appreciated.
AlekM
06. Oct 2020 · 03:28 UTC
Cool idea. Could see this getting more variations easily
wilsk
06. Oct 2020 · 04:25 UTC
My train kept falling off the top of the loop and dropping out the bottom of the world, so I couldn't really get it to work. Looked interesting though!
Cameron Dunlap
06. Oct 2020 · 05:26 UTC
Strange happenings with the carts falling off the loop and the track going below the parallax graphics over time, but the concept is there and it works pretty well. Simple and kinda' addicting concept, nice work.
Jazkottaja
06. Oct 2020 · 08:24 UTC
cool idea but like other people have said it could use some variation on the puzzles. maybe just increase the amount of wrong choises over time? but overall a really solid game
LetterAfterZ
06. Oct 2020 · 08:30 UTC
Awesome, a fellow theme park themed game - we almost did a rollercoaster game too before settling on a merry-go-round.

Had some trouble going off the track in teh loops, but seemed to fix it in fullscreen mode. I dug the simplicity of the choices in placing the right track which at first seemed too easy, then rapidly became much harder. A great entry all up, good job.
MECHORD AND MECHOH
06. Oct 2020 · 08:32 UTC
Good gameplay and nice graphics
Human Writes Code
06. Oct 2020 · 08:33 UTC
I like the idea. It's unique and clever. The game is actually pretty fun and nerve-racking at the same time.

I think, however, that it really needed some sounds and music to sell the experience a bit more.

Overall, well done!
Bredera
06. Oct 2020 · 08:35 UTC
Cool idea, liked the implementation of the theme, but choosing the track pieces felt like you need dumb luck to choose the correct one. after multiple retries I finally got to a total score of 1.
MrRedbeard
06. Oct 2020 · 08:35 UTC
I really like this game. I love that the options show in different orders every time so you have to look up every time which adds to the chaos of having to react fast. My high score was 37!
toxs1ck
06. Oct 2020 · 08:38 UTC
I liked the concept. With some polishing and small additions it could make for a fun little mobile game.
Momo_Hunter
06. Oct 2020 · 08:38 UTC
Was easy to understand and it would be awesome if you could fly with the carts. Score: 25
Abiral
06. Oct 2020 · 08:39 UTC
Simple to understand the game. It's a really cool game with an awesome idea. Good Luck!
Akis Lionis
06. Oct 2020 · 08:51 UTC
The idea was amazing. The sad part is that it had some bugs.
Nehvis
06. Oct 2020 · 08:56 UTC
I really like the idea. Some sounds would have been nice
Croxel Studios
06. Oct 2020 · 09:36 UTC
Funny idea, it's so frantic! I think it could be a pretty engaging game with some more content and polish.
monninen
06. Oct 2020 · 18:37 UTC
Fun and easy to understand concept. Good work!
anaticula
06. Oct 2020 · 20:05 UTC
The idea is really interesting!
Jarvisp99
08. Oct 2020 · 19:07 UTC
Got a Bug.....But can be better game...through.....I loved the mood of the game.....
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adjo
08. Oct 2020 · 19:14 UTC
Fun game! My carts did fall off a loop the first time I played, but was overall good to play
Eugenik
09. Oct 2020 · 01:53 UTC
:pig:
Tipu
09. Oct 2020 · 13:46 UTC
Very fun game but it lacks sounds and more variety, still i had fun and managet to get score to 40
12. Oct 2020 · 22:20 UTC
Cool, unique concept! Would be even better if there were sometimes multiple paths that you could decide on depending on what track piece you place, with some of them having obstacles.

I do feel the game could be picking up speed faster, as the first 20 or so parts are quite easy to place and it may put off people from trying again if they have to wait so long.
HeadZerg
19. Oct 2020 · 07:11 UTC
With a bit more variation it could turn out to be cool little mobile game!
lovetocode999
24. Oct 2020 · 17:49 UTC
This is a very nice game, I really liked the increasing difficulty and the mechanics. I think it could definitely do with some sounds and keyboard controls, though. Overall, a very fun game!