Skyloop by Coda Highland

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made by Coda Highland for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Skyloop

Welcome to the Skyloop circuit!

Race in the prestigious aerial driving competition to win big prizes and pay off your car loan!

Can you escape your crushing debt? Or will you remain stuck in a loop of repayment?

Get behind the wheel and drive!

Gameplay

Use WASD or arrow keys to drive. Slip behind opposing racers to draft for a boost of speed!

Collect golden wheels from the course to earn money to spend on upgrades or debt repayment. You will win an additional prize for coming in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place. Falling off the course will cost money in repairs.

Between rounds, you can buy upgrades to your acceleration or top speed, or pay down your debt.

Changelog

After the end of the jam, two critical bugs were fixed: * Unable to play game in Chrome on some computers * Soft-lock due to respawning over empty air

License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Youtube	https://bitbucket.org/ahigerd/ld47
Youtube	http://greenmaw.com/webgames/ld47/
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/skyloop

Ratings

Overall	1351^th	3.075⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	1097^th	3.079⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	1202^th	2.947⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Theme	344^th	4⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	1459^th	2.447⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Audio	971^th	2.778⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Humor	1167^th	2.059⭐	19🧑‍⚖️
Mood	1510^th	2.265⭐	19🧑‍⚖️
Given		11🗳️	20🗨️

Feedback

kubacip

07. Oct 2020 · 15:19 UTC

simple game but great

Oshawatt123

07. Oct 2020 · 15:20 UTC

Pretty cool game! Very literally stuck in a loop xD although I was bored quite quickly due to there not being much else to do and the loan repayment seemed ludicrously large xD pretty neat game though. eyes went funny a couple times haha

Jelle Vermandere

07. Oct 2020 · 15:21 UTC

I liked the concept, But the game feels a bit too easy because you're just driving pretty much in a straight line all the time. also the engine noise is a bit harsh.
But, i like the shop system and the fact you have a crippling debt. Nice job

GavinDotJS

07. Oct 2020 · 15:22 UTC

I liked the overall idea of the looping track and the financial loop (too real!). The game played well, but I did have some inconsistency with the controls... the steering felt a little out of control at times, and I had an issue where only my w key worked and it made my car go backwards. Just thought I'd let you know, but otherwise it was really good!

Ale

07. Oct 2020 · 15:25 UTC

That was surprisingly fun, even though it was super easy since the AI cars all seem to drive slower than you from the very beginning. Also, the upgrades between races felt unnecessary because the AI was so easy to beat.

The concept of a race in a wheel like this is cool, and I could see it being expanded with things like obstacles, pitfalls, power ups, etc. Nice job!

Ale

07. Oct 2020 · 15:25 UTC

EDIT: comments server seems to be slow. ignore this double post

Yword

07. Oct 2020 · 15:25 UTC

Interesting and innovative racing game! ^_^

Doot

07. Oct 2020 · 15:38 UTC

Great job making a complete game!

Even if the game is very simple and a bit broken, I had fun. Racing is always satisfying.

The drive feel is ok, the opponents AI seems pretty well done.
The menus are quite ugly but very clear.
Collisions with other cars feel wrong, that makes them even scarier haha.
You can skip laps with going back a bit behind the starting line and coming back. Sadly, this is the fastest way to complete a lap. However, doing this you won't collect any coins so this makes playing normally a better solution, which is great.

Thanks for the game 💕

🎤 Coda Highland

07. Oct 2020 · 15:47 UTC

@doot
> You can skip laps with going back a bit behind the starting line and coming back. Sadly, this is the fastest way to complete a lap. However, doing this you won’t collect any coins so this makes playing normally a better solution, which is great.

That's odd. I thought I fixed that. Thanks for the report.

@jelle-vermandere
> But the game feels a bit too easy because you’re just driving pretty much in a straight line all the time

The straight line changes starting in track 3. The AI cars also get substantially faster as the game progresses; I've not been able to get better than 5th place on track 5.

jdbuenol

07. Oct 2020 · 15:49 UTC

Simple race game with low-poly graphics, very clever twist, an endless loop of debts. I think that 100000 dollars of debt is a bit too much, but still it was a fun game.

Doot

07. Oct 2020 · 16:16 UTC

@coda-highland to be precise, I think you have to go back about 5 meters, right where the tracks has a strange split on the sides. As said, it is not a real bother, just wanted to point it out to help you!

Walkingtall85

07. Oct 2020 · 21:53 UTC

Nice game, played it a bit longer than I should have. A bit annoying that the AI cars get ludicrous fast fairly quickly so instead of updates I just should have payed of the loans, was stuck in the last three places the rest of the races...

blaster391

07. Oct 2020 · 21:57 UTC

I liked the simple but effective retro style. It would be cool to see the tracks developed a bit futher, but it is impressive getting such a polished complete project from a single person!

One annoying bug I noticed was the music not looping, meaning in later levels I would be driving around just listening to the engine :c

🎤 Coda Highland

07. Oct 2020 · 22:22 UTC

@blaster391
> One annoying bug I noticed was the music not looping, meaning in later levels I would be driving around just listening to the engine :c

Okay, that's really weird. It's worked for everyone else. Can you tell me more about your setup? What browser, what operating system? The only thing I can see that might potentially cause the issue you're talking about is if Unity's DSP code doesn't work right on some platform.

blaster391

07. Oct 2020 · 22:26 UTC

@coda-highland windows 10, Google Chrome, all fairly up to date (pc built last month). I'll give it another go tomorrow and see if it was just some weird one off issue

MeowMeowLitClub

08. Oct 2020 · 09:03 UTC

I like your idea and game mechanism. Simple and easy to handle. It's a funny way to earn money. And I always fly off the runway and make me laugh a lot haha!

blaster391

08. Oct 2020 · 09:35 UTC

Just given it a second attempt on my work PC, the the music doesn't loop there either so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong :sweat_smile: It's only really noticeable after 3-4 races, but later in the game you'll end up doing 2 or three laps with no music

Nyubi

08. Oct 2020 · 10:21 UTC

This was fun, collecting the wheels and trying to stay on a straight line at the same time. And those debts breathing down my neck ;) The loop tracks felt nice, I just wished at times there was sth like a boost or a HUD that told me where the others are (I guess I've been affected by some other racing game too much). Realizing that the other cars stayed on track, crashed at times and restarted purposefully, it is incredible (to me as a newbie) how you managed to finish this during the jam. There seems to be so much going on that I am not even really aware of. Impressive!

🎤 Coda Highland

08. Oct 2020 · 17:26 UTC

@blaster391 Hmm, that's odd. I can't figure out what's wrong. Thanks for checking, at least.

🎤 Coda Highland

08. Oct 2020 · 17:30 UTC

@nyubi I'm definitely not a newbie. :) I've been programming for over 30 years. I like teaching, though, so if you want any pointers you can feel free to reach out.

joonamo

11. Oct 2020 · 14:57 UTC

I really liked the music, but for some reason it didn't loop on the later rounds. The car "model" was simplistic, but I find it really funny to think that these future people are seriously racing in these boxy vehicles. :joy: Playing this felt a little bit like riding a rollercoaster, I wonder how this would feel in VR...