Demobius Derby by Alasdair Hitchen

Welcome to Demobius Derby!
Description
A chatotic drive to survive! Your opponents will turn into ghosts after their first lap, repeating their movements and their powerup uses. Each lap, more and more opponents will arrive. Survive as long as you can!
Controls
WSAD: Move
Space: Use Power-up
Esc: Restart
Controller is supported
| Youtube | https://jammygamers.itch.io/demobius-derby |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/demobius-derby |
Ratings
| Overall | 649th | 3.605⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 936th | 3.237⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 788th | 3.342⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1046th | 3.368⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 619th | 2.938⭐ | 18🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 804th | 3.395⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 20🗳️ | 5🗨️ |
The main issues I faced with this game, however, was the handling. I would drive along fairly happily until I reached a certain speed where turning would cause me car to instantly crash into the wall. I didn't feel like I could control it.
All in all, you've managed to get a lot into this game! Driving controls, gravity defying cars, AI, powerups, the lot! A great effort for 72hrs :D
Good job on managing to finish 3 vehicles and 4-5 powerups, also the map, audience was well detailed, and the whole game felt polished.
One problem I had was that turning was too sensitive. When I switched to the biggest vehicle to counter this, it was a bit better, but still was too sensitive.
And the physics could be improved as well, because this is a derby game, but in this game collision with the track or with the other players is very punishing. After colliding with something I always did a 180 degree turn, instantly got to zero speed, and I most likely got behind everybody else.
Maybe you just intended this game as a different kind of derby game, but personally I really like crushing other players' vehicles :D
Good entry nonetheless, gave me some ideas! :)
Thanks for the game, and good luck to you!
Like others mentioned, I also strugged with the controls. Just turning really. The throttle control felt great but turning was difficult to judge, as if the turning started accelerating as I held it down. This was with a keyboard btw.
From a game perspective, it felt like I had very little chance to get back into the race after a mistake. Partly due to my terrible driving skills but also because most powerups seemed to focus on cars behind me, and I really kept trying to get rockets to stop cars ahead of me. I wish I'd had more chances to make a comeback.
Overall this is a really solid jam with tons of content!
10/10 second best mobius strip based driving game I've played all jam
shockwave op pls nerf