Mammoth for Speed by Lonely Vertex
============= Intro =============
A long time before the invention of the first wheel, there used to be ancient riders. Riders, on highly customisable and tunable mammoths, who competed in crazy illegal races.
Prepare to experience the ancinet tuning technology. Join the riders and tune your mammoth for speed with our global ranking leaderboard.
============= Concept =============
Racing game where you can race the world’s best time saved on our server and tune your mammoth. You get a new tuning part every time you cross the finish line untill you have unlocked everything. This represents our version of possible ancient racing and transportation.
You can also select from three different mammoth types. Every mammoth type has its own parameters which determine how fast it can go (Top speed), how fast it accelerates (Acceleration), how sharp it turns (Handling) and how effective is its stopping power (Braking). Each tuning part modifies these stats and therefore you can have the most awesome mammoth that ever walked the face of the earth.
Be sure to enter your nickname because we plan to have a leadderboard and announce the fastest racer on our twitter @lonelyvertex on September 14. If you want, you can insert your twitter name in a format “@your_twitter_name” and we will mention you in the winner announcing tweet.
Also we will be happy if you tweet us a screenshot of your mammoth, praise or a bug.
============= Controls =============
== Menu (Cave) General buttons ==
Mouse click on buttons in the menu:
- Floppy disk ……………………............ Save the name filled in the input
- Mammoth ........................................... Go to mammoth tuning cave
- Play .................................................... Go to level selection map
- Home button …………………………... Go to home screen which will allow you to change the name
- On/Off ................................................. Quit the game
== Mammoth tuning cave ==
- Mouse click to blue circle ………………. Open available tuning components for the mammoth part
- Click on available component button …….. Select the part and attach it on the mammoth
- Colored mammoth button …………………. Select the mammoth type
- Click and drag the mammoth by mouse …. Turn the mammoth on the platform to see it from different angle
== Map (Level selection) ==
- Yellow mammoth button on the map....Play the level
== Play (Race) ==
- Up arrow …………….…… Accelerate
- Left arrow ……….……….. Turn left (only available while your mammoth is moving)
- Right arrow ….…………… Turn right (only available while your mammoth is moving)
- Down arrow ………………. Brake / Reverse
- R key …………………….... Restart the level
- Escape key ……………….. Pause the game and display pause menu
- Pause button on screen …. Pause the game and display pause menu (the button is visible only if you move your mouse for a bit of time)
- Turn around arrow button .. Restart the level (the button is visible only if you move your mouse for a bit of time)
============= 72 sleepless hours =============
This is the first time that our whole team colaborated and conducted a group sleepover. We were pleasantly surprised, how much we accomplished. Although the most rewarding part is that we know what we are lacking and what we should work on.
Team LonelyVertex
http://www.lonelyvertex.com
info@lonelyvertex.com
twitter: @lonelyvertex
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lonelyvertex
A long time before the invention of the first wheel, there used to be ancient riders. Riders, on highly customisable and tunable mammoths, who competed in crazy illegal races.
Prepare to experience the ancinet tuning technology. Join the riders and tune your mammoth for speed with our global ranking leaderboard.
============= Concept =============
Racing game where you can race the world’s best time saved on our server and tune your mammoth. You get a new tuning part every time you cross the finish line untill you have unlocked everything. This represents our version of possible ancient racing and transportation.
You can also select from three different mammoth types. Every mammoth type has its own parameters which determine how fast it can go (Top speed), how fast it accelerates (Acceleration), how sharp it turns (Handling) and how effective is its stopping power (Braking). Each tuning part modifies these stats and therefore you can have the most awesome mammoth that ever walked the face of the earth.
Be sure to enter your nickname because we plan to have a leadderboard and announce the fastest racer on our twitter @lonelyvertex on September 14. If you want, you can insert your twitter name in a format “@your_twitter_name” and we will mention you in the winner announcing tweet.
Also we will be happy if you tweet us a screenshot of your mammoth, praise or a bug.
============= Controls =============
== Menu (Cave) General buttons ==
Mouse click on buttons in the menu:
- Floppy disk ……………………............ Save the name filled in the input
- Mammoth ........................................... Go to mammoth tuning cave
- Play .................................................... Go to level selection map
- Home button …………………………... Go to home screen which will allow you to change the name
- On/Off ................................................. Quit the game
== Mammoth tuning cave ==
- Mouse click to blue circle ………………. Open available tuning components for the mammoth part
- Click on available component button …….. Select the part and attach it on the mammoth
- Colored mammoth button …………………. Select the mammoth type
- Click and drag the mammoth by mouse …. Turn the mammoth on the platform to see it from different angle
== Map (Level selection) ==
- Yellow mammoth button on the map....Play the level
== Play (Race) ==
- Up arrow …………….…… Accelerate
- Left arrow ……….……….. Turn left (only available while your mammoth is moving)
- Right arrow ….…………… Turn right (only available while your mammoth is moving)
- Down arrow ………………. Brake / Reverse
- R key …………………….... Restart the level
- Escape key ……………….. Pause the game and display pause menu
- Pause button on screen …. Pause the game and display pause menu (the button is visible only if you move your mouse for a bit of time)
- Turn around arrow button .. Restart the level (the button is visible only if you move your mouse for a bit of time)
============= 72 sleepless hours =============
This is the first time that our whole team colaborated and conducted a group sleepover. We were pleasantly surprised, how much we accomplished. Although the most rewarding part is that we know what we are lacking and what we should work on.
Team LonelyVertex
http://www.lonelyvertex.com
info@lonelyvertex.com
twitter: @lonelyvertex
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lonelyvertex
The controls are a wit wanky but allround a nice game
I had problems to understand how to go to the next level tho
Maybe you should add a music with some percussions, to give a better rythm to the race.
I liked a lot the customization part, but I couldnt unlock all of these.
Keep creating games !
very well design level, with upgradable ride is nice additional content
overall very well done!
graphics are fine and undertandable but the path to follow is not always clear and maybe the grass could be more dense.
control are clear, but maybe it miss some thing like drift.
otherwise, it's a great job you did here :)
The controls feel a bit strange at first, but I totally understand that this is not a car but a mammoth.
Collision detection is a bit buggy sometimes. Like it's possible to be stuck at a little corner with the game considering that we are still at full speed. So after turning around to go back on track the mammoth goes from static to full speed. Quite surprising at first.
Art and track design is pretty simple but very polished.
Even if I still don't really understand why sometimes I unlock parts or how to unlock next track, it makes me very happy to fine tune my mammoth to perfection and try to beat my own record.
Excellent game. Congratulations !
We are going to let you know what will happen to the game in future on our Twitter channel . If you want to be updated don't hesitate and follow us on twitter http://www.twitter.com/lonelyvertex
But I don't really see the "Technology" part here ?
Aside from that, it's really fun :)
P.S. Mammoth riding is just hilarious :D
I would have liked a little more vivid colors, but that's subjective. Never the less, the whole lot decoration and polish is amazing, particularly for 72h.
I just have the feeling that the hitbox for the "braking grass" is too large. Much too large in some turns.
Anyways, great work!
The camera on turns could be improved and turning the mammoth made more smooth, but that's just minor for such complete game. :)
And the game looks so solid and polished.
It's almost unreal for such a short period of time.
My congratulations to whole your team.
Perfect entry!
I also live the menu transitions at the start of the game.
Could do with a background music (most racing games keep you speeding by adding some upbeat music in the background)
If it had background music, I'd say it would be perfect. The customization options were my favourite too.
You can watch the stream over here: https://www.twitch.tv/cantgetourname/v/88796963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxPcU99ShQk
A great little game, I'd love to see a post-jam version with some more levels and a few extra features (like music and a minimap).