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Hot Rods: Highway to Rod by robokarla

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made by robokarla for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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CARMAGEDON AWAITS

Do you like all thrills of a demolition derby, but hate high priced rodeo tickets?!?

Well today is your chance to huck cars into the abyss... and for a good cause.

Your bro little rod has been kidnapped and forced into an awkward brolationship with Satan!

PLAY IN BROWSER

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Time to free your bro, the only way you know how.... VEHICULAR DESTRUCTION!

Launch vehicles into the ground until you reach hell (AKA Satan's Brocave).

Each block destroyed improves your explosive capabilities, but beware, the path to hell is paved with some real tough-boi blocks.

KEYBOARD CONTROLS:

WASD - Aim Launcher

Q and E - to lower or raise the depth of the launcher

SPACEBAR - Launch Cars

GAMEPAD/CONTROLLER CONTROLS:

LEFT STICK - Aim Launcher

Left Trigger or Right Trigger - to lower or raise the depth of the launcher

A or Right Bumper - Launch Cars

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Our Team:

Jared Keffer : Programming

@robokarla : production, NOS enthusiast

Alex Garza : Art, 3D assets

Evan Sirchuk : Sound Design/Composition

Audio Credits for Freesound.org sources: https://chipperswitch.com/hot-rods-sound-credits-2.html

PLEASE FULL SCREEN THE GAME SO THE UI IS VISIBLE, THANK YOU!

Link https://i-choose-paradise.itch.io/hotrods
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/hot-rods-highway-to-rod

Ratings

Overall 1400th 3.233⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1028th 3.267⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 786th 3.317⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 840th 3.7⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1522th 2.983⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 948th 3.133⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 181th 3.806⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1373th 3.138⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

Nick Barrash
27. Apr 2021 · 01:34 UTC
Took me a minute to understand that my blasting was getting more powerful as I destroyed stuff. But felt cool when I started destroying everything around blast level 20. Loved the quips! Unique concept, I had fun. Just finished my nachos
beats
27. Apr 2021 · 01:43 UTC
Hell aint that bad then, dude is chillin. Loved the bro dialogue, reminded me of regular show/90s movies.
cireneikual222464
27. Apr 2021 · 01:45 UTC
That was a strange experience haha.Funny game!
MeanSquaredError
27. Apr 2021 · 01:50 UTC
I just played for 20 minutes straight, so I'll say that the gameplay is fun and addicting. Is it supposed to take that long?
ErkaNec
27. Apr 2021 · 06:05 UTC
Unique concept and great dialogue!
Alina Baybulatova
27. Apr 2021 · 09:34 UTC
Such an interesting idea! Thank you)
ChewieCB
27. Apr 2021 · 16:39 UTC
Interesting mechanic and good dialogue, I'd space the dialogues during the gameplay out a bit more though it got repetitive having them cycle through after every shot. Had some minor issues with the camera being blocked by higher up blocks, but overall it was an interesting game with a fun mechanic, chill music, and cool art.
Eugenik
27. Apr 2021 · 21:03 UTC
nice soundtrack
fyslexicduck
28. Apr 2021 · 05:07 UTC
Cool soundtrack. The dialogue really made the game. It was especially satisfying to see the chain reaction of tnt blocks blowing up once you get your blast power going!
Nikolaj
28. Apr 2021 · 05:16 UTC
pretty nice left-field entry.. very odd, but very satisfying. Only suggestion is that once i had my ramp lined up i just kept sending cars into the hole and didn't really have to alter it. Would have been good to have some buried static bodies that forced me to get creative at some point
LDJam user 236256
28. Apr 2021 · 10:49 UTC
The game was interesting and fun in the beginning, but by a certain point it just became shooting straight down to break one block at a time and move a few meters down while the same dialogue kept repeating. I think given the length of the game compared to the dialogue it may have been better to make dialogue appear every 5 shots or so instead to pace it more.
Yaen
28. Apr 2021 · 21:58 UTC
Haha I liked the little jokes you put in there. The lumpy beanbags lol

The 3d graphics looked kinda bad, especially with the camera often not being able to see much if you go deep enough. But I did like the character portraits!

The music was cool for sure! ^^
kfischer-okarin
29. Apr 2021 · 09:07 UTC
The humor was not really for me but the game itself was quite funny. Throwing cars all around and such.
Ulisses
29. Apr 2021 · 23:23 UTC
Hello, I tried to run your game on chrome and firefox, but for some reason it is not loading. Is there another place or something I can do?

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HerryFabien
30. Apr 2021 · 01:15 UTC
"Bro that not cool bro !" Loved the game and the simplicity but dunno if it's me as soon as i hit the dirt explosion was messed up and i could only destroy a block at a time . Still finish ! ^^
Xeke-Death
30. Apr 2021 · 12:52 UTC
I'm all for explosions, could have been a little more explosive.
Aiming in one spot and just throwing cars was all I did.
Lines got repetitive quick.
A good concept, needs some more work though. Have something change the place you need to hit to make the player have to change their angle.
Dudelesha
05. May 2021 · 12:08 UTC
It reminds me something!👀
xiyou
10. May 2021 · 15:00 UTC
Very interesting design. When the level is very high after blowing up a large square is very enjoyable
xiyou
10. May 2021 · 15:00 UTC
Very interesting design. When the level is very high after blowing up a large square is very enjoyable
juako
15. May 2021 · 04:10 UTC
Cool game! I must say I spent more time than I should destroying all those cubes.
candlesan
15. May 2021 · 04:15 UTC
Really original concept? I hucked a lot of cars until my blast power was 27 and I seemed to hit some indestructible edges and bottom. Fun times!