Ram Road Racer by ThaRemo

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made by ThaRemo for LD34 (COMPO)
Heya, this was my first ludum dare. I'll appreciate any feedback but don't be too harsh :)
Ram Road Racer is a simple racing game with the goal to hit as many cars as possible, while avoiding spikes on the road. It's a little easy at first, but it gets harder the longer you play. I only used the theme "Two button controls".
If I had more time, I would have created some more fitting music and added local highscores.

Time spent: Almost 20 hours
Engine: Unity
Music: Fruity Loops
Sound effects: Bfxr
Art: Paint.net

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall 3.41 339
Audio 3.31 193
Fun 3.52 224
Graphics 3.85 147
Innovation 2.69 735
Theme 3.63 562

Feedback

5you
14. Dec 2015 · 01:28 UTC
Nice game! I always like this type of 2D/3Desque racers. it reminds me of outrun or road rash!

Very little things I think you could improve easily:
-the explosion sounds are too present
-the grass should be higher
-the car could move a bit faster (sideways) so it would be more exiting.
Cyranh
14. Dec 2015 · 11:07 UTC
Awesome! The graphics are really nice, and the game just plays really smoothly. Love it!
rujo
14. Dec 2015 · 12:28 UTC
cool racing game, i always wanted to do a pseudo3D racing game, here the mix between pseudo3D visuals and pixel art is really well made.
its just a little too difficult and repetitive for a game
rantt
14. Dec 2015 · 12:48 UTC
I really liked the art and music. Fun racing game, nicely done !
WizzardMaker
14. Dec 2015 · 14:16 UTC
Really nice game! It was really fun to play, the explosion sound should be a bit more louder though
cicanci
14. Dec 2015 · 14:17 UTC
Very well done! The graphics are really good, and the game is fun!
Coomzy
14. Dec 2015 · 21:43 UTC
ZIP in a ZIP, ZIP-aception!
Theropod Studios
14. Dec 2015 · 21:47 UTC
Overall pretty good, could use a faster side to side speed, and it seems the player hitbox doesn't quite match up with the sprite, making it possible to miss cars that you visually pass through
bradur
14. Dec 2015 · 21:48 UTC
I really liked this game!

+ The atmosphere is great!
+ The graphic style is perfect for this sort of a game
+ There is some nice lighting stuff going on
+ Gameplay is challenging but not too difficult
+ Nice sounds & music :)

- The music loop isn't seamless
Max Amaden
14. Dec 2015 · 21:56 UTC
Awesome little game! I love the art-style and the gameplay is really entertaining and replayable! Brilliant game overall. Keep up the good work!
Innobec
15. Dec 2015 · 02:35 UTC
Cool game, I like the art style!
Phobos001
15. Dec 2015 · 02:45 UTC
This had a surprising depth to it; When running low on fuel, I had to decide whether to risk the timing for getting just behind spikes to grab the fuel can, or wait and pray that another one would spawn shortly.

Unfortunately, there's nothing stopping spikes from spawning RIGHT in front of a car, making them impossible to avoid and forcing the player to take damage.

Another issue is that fuel always stopped at 3 for me when I get a Game Over. Other than that this was pretty neat :D
Ingon
15. Dec 2015 · 05:39 UTC
Well done. The music and sounds contribute a lot. Nice visuals.
rjhelms
21. Dec 2015 · 03:44 UTC
This game's a a lot of fun, and looks and sounds great. Good straight-forward execution of the theme.

I agree with others that making the side-to-side movement a bit faster would be a good improvement on this. Controller support would be nice too, but that's just gravy. Either way, I had a lot of fun with this!
AAGH Games
29. Dec 2015 · 11:52 UTC
I like the concept, and the sound work is good. My concerns are the cars blocking your view of spikes right behind them (leading to the player taking unavoidable hits), the car doesn't seem to move fast enough side to side to match the speed of objects on the road (making collecting and dodging more cumbersome), and fuel cans could probably give more than just 2 fuel per pickup, given how sparse they are.