Distant Driving by GrayMansion
Distant Driving is driving simulator game. If you get too far from radiotower, you won't be able to control your wehicle, so you have to drive carefully. Good luck and have fun!
| Link | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1w1FitA8oWEzOzZEInvPIr68-EhHxBOMM |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/distant-driving |
Ratings
| Overall | 174th | 3.357⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 174th | 3.19⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 275th | 2.571⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 51th | 4⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 149th | 3.262⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 109th | 2.825⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 197th | 3.167⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 14🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
A good topic exploration based on a familiar game!
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I played a few times and unlocked the second track, but then I ran into a bug where the menu stopped working, so I can’t say how the other cars feel.
Overall, it’s a pleasant game: great visuals and music, the car feels fun to drive, and the suspension is top-notch. Also, having unlockable content like different tracks and cars is an impressive amount of work for Compo. Great job!
I understood the mechanic pretty quickly... but I didn't quiet understand what to do about it? Like, my car could only go so fast... so I just felt helpless during the offline bits. It's an interesting idea and the coding felt solid and complete. But I didn't feel like I had enough tools as a player to deal with it. Maybe a boost on a cooldown, so I had to time it right? Or getting enough air to collect signal booster items? Idk. Some way to deal with the disconnection part. That was the main thing lacking for me. That combined with the car being pretty slow, there wasn't a lot of choice. I kept thinking I failed. But adding some additional way for the player to deal with the loss of connection and this could be pretty fun.
Graphics had that old-school charm. The engine noise got a little repetitive, having it pitch up or down as you accelerate would help, as well as an audio cue for 'disconnecting' from the radio towers.
Fun little physics driver, nice job!
Well done! :red_car: