Traffic Control by Alec Cunningham

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made by Alec Cunningham for Ludum Dare 59 (COMPO)

Do everything in your power to get these worms to their jobs on time. Many lives are at stake here.

TrafficControl.jpg


Controls:

WSAD (we're talking tank controls) to face cars, signalling them to intersect. That part is done automatically!


The game's very own Itch Page: https://alec-cunningham.itch.io/traffic-control


oh, and uh WARNING: CARTOON VIOLENCE.

Download includes both game and Source. Made in Blender 2.79

Thanks for playing!


Credits:

Made aaall by myself, with the use of:

—Blender 2.79

—Audacity

—Roland F701

Ratings

Overall 239th 3.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 166th 3.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 146th 3.405⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 163th 3.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 187th 3.286⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 125th 3.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 3th 4.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 174th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

bereg
Apr 20th · 09:16 UTC
Haha, this game is fantastic! What a ridiculously dangerous intersection. I haven’t laughed this hard in a while. Thank you!

At first it wasn’t totally clear how I was controlling the cars. Then it became obvious that it didn’t even matter.

The voice acting is top-notch!
drtizzle
Apr 20th · 16:55 UTC
What the heck have I just played :grinning:
The first 5 seconds were pretty calm, and then chaos ensued haha
People dying, cars exploding, nobody listened to my instructions, it was CHAOS

Love the voice acting, and the models are very cool too!
This is what I want from a LD game, pure fun and insanity.

The only thing you could do better are the controls, i never had a clue where i really was going, but that also helped with the chaos.

Well done!
miltage
Apr 20th · 19:01 UTC
This game is unhinged and chaotic in the best possible way.
LDJam user 234567
Apr 20th · 20:04 UTC
That's quite an experience!

Anyone can stop the cars for more than 3 seconds? :smile:

(On my three-monitor setup, the game launched on the third monitor and the main monitor switched to portrait mode :dizzy_face: )
LDJam user 303624
Apr 20th · 20:09 UTC
@fifut oh no! I hope they reverted to normal after. Sorry about that! Interesting to know. Thanks :)
xotraz
Apr 20th · 21:42 UTC
Car worms are like 'Thankfully I don't know how to read'.
Walker worms are like 'Let's cross the road there, I will bodyblock the one personn trying to save me for minimal safety'. Send comment.
Jack Maxwell
Apr 20th · 23:22 UTC
Very funny ![Screenshot 2026-04-20 192152.png](///raw/a90/e/z/71303.png) I found it best to step aside and let nature have at it
anku
Apr 21st · 05:57 UTC
Primal chaos
CaptainDreamcast
Apr 23rd · 18:10 UTC
I did it, I ended traffic worldwide. All it took was 44 sacrifices, may my beautiful worms rest in peace, in worm heaven if you will.

Absolutely hilarious, I was laughing at it all the way through, the explosions, the carnage, the voice lines (the worm cop is in CHARGE and he's really good at this), absolutely beautiful. I loved it, great job on this game!
henk
Apr 23rd · 18:33 UTC
Not sure which score was the one to optimize, but I went for the green one and this is the best I could do:

![ended_traffic_3.png](///raw/437/c5/z/727e9.png)

It wasn't obvious to me at the start that looking at a car tells it to go rather than to stop. Most of the challenge seemed to be in stepping out of the way fast enough to signal the next car to go before it gets rear-ended (I totally gave up trying to protect the pedestrians).
Pincushion
Apr 24th · 16:09 UTC
This game's hilarious. I love the voiced parts, the wobbly music, the mayhem. It's all so good.

I read that Blender had a game engine built in at some point. I guess that's v2.79. Curious how it was to develop this.
hoarime
Apr 24th · 18:23 UTC
i was just returning from my worm work on my worm car in Worm Underground Kingdom but then a police worm man came with in a police worm uniform and said that i, Worm Wormious, NEED TO FUCking explode and turn my worm car into black pillows and tuRn all THE worm sinto red pilL0ws made of their worm fleSh at That moment i thoUght that i Was VERy t1r3d anD wenT to Slepp on Them
LDJam user 303624
Apr 25th · 18:16 UTC
@pincushion It's a pretty cool game engine, one where you can get by without coding- though it leaves me quite limited with what I can do. Perfect for game jams, however! I just can't move on from it, I love the look of its 3D
SMOLBIGBY
Apr 25th · 23:20 UTC
Very chaotic and funny game. I didn’t know you could make a game in BLENDER??!
MizAless
Apr 27th · 16:22 UTC
Haha, fun game!
BalimaarTheBassFish
Apr 27th · 23:39 UTC
A fun experience escalates quite quickly too the moment you let things get out of hand even a little bit.
Raivk
Apr 29th · 21:06 UTC
OMG that was something. That's... Quite weird but I love it. The sounds were PERFECT
Conduit
May 02nd · 05:35 UTC
This possibly the most chaotic Combo I've ever played, well done. Thank you so much for an amazing time lol I actually felt good about trying to figure out the system even though everything was always falling apart, thankfully it wasn't very punishing XD
13pilgrims
May 04th · 03:49 UTC
This might be the most absurd and hilarious game I've played in Ludum Dare 59. I caused over forty traffic accidents, and then at the end it said I put an end to traffic accidents. I love the voice acting lol — it made the whole game feel even more ridiculous.