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Cross Roadent by PoshDan

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made by PoshDan for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

2026-04-22<em>23-33-20</em>CrossRoadent.png There's always a traffic jam in RodentVille, and you're the poor bastard they chose to direct the traffic at the main crossroads today!

It's not a question if you will fail, it's a matter of when. They give out bronze, silver and gold medals to those who can prevent the most collisions and jams, believe it or not.

Reach 200 completed journeys (or fail earlier due to dissatisfaction). Your only tool is your ability to SIGNAL vehicles to stop. (Space bar)

Good luck. You'll need it. Poor bastard.

Music was made by Louie Zong

For some reason music wasn't playing on the LD embed so it has been removed. Try playing it on Itch please!

Controls:

WASD/Arrow keys: Move Space: Create stop sign P/Pause: (Un)Pause game

Itch https://takkatakka.itch.io/cross-roadent
Windows (Itch) https://takkatakka.itch.io/cross-roadent
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/cross-roadent

Ratings

Overall 634th 3.262⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 551th 3.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 520th 3.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 365th 3.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 697th 3⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 143th 3.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 685th 3.1⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 423872
Apr 21st · 15:16 UTC
I love managing this chaos!
Oradimi
Apr 21st · 16:05 UTC
Actually funny game, but I couldn't hear Louie Zong's music. I won't give any rating due to the use of AI, even for something as mundane as the thumbnail and the title screen. It's quite unfortunate.
demian4ik
Apr 21st · 16:05 UTC
The game is genuinely addictive — just when you think, “This time it’ll go smoothly,” you get hit by a truck again, and in the background cars can’t stop and crash into each other.

It would be nice if pedestrians didn’t run into stationary cars — that’s ruined a lot of my attempts.
Jesse Martin
Apr 22nd · 18:19 UTC
Really fun, did take me a moment to realize that I could hold down the stop sign
csnxs
Apr 27th · 14:45 UTC
It's a bit difficult but I like the interpretation of the theme and it led to an interesting gameplay idea. Nice voxels as well.
alexhonor
May 03rd · 15:06 UTC
Hey, great effort on your part! This was chaotic! Although I would suggest love to be able to see trajectories of cars on the road, as it is really difficult to plan your actions right now.
ImNotVegan
May 03rd · 16:00 UTC
Such a fun and quirky concept! Playing as a traffic-controlling rat is definitely original and fits the 'Signal' theme in a very creative way. I liked the 'Satisfaction' meter mechanic and the fact that it recovers over time — it's a good way to give the player some breathing room.

However, I found the game to be extremely difficult. Managing 200 cars with just one stopping zone feels a bit overwhelming, especially since the car AI is quite clumsy when trying to overtake. They often crash into each other in ways that are hard to prevent. Adding more control options or refining the cars' pathfinding would make the challenge feel more fair. Great effort on a unique idea!
BACON BEAST
May 03rd · 17:35 UTC
It gets very chaotic later on and becomes almost impossible to manage the high traffic count. The AI is a bit goofy with how they drive around, so it makes it difficult to actually manage anything when there's instances where the vehicle will just decide to drive into a wall or take another path entirely. Maybe if there was a way to stop individual vehicles instead of an area, it might be slightly more manageable. Despite not reaching the goal of 200, it's still a lot of fun and kind of silly to see so many car crashes happen.
Madbarron
May 03rd · 18:19 UTC
A great take on the traffic signal subtheme, and a truly deep and crunchy pun for a title :laughing:

For some reason, it didn't start counting journeys until I had already been playing for 5 minutes or so. I like having to manage traffic as a person instead of via an abstract interface. The graphics are great and the AI feels really nice in the way that it tries to swerve around you.
nicardo
May 04th · 16:59 UTC
very fun to play and the AI pathfinding is done nicely and funny. The autowalla shake is funny :D
Alexandr Gerya
May 05th · 14:07 UTC
the ai is so dumb in the best way cars swerve around you then drive straight into a truck held that stop sign way too long before realizing you can tap it addictive little mess
captain-awesome
May 05th · 14:17 UTC
Lol, those little mopeds have a death wish.
remusnomos
May 05th · 16:37 UTC
Fun one! I like the core concept and it's fun to think about strategies that might stop the chaos, but ultimately they all fail :D.
zhangzhimu
May 06th · 10:29 UTC
I think this scene and the artistic setting are extremely interesting. Who here was like me, drawn in by the cover? Haha, it's a really fun game!