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Trolley-ho! by MrMattSim

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made by MrMattSim for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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Once a year, the novice Dwarves of Bottomless Mountain compete to earn their place in the deepest mines.

How to play: You can move your cart forward and backward and you can jump tracks. Get more gems then the other dwarves to win.

Move Forward - 'W' key

Move Backward - 'S' key

Jump Track right - 'D' and 'Space' key.

Jump track left - 'A' and 'Space' key.

To pause game press 'Escape' key

The windows version has better lighting then the web version. WebGL...

Thank you for playing our game. We hope you had fun.

Link https://noblecode.itch.io/trolley-ho
Link https://www.dropbox.com/s/m8idn6qqbmnpdmf/LudumDare48_Trolly-Ho_Win.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/trolley-ho

Ratings

Overall 1873th 2.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1894th 2.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1755th 2.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1762th 2.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1703th 2.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1197th 2.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1359th 2.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1778th 2.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Diego Pontes
27. Apr 2021 · 02:51 UTC
Very funny game, gave me some laughs while flying off the road with my cart. I'll give some points to consider:

- The game has a bug that wouldn't allow me to get on the first track
- The music was not looped, so it ended on lap 2
- Also the core loop of the game doesn't have an end, I reached track 4 and kept going
- And last, it was a bit too dark, some fire ilumination would been nice!

Overall, good work and a liked very much the effect of the curves :)
TheCommonThug
27. Apr 2021 · 02:58 UTC
Neat effect on the upcomming track. A and D weren't responding as expected.
hwaet
27. Apr 2021 · 03:07 UTC
I liked the beat on the background track! It was a bit dark on my monitor, so it was hard to see the scenery at some points. I did like that I could jump on the other cart and mess up its day, though. And the particle effects looked nice!

A fun take on this would be to give the carts a resource they'd need to spend to shoot forward. That way they'd have to pick and choose when they shoot forward to try to cut ahead of each other.
Braden land
27. Apr 2021 · 03:07 UTC
Cool concept but I agree with the other two commenters that it needed more lighting. Excellent job!
MEGA Marlon
27. Apr 2021 · 03:12 UTC
Took me a while to figure out how to shift between tracks. It may be helpful to put the controls in the game. The music was a jam and was pretty enjoyable! Like others have said, it was too dark to tell what I was doing at some points even with full screen brightness. It was cool to race against another cart though!
Drew Abegg
27. Apr 2021 · 03:19 UTC
The pace of the game is almost painfully slow. most of the time there's nothing to do because there are no gems to collect (at least none that I can see - it's very dark). Pressing the spacebar in addition to A and D felt odd and unnecessary. The track unfolding animation is a nice touch though!
Jickamangah
27. Apr 2021 · 14:38 UTC
It's pretty hilarious to see the other cart land on mine then go flying. Nice entry!
Heine Hohenhart
27. Apr 2021 · 22:43 UTC
A lot of bugs with the other cart, but it was really fun to watch ! A good moment, and a very good background music !
Préda
29. Apr 2021 · 21:16 UTC
Pretty nice little game although it was pretty dark at times
chrissx2
02. May 2021 · 01:14 UTC
It would be an interesting game but the lighting and broken gameplay made it unplayable. I hope you'll release na new version which at least fix the controls because i would be interested in playing it again.
KatreenAshy
03. May 2021 · 18:53 UTC
Very good idea , but the movement is not so easy to control , and maybe in the dark the gems might shine .
someone
06. May 2021 · 19:42 UTC
A bit too dark to see anything at times, and the broken physics were entertaining.
I don't seem to be able to get onto the first track.
The unfolding track is a nice effect.
Marc Jones
06. May 2021 · 20:08 UTC
I agree with other commenters about the lighting and unresponsive controls. It's a shame that there didn't seem to be a win state, as I was able to reach lap 4 of 3! I think if you added some more abilities (like Mario Kart) you could have a fun "on rails" racing game. Keeping in front of your opponent seemed to be a good strategy, and I think vying for the leading position to hoover up the gems before your friends could be made into a fun game.
ardorugus
06. May 2021 · 23:33 UTC
3 laps. Almost. But the music muted, and the fun was lost. This game has very weird controls and gems aren't seen sometimes. But the music is so fun! Still, needs more reels. Fiddle, whistle, funky stuff (like Peatbog Faeries). And more rollercoaster speed! Then the suspense and deep rolling fun is guaranteed.