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I think that on further iterations, it might be fun to add a health mechanic to give more direct feedback to the player on where they're going wrong (i,e if they shift too far from the track). But overall, cool idea :) ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":714431,"author_name":"pcmaster","author_uid":"pcmaster","epoch":1633361963,"text":"I managed to finish. The control for forward and right never changed for me, only reverse and left. Still a nice entry, very good you made it, congratz!!!\nYou should opt out of audio, perhaps? :)\nIt works just fine in Firefox 92.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":714436,"author_name":"Anshul K","author_uid":"anshul-k","epoch":1633361986,"text":"There is something really weird, The first time I opened the game it said :- \"Race Complete!\". So, is that a bug or is it intentional? After couple of seconds it showed the race starting and countdown. I know it's \"UNSTABLE\" but I think this one is too unstable. At first, I didn't even understand the goal. Nice idea though, the game has really good potential!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":747791,"author_name":"cogcomp","author_uid":"cogcomp","epoch":1633630311,"text":"Well done. That was really difficult. I kept pressing the wrong buttons all the time :laughing: But I had a fun time doing it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":750142,"author_name":"nekowei","author_uid":"nekowei","epoch":1633666641,"text":"simple but fun game!\n\nit is a good design base, i feel there's a lot potential to develope","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld49\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/simonrhyst.itch.io\/unstable-engines","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/SimonRhys\/ld49\/src\/master\/","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"80592","g_author":"1004948","g_event":"LD49","g_eventkey":"119","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"382547","g_title":"Unstable Engines","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"8","g_site2_node_id":"269805","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"269805","n_urlkey":"382547","n_parent":"258323","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/unstable-engines","n_slug":"unstable-engines","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"4948","n_created":"1633298058","n_modified":"1778431322","n_version":"822717","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":4948,"body":"Unstable Engines is an attempt at a racing game where the controls change. 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