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Out Of Gas! by mortalfosca

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made by mortalfosca for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

A game about driving and fuel efficiency.

Try to go as far as possible without running out of gas.

You will eventually fail, but delaying that is up to you!

There are station scattered around to help you out during your journey.

Feel free to choose between two different vehicles on the start screen.

Tips: Try to keep the engine in good shape, drive at the optimal speed, do not stop too much and avoid crashes and hard brakes!

Controls

W - Speed up

S - Slow down

A,D - Move left and right

Space - Handbrake

C - Toggle cruise control

Esc - Pause Menu

Cruise control

Allows you to set your current speed as the limit.

Vehicle will automatically move at that speed.

Simply use "C" again or slow down/brake controls to disable it.

For in game help, look for the "How To Play" button!

Credits

Programmer - Doruk Bildibay

2D Artist - Ece Çınar

Sound Artist - Yamanefe Uğurlu

Note: All of the content is made by us, during the jam.

Fuel consumption calculation is mainly determined using this article :smile:

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Link https://mortalfosca.itch.io/out-of-gas
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/out-of-gas

Ratings

Overall 394th 3.75⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 428th 3.614⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 861th 3.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 360th 3.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 381th 4.022⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 260th 3.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 514th 3.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 307th 3.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

Raivk
04. Apr 2022 · 20:50 UTC
The cruise control mechanic is really cool! Loved the fact that you sticked to a realistic gas consumption model!
tylerstraub
04. Apr 2022 · 20:54 UTC
Nice work
Roberto Romao
05. Apr 2022 · 02:07 UTC
Controls feel a little too heavy, but good art and good gameplay :) !! Good job!
silkmeloni
05. Apr 2022 · 06:04 UTC
Well done! I would play once and once again
kunp2333
05. Apr 2022 · 12:30 UTC
good work！I feel excited when I am searching for the next station!
Zef1r
05. Apr 2022 · 12:36 UTC
good job. This is a simple and relaxing game.
🎤 mortalfosca
05. Apr 2022 · 13:36 UTC
Thank you for all the kind words & feedback!
Glad to hear you are enjoying our little game :smile:
Mantsje
05. Apr 2022 · 16:46 UTC
Nice game guys! love the music especially. It really completes the feel
macs
07. Apr 2022 · 04:41 UTC
All your game assets create a cohesive mood that makes for a relaxing driving experience cruising down the long road to somewhere. I will say as someone who know very little about driving I had a hard time figuring out the optimal driving speed LOL because of this I felt like it was never worth it to take the repair option at the station, as the gas timer was always ticking down. Felt like it needed some balancing for me, but I enjoyed my time playing it over anyway. Nice job
adncoach
08. Apr 2022 · 17:32 UTC
Look pretty neat!
As for me, if the road is straight anyway, I guess it would be cooler if you had to ride rightwards, not upwards. It would be a better usage of space.
And sometimes randomly spawned vehicles are unfair. There's sometimes four of them and they ride with the same speed, and it's impossible to pass them without damage. You can make them ride with different speed maybe, or maybe spawn maximum three at the same spot.
But the game is nice and cool! Congrats.
Prütty
09. Apr 2022 · 17:58 UTC
First of all: the art is soo good all-around. Second, the music is very fitting to the game, and the game very well includes the theme. The game is overally well executed. I think it's a cool idea to balance between fuel consuption and fuel. the degrading is exactly balnced in my opinion. The only minor problem I have, is that on the end screen I can still drive the vehicle around, it is being slowed down, but I think it's not drastic enough. Anyways great game, props to everyone who took a part in creating this!
Proxy-Games
10. Apr 2022 · 04:36 UTC
Nice job, overall. The graphics and audio are, to me, the highlight of the game, as both are very pleasing and set a very lovely and relaxed mood (ignoring all the parts where I committed vehicular manslaughter, anyways). The gameplay is simple and nothing super innovative, but is well done, overall. Some of the ways vehicles spawned would cause me to get stuck and basically made it impossible to get through without hitting anyone, though. In addition, the omission of a quit button on the main menu surprised me, considering all the effort went into the main menu. Despite these minor gripes, you guys did a great job. Congrats!
jk5000
10. Apr 2022 · 07:22 UTC
The game looks great, and the music is good. The gameplay idea is overall is pretty simple and fun. I was sadly never able to get very far. Overall a good game.
Seng
10. Apr 2022 · 08:33 UTC
Nice game. I like it! Driving in the center with the motorcycle felt a little bit overpowered until I crashed into a car :smile:

![outofgas.png](///raw/8fb/21/z/4db9b.png)

Good work. Keep it up!
Likirus
12. Apr 2022 · 15:29 UTC
Really nice game. Lovely music and the top down artstyle looks great. I would have liked to see the vehicles actually turning instead of just translating left and right, but building a fully fleshed out driving physics model might be a much for a game jam, so I understand your choices. The other improvement could be making the traffic move at slightly different speeds, at one point I got stuck behind a row of cars, all of them were moving at exactly the same speed, so my only choices were waiting behind them or crashing.
Lecloow7
16. Apr 2022 · 08:35 UTC
Very nice