Merge Getaway by glitchman
The police unexpectedly started pursuing you. Sooner or later... every criminal will get caught! Merge with cars of the same colour to accelerate and to escape from the police! :redcar: :policecar: :dash:
–> 🌟 PLAY THE GAME IN YOUR BROWSER 🌟 <–
The game is for LD50 the COMPO category.
Controls :keyboard:
AorD,LeftorRight- to control the car.M- toggle music.R- quickly restart the game (if you stuck, for example).- Post-Compo update: the game supports mobile touch controls!
Known Issues :bug:
- The game runs too fast on high-frequency displays (>60Hz).
- Sometimes it's necessary to click on the game to start the music.
Used tools
- Game engine: Defold
- 3D framework: Scene3D
- 3D modelling: SideFX Houdini
- 2D graphics: Affinity Designer
- Music editor: Bandlab
| HTML5 (web, itch.io) | https://glitchman.itch.io/merge-getaway |
| HTML5 (alternative link) | https://aglitchman.github.io/defold-ld50-game/ |
| Link | https://github.com/aglitchman/defold-ld50-game |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/merge-getaway |
Ratings
| Overall | 137th | 3.742⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 42th | 4.03⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 153th | 3.667⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 132th | 3.985⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 83th | 4.091⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 324th | 3.121⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 312th | 3.242⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 23🗳️ | 32🗨️ |
The 3D is really great. I love the art direction.
I played quite a while (My high score is 53), this is always so tempting to launch a new game after being busted :)
- music loop was really short
- needs some SFX to go with the gameplay
- graphics look nice
- sometimes the other cars seem to steer into you if you bump them in a way that basically gets you stuck into them and with no way to break/accelerate it can be really hard to break free of a car turning into you
It feels very polished and the artwork is nice.
I think it would be really cool if you could hold down "A" and "D" at the same time to brake, then you could get behind the police car.
I wish there was a quick restart button so I didn't have to wait until 5+ seconds for it to reset :(
@juhrjuhr Thank you! Press `R` to quickly restart the game :grinning:
It's awesome that you found that it's possible to do! :smile:
Cars look nice
Music was a little repetitive
I liek the idea of the main mechanic
> Can’t really play it properly as my display makes the game too fast so the cars feel super springy :(
Oh, I'm really sorry. That's known issue that the game runs too fast on high-frequency displays :cry:
I'll fix that, but in the post-Compo version.
I also struggled on a high refresh rate monitor but it made it even more intense!
The game is very fun, we want to restart non-stop! The controls are perhaps a little too sensitive. Sometimes I would like to slalom between cars but the car quickly spins. very good game, well done!
:police_car: :dash:
:new: The game supports mobile UI and touch controls.
I liked that you had autocorrection on the car itself. I think the game would've been a bit too easy to fly off the road otherwise. It took some getting used to, but eventually you learn to use it to your advantage.
Another thing I did was try to only merge with cars when I hit them head on. It was pretty risky to merge with them at an angle at high speeds. I thought this was an interesting risk reward mechanic.