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Meteor Racing by Andreadbx

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made by Andreadbx for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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INTRODUCTION

Hello Everyone!

We are CyberLab Studios, at our seventh Ludum Dare togheter!

Today we present you Meteor Racing: a racing game with a little twist according to this jam theme "every 10 seconds"

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GAMEPLAY

Meteor Racing is a simple racing game, drive your car as fast as you can for 3 laps in our CyberLab Raceway, but be careful! every 10 seconds meteors will fall from the sky and you will have to avoid them!

CONTROLS

(Gamepad is recommended for optimal gaming experience)

Gamepad

Left Analog stick to steer

Right Trigger to accelerate

Left Trigger to decelerate/reverse

Keyboard

W S for accelerate and decelerate/reverse

AD for left and right

CREDITS

Andrea Di Bartolo 3d Art - 2d Art - Game Design - Announcer Voice

Samuele Padalino Code - Ui - Game Design

Music and Sound effects are from www.zapsplat.com and CaperCube - Dynamite & Daywater

Itch.io Page https://cyberlab-studios.itch.io/meteor-racing
Direct Download https://cyberlab-studios.itch.io/meteor-racing/download/VIp6TcNRUgVrh5VY1_ldkQlEfIed6GTNEiKw7jkg
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/meteor-racing

Ratings

Overall 589th 3.5⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 608th 3.357⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1087th 2.643⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 725th 3.518⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 159th 4.25⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 583th 2.833⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 828th 3.173⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Doccrazy
03. Oct 2022 · 13:05 UTC
While the game feels very polished and complete, the core gameplay does not really work as the meteors fall so slowly they never pose any real danger and there is no "goal" to the game (highscore, opponents, time trial etc.). Also the car drives really strangely.
LDJam user 258850
03. Oct 2022 · 16:57 UTC
Great game! my score \o/

![image_2022-10-03_175639277.png](///raw/223/f3/z/505ed.png)

the game looks amazing too, great work ^^
lbrande
03. Oct 2022 · 22:13 UTC
Really cool take on the theme and nice graphics. Meteors feel a bit too easy to avoid.
arya-s
04. Oct 2022 · 09:34 UTC
![race.PNG](///raw/497/a3/z/51e5b.png)
That was quite enjoyable. The game looks nice and driving is fun.

I think there should be a higher penalty for crashing so that driving with breaking is the correct strategy.

The meteors fall too slow, they aren't really an obstacle.

Overall had fun!
AndideBob
04. Oct 2022 · 12:40 UTC
Not the best, but good enough:
![screenshot.png](///raw/1bf/8/z/51f3e.png)
A very ambitious jam project that works well enough, I feel though that the meteors could rarely ever hit me when I was going full speed. A nice take on the theme though. Well done!
adam-gould
04. Oct 2022 · 12:50 UTC
Visually this is very impressive, and I can't fault you on the theme! The billboard ads are also a nice touch. I do have some suggestions - turning felt very strange, I think it's because the car goes from "straight" to "turning" instantly instead of gradually increasing the turn rate. In addition, I hoped that slowing down would lead to better turning but it didn't seem to.

As well as that, the meteors didn't really feel like too much of an obstacle - I know you're constrained by the timing, but perhaps something like meteors that leave behind debris that gets in your way in future laps, or other obstacles that the meteors set off? I don't know for sure.

Good stuff though, enjoyed it!
ThatzNiko
04. Oct 2022 · 14:02 UTC
That graphic is amazing
Tarnop
04. Oct 2022 · 14:22 UTC
Really good looking game. As others have mentioned, the car handling feels a little strange but in my experience that's very tricky (and time-consuming) to get right. This is an ambitious type of game to attempt for a jam, and it's fun to play.
NiceKot
04. Oct 2022 · 14:26 UTC
Well I didn't expect that the actual meteors will start falling down on track! Great aesthetics, and it works well!
Driving physics might get a bit more polish especially the deceleration rate when you stop accelerating. Other then that it's a very solid entry!

PS: Of course I missed the part about that in the description.
D34TH0FTIT4N5
04. Oct 2022 · 14:46 UTC
cool game, especially for a jam! i appreciate the voice acting, its done pretty decently. however the car was a bit too stiff; turning was strained and the car decelerated way too fast. great game overall though!
Wizcas
04. Oct 2022 · 14:54 UTC
A big fan of racing-game here! The graphics is outstanding. I love the atmosphere and your voice. :joy: Tho I found the meteors can hardly hit me. :grin:
Fokaz
04. Oct 2022 · 14:56 UTC
![Untitled.png](///raw/8a3/94/z/51fea.png)


The game looks really good and is very fun to play ! Also quite a challenge with a racing game, I never managed to make wheel colliders work the way I want to in Unity myself haha

A piece of advice that I can give is to try it the Cinemachine package, it really helps making the camera smoother.

Keep it up !
R3D3R
04. Oct 2022 · 14:57 UTC
Whooo! Love the racing vibe the racing tracks are awesome to drive on and adding the meteors to disrupt the driving is a nice touch, I love it! It would be cool if the meteors could cover more of the area or bigger, maybe? Would be cool to see the game be developed further! :D

Thank you for a wonderful experience!
Puhan
04. Oct 2022 · 15:05 UTC
There could be more on the racemap design and car physics, to encourage player not always pressing forward button as I can't find a lot of places to improve on my lap time currently due to the rather over simplified racemap design.
Meteors could be spawned in a longer sequence, with a more scattered pattern, so it poses more threat to the player and might prevent the player from ignoring them completely with just speed.
I love the quality of the art assets, especially considering how little time we got to create them, overall a nice game, congrats!
jcg
04. Oct 2022 · 15:05 UTC
Pretty cool! Tossed it on my Steam Deck (been looking for a racing game fwiw). Gamepad controls don't seem to work out of the box, at least on the Linux binary. Played w/ keyboard mouse emulation.

![PXL_20221004_150238290(1).jpg](///raw/acf/54/z/51ff9.jpg)
ch33sybacon
04. Oct 2022 · 15:40 UTC
Really great visual look to the game and a fun arcady car to drive around the track, I like that it starts drifting right away. I felt really no reason to do anything other than press forward though, and the meteors were a bit too easy to dodge.
Heremeus
04. Oct 2022 · 16:10 UTC
The game looks great and polished! I liked the implementation of the theme as it added something to the gameplay and didn't felt too forced. The visuals were definitely more than I expected in a 3D jam game :)
ironcutter
05. Oct 2022 · 12:41 UTC
Looks great, the controls feel a little weird though.
Probably too much deceleration after you release the forward button:
it makes impossible to keep a constant speed between zero and max.
Doot
05. Oct 2022 · 17:16 UTC
Nice game!

I really liked the art. The car looks nice, the track looks nice, and the fog gives a cool mood, plus the change of colors when meteors come in make it looks even cooler.
The menu and UI look professional.
Controls felt fine, and the track was simple but interesting. (I couldn't play with controller though, had to use my keyboard)

Meteors felt too easy to avoid, like they always landed behind me anyway. I would love to play more if meteors were less random or forced me to avoid them!

Thanks for the game I had a good time!
LDJam user 298987
09. Oct 2022 · 21:24 UTC
Fun! Great styling - everything fits together, and there is a cool feeling. Controls felt a bit weird, but they were easy to get used to. As Doot said, the meteors didn't really add anything to the game - it would be better if they were more targeted, and landed right on top of you.

Amazing job with this game!