STARTUK 🚕💫 by froissant

made by froissant for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Shine as a STARTUK driver!

A crazy game in a crazy futuristic city!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfEbvh0ly6c

💀 Today is your last chance to repay your boss for yesterday's accident! 🤕

There is only one way to atone for your sins... Complete rides against the clock, and earn as much cash as possible! Your best score is expected!

Put your best driving gloves on, because STARTUK taxis are renowned for their speed... and lack of control! ⚡⚡⚡

:rotating_light: Disclaimer: the controls are difficult by design. We wanted to evoke the games of the late 90s, such as Crazy Taxi. That's why there's no penalty when you crash into something :boom: Full speed ahead! :smile:

🏆 Buckle up and play now on itch.io! ⏰

How to play?

Controls

| | ⌨️ | :video_game: | | ------ | --- | --- | | MOVE | Arrows / WQSD | Joystick | | FLY | Ctrl | A / X |

:information_source: Mobile is, unfortunately, currently not supported.

Rides explained

| | Easy | Medium | Hard | |-|-|-|-| | | 🟢 | 🟡 | 🔴 | | Cash | 100 $ | 300 $ | 500 $ | | Bonus Time | 3 | 5 | 7 |

itch.io	https://froissant.itch.io/startuk
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/startuk

Ratings

Overall	571^th	3.593⭐	45🧑‍⚖️
Fun	588^th	3.44⭐	44🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	712^th	3.19⭐	44🧑‍⚖️
Theme	415^th	4.081⭐	45🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	210^th	4.256⭐	45🧑‍⚖️
Humor	208^th	3.767⭐	45🧑‍⚖️
Mood	523^th	3.607⭐	44🧑‍⚖️
Given		32🗳️	35🗨️

Feedback

z0rg

02. May 2023 · 11:45 UTC

The mecanics are hard to handle but the feel is really good, I love the graphics :star:

sailorocean

02. May 2023 · 11:58 UTC

Graphics are AWESOME, I love it ! The mechanics are not easy to grasp (and my keyboard is way too sensitive :laughing:), but it's a great game ! GG guys

Space_Games

02. May 2023 · 16:06 UTC

I love this idea! I haven't seen another game like this yet.

BOPOHx

02. May 2023 · 16:07 UTC

nice graphics! cool idea!

LarryV

02. May 2023 · 16:08 UTC

I like the feel you are going for, and the graphics are stunning, but I did have a hard time with controlling the car with both keyboard and controller. Nice work!

Alexander Tan

02. May 2023 · 16:09 UTC

Love the art! The turning is a bit hard to control though!

hwaet

02. May 2023 · 16:12 UTC

It's great graphics and music. I like the added three dimension driving mechanic. Like the others said, the sensitivity is super high for keyboard. If you want to make it chaotic, maybe start with lower sensitivity and raise it as the player succeeds at a few missions. Congrats on a great job.

LDJam user 202408

02. May 2023 · 16:12 UTC

Great innovation with this game, I like the idea and the broken controls Haha, the car sounds is a bit loud though, oh and I don't know what the heck those people were doing on the roofs but I managed to hit all of them lol

quabmara

02. May 2023 · 16:16 UTC

The graphics are really cool! And I liked the idea but I also had problems with controlling the taxi..
Well done!

Zahkros

02. May 2023 · 16:24 UTC

The controls are a bit punishing, but the idea is great!
It's cool that you made a 3D game playable in browser, the performance was smooth. I had fun playing it, but again it was a bit frustrating to fly. Otherwise awesome game! :)

Shenoit

03. May 2023 · 10:34 UTC

I love the graphics and the atmosphere of the game! However, the camera is a bit fast, which makes navigation difficult... But congratulations on the game, it's impressive in just 3 days!

LDJam user 235915

03. May 2023 · 16:52 UTC

I'm getting dizzy from this game. I like it)

Simeon Radivoev

03. May 2023 · 20:51 UTC

The graphics pretty decent. The controls though that brings the whole thing down.

Shinyo

03. May 2023 · 21:33 UTC

Good evening everyone ! A quick message to thank you all for playing the game and giving us a feedback, it's very appreciated ! <3 We can't answer to everyone as we are working on fixes, but it's very touching!
A lot of comments do mention the controls, and we perfectly understand it. Some liked it (like @bassilij), others found it too frustrating (like @simeon-radivoev) and it's perfectly fine :D
As you might already have guessed, it's not a bug and it's intended, we wanted to have a very 'slippery' experience, pushing it to the extremes, to make it more cartoony. That's also why there is no penalty to hitting things, we know players would hit things because we wanted them to hit things aha! (I do admit, I personaly love it, even though it took a bit of time to get used to it (and it's better with a controller))
Thanks again for your time and feedback and see you in the comment section of your awesome games!!

Bea

04. May 2023 · 15:37 UTC

This was pretty neat. I saw you addressed this, I did also find the controls a little too much, but will also say I totally get wanting to make an intentionally janky wild experience, and have done repeatedly myself! I loved all the thumping, and thought your graphics were really neat. GG

Shrombus

05. May 2023 · 17:47 UTC

Tons of fun, the slippery controls were entertaining yet there was still enough that I felt like I doing a good job. Great work! :)

Praccen

07. May 2023 · 15:26 UTC

Looks great! A lot of nice details, from the dialog boxes and the 2d avatars, to a nice looking world! I do think the controls are very weird at first, but I guess you get into it after a while.

Madbarron

07. May 2023 · 15:58 UTC

I like the style and the graphics. Unfortunately, the car drives like a drunk boat (I was using xbox controller). Luckily I made it to the end without barfing. The fun characters are great :)

Fear Games

07. May 2023 · 17:00 UTC

Really good fun game. Love the aesthetics. the car was hard to handle but once I got the hang of it it was great fun

ROBOWARRIOR1982

08. May 2023 · 08:40 UTC

The graphics is amazing for a gamejam game, i like the draw character in dialog phase, and the humour into. My only and big complain is about the control of the ship, i've played with a keybord and its not good. If you corrected this point this one could be awesome.

KOHCEPBA

08. May 2023 · 09:02 UTC

It's fine, but car does not feel physical, with accelerations and inertia. There was one very old game, BHunter, you should check it out, they made flying cars right. And city design is very similar to yours but much more polished. And I think you can get it for free, or just watch youtube.

Rakowu

08. May 2023 · 10:07 UTC

The statement "lack of control" is really appropriate. I would have made up and down controllable with ctrl and space or shift. It doesn't feel right that the taxi goes back to the clock jump height and you can only climb. The rotation is also difficult. I would have made the cameras detached from the taxi so that where you look with the camera, the taxi moves via a lerp. This multiplies the rotation and makes it difficult to control. But I think the funky style is really nice and the music plus art here is really nice. I'm a big crazy taxi fan btw.

MalcolmDjgr

08. May 2023 · 12:14 UTC

I liked the graphics and style of the game but the controls were a bit tricky.

Sam Gorman

08. May 2023 · 13:21 UTC

Really cool graphics and world, I'm always impressed when people create a whole environment during the game jam. I did think the controls were quite awkward - everything, including the camera, moved a little too fast, and I was crashing into everything. I also felt there just wasn't much to the missions. But this is one I might come back to post-jam!

RyanAnsberry

09. May 2023 · 03:36 UTC

Really cool graphics and great performance. The only element I think that lets the experience down is the controls. If feels like the vehicle is rotating around the camera, and I would have liked the vehicle to hold it's altitude instead of going down when space is released. Overall really cool experience, Great job!

MrBamboo

11. May 2023 · 00:39 UTC

@froissant it's true ! We have a similar game ! Tuk Tuk !

I loved your hud/map with pins on it

ArmenBalian

11. May 2023 · 00:42 UTC

I had a lot of fun. Everything was perfect except the control were nice but were a bit rough.

chaoli

14. May 2023 · 04:39 UTC

Cool graphics. The control were a bit hard to use and could be improved

ValentinWB

14. May 2023 · 12:55 UTC

I love the artstyle of your game ! gives me the old school jet set radio future vibes. You get used to the controls after a few runs but I guess it is hard to balance these kind of mechanics in a jam. Good job anyway, really cool entry !

chertkov

15. May 2023 · 11:56 UTC

A fun take on Crazy Taxi, although it wasn't THAT difficult to control.

JojoPalambas

18. May 2023 · 22:13 UTC

Nice game! Really liked the cartoonish aesthetics, and the art style in general!