Drifting Trailer by martinboue

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made by martinboue for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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Download or play in browser on itch.io

Unfortunately for your boss, you're the last transporter left capable of driving into the desert. Your mission is simple:

  1. Jump into your Ford Mustang Mach 1
  2. Hook up your best trailer
  3. Drive with caution but with style and deliver the package on time!

Take 5 minutes of your time to discover the fun and madness of drifting with a trailer, you will not regret it!

Your goal

Complete all checkpoints to finish the level. But since your boss hates you, you'll always have a negative score... Share your "highscore" in the comments to see who is the least bad!

How to play: Download the .exe for a better experience, or play in browser

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Controls

  • Keyboard/Mouse:
    • Move with arrow keys, WASD or ZQSD
    • Shoot with mouse left click
  • Controller:
    • Turn with left stick
    • Accelerate with R2
    • Reverse with L2
    • Shooting not supported yet

Ratings

Overall 345th 3.8⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 144th 3.96⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 980th 2.86⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 859th 3.6⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 457th 3.9⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 125th 4.04⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 619th 3.022⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 390th 3.76⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 0
02. May 2023 · 02:12 UTC
Crashed my browser on Chrome. :T
StaGYL
02. May 2023 · 02:22 UTC
This is very cool! Smooth controls and such nice visual effects! I really love the tire trails. GJ!
Diego Teran
02. May 2023 · 02:25 UTC
Took me a bit to learn how to drift, but it quickly became a very enjoyable experience! Lots of polish!
🎤 martinboue
02. May 2023 · 02:28 UTC
Thanks @stagyl and @diego-teran, did you manage to finish the level? We had a hard time balacing the game and make it accessible at first but tricky in the end.
Spacespytv
02. May 2023 · 14:15 UTC
Starting from the beginning is brutal, considering how long it is, however it's polished and the controls are really smooth, great work.
Snotax
02. May 2023 · 14:16 UTC
Good controls, felt smooth.
Don Fouts
02. May 2023 · 14:19 UTC
Nice entry, this was really well made! The controls felt snappy and responsive. The stage was a little hard but I had fun playing it, overall I think this is a very fine entry for this theme!
Linkway
02. May 2023 · 14:19 UTC
cool game! like this smooth movement, very enjoyable
Retrific
02. May 2023 · 14:24 UTC
The controls are tight af and the graphics are very nice. The sound also very nice.
Very very cool and smooth game. Might be the best top down car steering I've seen so far.
But it's pretty hard anyway.
Steven C
02. May 2023 · 14:27 UTC
Fun game, well made, shooting doesn't seem to work though. Also, there's no penalty for going ofroad? (was expecting to move slower then).
I really wish loading would take faster, and that it wouldn't make me redo the the part before the pickup each time.

Currently it's impossibly difficult though. :/
Gerrit
02. May 2023 · 14:30 UTC
Brilliant music in combination with clean graphics lead to a good mood. I also like the theme a lot.
I would have prefered if there were shorter levels so I wouldn't have to start all over again.
🎤 martinboue
02. May 2023 · 16:25 UTC
@steven-c Thank you for your feedback. Shooting is enabled only when you have the trailer with a guy holding a gun, it's in the second trailer checkpoint. Before that, you cannot shoot.
About restarting from previous checkpoint, the loading time and off-road penalty, these would be great but we didn't have time to implement them. There is a good chance that we will add them at the end of the game jam, in a future version.
🎤 martinboue
02. May 2023 · 16:26 UTC
Thanks @gerrit, we didn't have time to save and restart from the last checkpoint, but that seems necessary. Did you manage to finish the game?
Augmotic
02. May 2023 · 23:11 UTC
Thanks for hanging out in the stream and bringing your game!

Here is a link to the VOD that starts at your section.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1809875425?t=00h56m23s
🎤 martinboue
03. May 2023 · 08:32 UTC
Thanks @augmotic for testing our game. Did you manage to finish the level?
blank_3D
03. May 2023 · 09:34 UTC
Incredibly well executed, very polished experience. The drifting feels amazing.
LDJam user 0
03. May 2023 · 16:48 UTC
Nice game and well executed, good music and atmosphere. I just wish there was a minimap, larger fov or some kind of other way to tell what's coming.
MAR Zockmeister
05. May 2023 · 00:28 UTC
Driving is really fun here. :smiley:
LDJam user 242787
05. May 2023 · 03:17 UTC
Great job with this game! The drifting mechanics are enjoyable and the game is well-polished with smooth controls. The art style and graphics are impressive, and the sound design is brilliant. The driving mechanics are fun and cool. Overall, a well-made and enjoyable game.
Cody Raethke
05. May 2023 · 03:29 UTC
The driving/drifting feels really fun, especially with the trailer attached. The graphics and music are all well-polished and fit well together. I wasn't able to finish it after 5 or 6 tries - after picking up the 3rd trailer the enemies kept pile-driving me into the wall. I would probably add a bit more health on the player, and reduce the collision damage from the enemy cars - although the difficulty probably kept me playing longer than if I'd finished it on the first try
carkh
05. May 2023 · 03:34 UTC
Nice graphics and sound. Very well polished. Game feel is awesome.
frelude
05. May 2023 · 13:48 UTC
The game has neat controls, and is polished. It was pleasant to play, even if it was a bit hard.

Perhaps you could improve the camera to let you see more what is in front of you. When you are fast it show you more of what is behind that in front.

Overall great game.

Bien joué.
🎤 martinboue
05. May 2023 · 16:02 UTC
Thanks @frelude, you are not the only one to have raised the camera issue, we plan to improve it soon after the jam.
DarchanKaen
05. May 2023 · 16:55 UTC
Good job, very enjoyable driving mechanic and neat music!
In my opinion, better if we get the delivery asap.
Yaroslav Gozak
05. May 2023 · 17:24 UTC
Played both in browser and desktop. The reason is it seems browser version does not support WASD but only supports arrows. And also I notices that there are some boxes at the beginning of the level in desktop but there are no boxes in browser version, hm

Overall I liked the game a lot! Unfortunately my driving skills didn't allow me to deliver even the second trailer :smile:
I like the music and especially like the quality of engine and tire sound, this is incredible! Very good job in terms of sound. Rated it for 4.5. Not 5 just because I lack some audio input for story and probably some more diverse sound of firearms.
Btw, mouse didn't work for me so I could not use the gun for some reason.
And also I wish the camera could be a bit smarter and provide more visible space in front of the car. Sometimes there is not enough visibility to drive the car at fool speed.
Other than that I believe this is really nice browser or even mobile game :smirk:
thewrath
05. May 2023 · 18:59 UTC
@darchankaen thanks for the feedback, we have dedicated the first part of the map to driving training. A little tip for those who want to go far in the game: don't hesitate to cut the road, especially the first part, if you turn directly left you arrive directly on the first checkpoint. We wanted to make these shortcuts clearer but unfortunately we don't have enough time.
thewrath
05. May 2023 · 19:10 UTC
@yaroslav-gozak Thanks for your feedback! On my side I have no difference between the web version and the windows version, which browser and in which version do you launch the game? We use Godot 4, it is possible that some APIs used are not well supported by some browsers. We agree that the camera field of view is a bit short. We also think that a mobile version of the game with several levels can give a nice result, we still have some annoying bugs to fix but who knows, maybe one day it will be on mobile device :)
LDJam user 139668
06. May 2023 · 03:07 UTC
Hey!

Indeed, as one of your team wrote to us, this is very much like our game (well, not much points for innovation we are waiting for :D). I can say, that you are having a better game goal, like nobody running in the wastelands for no reasons, though restarting everytime from the beginning is very annoying
🎤 martinboue
06. May 2023 · 08:33 UTC
Thanks @yogurtthehorse for testing our game. Indeed, it seems that we were not the most original but we each have our specificities :)
Tyrannas
06. May 2023 · 15:57 UTC
Not really my kind of game, but reminded me a lot of the games I was playing online as a kid ! Pretty well polished and nice mood (a brutal one). But the game is like, super hard, and it's kinda frustrating to start from the begining every new game.
GordienkoGames
12. May 2023 · 08:06 UTC
good game. but so difficult, i try to shot in start level) you don't add aim if car can't shot
🎤 martinboue
12. May 2023 · 09:11 UTC
Thanks @gordienkogames for play testing our game. You can't shoot until the 2nd trailer which have a character in it with a gun. The first trailer is empty. But I understand the cursor might be confusing at first.
David Mason
13. May 2023 · 09:27 UTC
car controlled pretty well