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Swerved by Tony Redmer

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made by Tony Redmer for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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Gameplay

Navigate through a gritty, urban environment where crime is rampant and the justice system struggles to keep up. Your job is to locate and deliver court orders to these lowlifes who think they're above the law and are attempting to evade justice.

As you make your way through the city streets in your truck, you must reach your delivery destination as fast as possible, while dealing with traffic congestion and other obstacles. Time is of the essence. Take shortcuts and plow through anything in your way. There will be casualties.

Get ready to face the toughest, most dangerous criminals in town and show them that justice will be served, one court order at a time.

Controls

WASD movement

  • W = Accelerate

  • S = Reverse

  • A = Turn steering wheel left

  • D = Turn steering wheel right

  • Space = Brake

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Credits

  • Thomas Ferrer - Programming

  • Andy Redmer - Level Design

  • Tony Redmer - Pixel Art

  • Elora Redmer - Concept Art

  • Devin Mazza - Logo Art

  • José Ramón "Bibiki" García - Audio

Link https://tomtominc.itch.io/swerved
Link https://tomtominc.itch.io/swerved
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/ld53-3

Ratings

Overall 272th 3.87⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 467th 3.565⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 620th 3.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 749th 3.761⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 8th 4.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 39th 4.341⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 53th 4.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 153th 4.091⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 40🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

Wadlo
03. May 2023 · 00:12 UTC
It's giving me a 404. Did you forget to publish the itch page?
Shredmer
03. May 2023 · 06:58 UTC
@wadlo Windows build is working but there's something buggy with the HTML5 build that we're fixing, should be fixed by tomorrow.
Shredmer
03. May 2023 · 18:40 UTC
@wadlo We have the HTML5 build working now, feel free to give it a try :smile:
Team Watt
04. May 2023 · 00:19 UTC
This was amazing! Hilarious reasons for serving the targets, and the audio and visuals were outstanding. Great job~
kot9
04. May 2023 · 17:44 UTC
animations and art are pretty cool
ThatMisterM
04. May 2023 · 17:48 UTC
Well polished and fun game!
resacaGames
04. May 2023 · 17:49 UTC
Easly the best entry I played so far. Everything (except the game over screen weirdly) is very polished. The game itself is also very fun to play. Amazing job!!!! 😍😍
Dan Allison
04. May 2023 · 17:49 UTC
This looks beautiful! And it's so brutal, wasn't quite expecting that! Good fun though, music was quality too and think it was a really interesting take on the theme.
Ranzor
04. May 2023 · 18:59 UTC
Fantastic Art, And a fantastically brutal take on the theme :) Loved it!
thomaspixelart
04. May 2023 · 22:05 UTC
The art is fenomenal, loved the movement of the car, the stoned yoshi too and how wrongly good it is to run people over. Congratz!

Btw yooo, what's this? New York? HAHAH

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SJPixels
04. May 2023 · 23:56 UTC
Wow this is an incredibly polished game for a jam submission... The amount of high quality art assets is insane. Awesome colors, super readable sprites, and some of the coolest portraits I've ever seen.

The music is also top notch and gives a really fun Jetset Radio vibe. Impressive number of quality sound fx too.

The gameplay itself wasn't for me. I found the car insanely difficult to control and not in a good way. I was constantly getting stuck on anything that had collision. Would have really liked if you could just glide along walls instead of sticking to them. I get it is supposed to be chaotic and hard to control but I think it would have also been a lot more fun if the turning was slightly less sensitive.

However, I did love the number of destructible objects that you could drive right through!

Overall, super impressive submission for a game jam.
Rocket and Blanky
05. May 2023 · 02:06 UTC
This game kicks ass and has a great sense of humor. If it were me, I'd keep developing it! Reminded me of *The Simpsons: Road Rage* or *Crazy Taxi*.
jward
05. May 2023 · 04:09 UTC
:laughing: The crimes are killing me :laughing:
Diego Teran
05. May 2023 · 05:11 UTC
The high yoshi omg
hanadulcet
05. May 2023 · 05:13 UTC
Funny and witty! A tad bit hectic for me, but I still enjoyed delivering crimes for folks. Thank you for the game!
BadPiggy
05. May 2023 · 18:25 UTC
Looks absolutely amazing and sounds great too. However I feel like the handling could have been a little better. Cool game though
Savolae
05. May 2023 · 19:01 UTC
VERY well polished, driving felt good and the 'crimes' were hilarious, nice work!
Russ Moonbase
06. May 2023 · 03:40 UTC
Sorry to all the people and cars I destroyed in order to serve some people. Great artwork, awesome song, and pretty fun gameplay. I wish I could reverse a little better but that's a very small gripe. Overall, excellent job!
x16
07. May 2023 · 03:19 UTC
Amazing entry! I love the way you destroy the city and pedestrians on your way :D

Tony, you art is gorgeous!

-Brullov
MrEliptik
08. May 2023 · 07:23 UTC
This was really fun! A simple and well executed concept. It feels like you play GTA which is really good ahah. The art is really good and you're fitting the theme really nicely. Congrats for your entry!
amango
11. May 2023 · 06:55 UTC
Hilarious stuff, loved the vibe of this! The driving was a little unwieldy at times, especially when brushing up against another object (like hitting a wall), I found myself stuck without an easy way to back out of those spots. Aside from that, really great visuals and concept!