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Frontline Express by Vilmantas

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made by Vilmantas for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Welcome to Frontline Express

Intro

Ensure that your buddies on the frontlines have sufficient resources to keep the foes away. With each successful delivery it's that much harder for our enemies to get through the lines that we've set.

So load up a crate of ammo, a bundle of shells or a cluster medical supplies and rush back to your comrades.

Victory awaits!

Get to the frontline! 💨

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Deliver the supplies! 📦

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Rush back to your base

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Load up on Supplies

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... And back to your comrades!

Controls

  • Use the W A S D buttons to control your truck.

  • When near a PICK UP POINT press E to load up on the SUPPLIES that the point provides.

  • When near a DROP OFF POINT press E to drop off the resources from your truck to the BATTLE ZONE.

  • Press R in case your truck gets stuck somewhere

  • Press P to Pause the game

  • Press ESC to start go to the Intro

Tools

Unity, Blender, Visual Studio, Rider, Audacity, GarageBand

All assets made during the jam

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Link https://vilmantas.itch.io/ldjam-53-frontline-express
Link https://github.com/vilmantas/ldjam-53
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/frontline-express

Ratings

Overall 415th 3.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 615th 3.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 485th 3.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 40th 4.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 544th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 442th 3.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 552th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 49🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

JoshuaBounds
02. May 2023 · 17:57 UTC
Played this in discord with my friends and we got a huge kick out of trying to hit the big jump over and over.
10/10 well done!
EthernalStudio
02. May 2023 · 18:23 UTC
Really good idea for a game, evrything fits perfectly...
H1hoho
02. May 2023 · 18:26 UTC
goood idea)
Osvaldo
02. May 2023 · 18:34 UTC
Fine game idea with a simple execution! Congratulations on your work!
Wompus
02. May 2023 · 18:37 UTC
Everything looked great, music was good, sound effects were good and it played really well. Two things I noticed: I cleared the first level but I didn't do anything because I couldn't figure out what the battle zone was where I was supposed to deliver and I respawned at west when I flipped my car at east. Very nice game!

Also I would've liked another jump or something risky to get to a battle zone faster if you pulled it off!
Ruben Christoffer
02. May 2023 · 18:42 UTC
I can tell you've put a lot of effort into this, cause this is a great game!
The overall look of the game is very good, the controls feel natural, and the soundtrack & audio effects works really well in giving you that "military vibe".
The game progression is nicely tuned. It doesn't start off too difficult, which is a classic mistake, but naturally progresses into larger challenges.
If I were to comment on possible improvement, I would have liked to see even more effects at the front-line (explosions, maybe more gunfire etc.) to make the player feel like they are really at the front-line / heart of the war, and that they have to deliver those supplies in time or it will have fatal consequences.
Overall though, I am impressed by what you have been able to achieve in such little time!
Ollyfields
02. May 2023 · 18:43 UTC
Love the idea, had to really manage my time!
Rjdrag
02. May 2023 · 19:55 UTC
I think this idea would be more fun if you could start to see the results of your efforts or failures. Maybe enemies overtake certain points or your forces push forward.
EvilScotsman
09. May 2023 · 00:06 UTC
Good job making all these assets for the jam, really good work! The gameplay was fun and an interesting idea. If you were to expand on this I'd suggest each frontline is fighting a seperate battle, and depending on the amount of supplies they have, the better they do until they win. Better yet, the frontlines start off closer to the supply depo, and each time they win a battle, that frontline moves forward and farther from the supply depo. But overall, neat idea and good art!
Nastasya
09. May 2023 · 07:58 UTC
I really love the game! Great graphics! Interesting ides~
OlekSUNder
09. May 2023 · 12:46 UTC
Cool game! I wish truck would steering was better :D And also decreased timer of battle or increase resources consumption so you are note bored. But overall great game!
Skleembof
10. May 2023 · 17:53 UTC
The idea is unique and a good take on the theme, but the gameplay was just a lot of waiting around. It wasn't particularly difficult to keep the camps stocked since the resource depletion was really slow, which didn't motivate me to drive all the way back to camp to restock. And in the 3rd level, I gave up after getting to the east camp and then looking up at the timer and seeing there were over 3 minutes left of waiting around.

I think the game would have been more fun if you had to drive past enemy fire, and the over all timing was reworked to increase the intensity. I think there's a lot of potential to turn what you made into a unique experience, one that I don't think has been done before
zantze
11. May 2023 · 13:01 UTC
Managed to beat all the levels! It was fun and the ambience felt great in the game!
Rezioz
11. May 2023 · 16:13 UTC
Now that's some well made trucks physics ! That was a cool concept :)
BlueDandelion
12. May 2023 · 17:07 UTC
This is a very well done game, good job guys!
Skel3ton
18. May 2023 · 19:06 UTC
great and entertaining, the change of mood is good, the only thing that is strange is the music that just does not fit the war environment. but I liked how the game challenged me in advance, but I always felt it was achievable if I planned it well. Very good entry