Park King by BoxedMeatRevolution

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made by BoxedMeatRevolution for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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After the invention of really strong steel, all cars became invincible. Unprecedented driver safety resulted in booming car sales, the abolishment of traffic laws, and the death of all pedestrians.

In an age of unlimited cars and limited parking, only the fiercest can claim a spot. Prove your mettle in every conceivable parking situation, and claim the title of.......

:redcar: :crown: PARK KING :crown: :redcar:

Special Controls: - R to restart level - N to skip a level - P to go to previous level.

To run on Mac, download the Mac build, and play by clicking "open" from the right-click menu on the app (i.e., follow these instructions).

Ratings

Overall 140th 4.045⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 71th 4.13⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 337th 3.63⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 106th 4.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 462th 3.783⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 177th 3.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 42th 4.283⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 299th 3.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

XueFeng
03. Oct 2023 · 16:49 UTC
I really like your concept!
PARK KING!!!!!!!!!!!!
very dark lord
03. Oct 2023 · 20:27 UTC
Love it! Took me ~20 minutes to finish the game. Skipped only one level in the middle, the one with a skewed road crossing and a lot of traffic, that one was brutal, but the rest I kind of managed after enough tries. :D Probably one of the funniest games I've ever played that has no dialogue/text. The way the game made you disregard the needs of all the other traffic participants is just hilarious - particularly that one bus level with the ticket, and of course that one fully occupied parking lot that really made me appreciate the physics engine. Also really liked the visuals, these roads just all look really nice. Also the plants, very nice slick design! Great job. :)
Mealky
03. Oct 2023 · 21:29 UTC
This is so funny i really liked the physics :laughing: crashing around with other cars made my day
LDJam user 320570
05. Oct 2023 · 01:09 UTC
This game is evil... in the best way! I love quickly things spiral out of control with the physics, and the music is a serious jammer. I'd be really interested to see what a speedrun of this game would look like. Well done!
braktheman
05. Oct 2023 · 01:16 UTC
You did a really good job of taking a concept that could have been repetitive and you added a good amount of variety and smart difficulty progression. Well executed and feels good to control.
RossK
05. Oct 2023 · 01:18 UTC
Game: Fun as hell

Story: Depressing as hell
Matt Blake
05. Oct 2023 · 01:23 UTC
Excellent! And the start menu acting as a tutorial was a nice touch!
Game Dev With Michael
05. Oct 2023 · 01:25 UTC
Solid controls on this one. I like how you changed the levels up a bit. At first I was like, well it seems like bashing into other cars only seems to slow you down. Then you brought the ice and the police cars!
LDJam user 375151
05. Oct 2023 · 01:26 UTC
Man, this was awesome. Easily the most fun game I've played so far. The only issue I had was on the bus level (the first if there are two), my bus got wedged in a turn where I couldn't move in any direction. I really wish there was a restart button or a pause menu to allow me to restart. Other than that, maybe more crushing pounds and fire would be awesome. Anyway, this was really really good. - Just saw there was a reset button! I'll give it another shot soon. I still think a pause menu with controls would be a great addition. Thanks so much!
jacobingalls
05. Oct 2023 · 01:31 UTC
Great level design. Just the right level of frustrating and fun!
Teamelon
05. Oct 2023 · 01:31 UTC
The game is super fun 10/5
Harunoraiu
05. Oct 2023 · 01:32 UTC
The levels in which you need to drive a police car... (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

11 Fast&Furious out of X
GoogleFrog
05. Oct 2023 · 01:43 UTC
There is a good amount of variety. I think by the end of the game I had driven each type of car, which was nice. I thought the ice level was nasty, then I became a policeman.
T C
05. Oct 2023 · 01:53 UTC
I learned from this game that if you're in a cop car and you hit a wall enough times you try to pull the wall over.
mr_lazy
05. Oct 2023 · 19:36 UTC
why these cops are in rush..I cant complete it btw...its so so good for concept and fun as well..i had a fun time..great work
smiley405
05. Oct 2023 · 22:11 UTC
loved the game concept. the controls was tricky at first but after a while i got used to it. and loved the camera movement on how it follows the car. I wish the parking space's aread2D was a bit bigger.
kanity
06. Oct 2023 · 23:12 UTC
That's exactly why I don't have a driver's license! :D Crashed everything in my sight, now probably millions in debt and a wanted criminal. Really loved all the levels, the graphics are cute, the colour palette is very pleasing, and my car is super cute as well. I wasn't sure if I need to park in a particular way or press sth special, so I diligently pressed N(ext) only after taking the parking slot. Then I tried to test it and just pressed N in the start of the level and got sent to the next level where I became a police car and got punished for my reckless driving but not being able to complete that level ^^'
ADerpyChickenStudios
20. Oct 2023 · 21:22 UTC
I totally did not smash a bunch of cars