Once you have learned to control the carthe game becomes really fun. Nice graphics, good music and fun gameplay. Well Done!!!

Phew, that is hard! Realistic, too! Well, in the sense that your car will be wrecked if you run into just one pesky building. The giant flail was slightly less realistic. My car's flail is nowhere near that big. :)

Pretty awesome! The graphics and special effects look and feel really great. Its harder than expected to keep the car under control.
One minor thing that annoyed me a bit is that I had to press x whenever I wanted to restart. That got me out of the flow.
But overall, this is a really strong entry!

Really nice and addictive game!

Really good game. Nice to play with XBOX controller.

Awesome game. Quite tough but once you focus on the car not the ball and chain its a ton of fun. Love the look and the controls were spot on too.

Brilliant, really fun game! One of my favourites so far! Great job :)

Super fun! Love it.

Nice game. It's easy to learn, hard to master. It looks nice, has decent music and the truth is: The theme might be "an unconventional weapon" on paper, but in our hearts it's "a ridiculous weapon". Very well done.

Very fun once you get the hang of it! And the style is just icing on the cake.

This is great fun to play. I wish the vehicle was a liiiitle bit more durable but nonetheless it's still enjoyable. Thanks!

Loved it, art style is gorgeous.

Definitely unconventional and fun. Dying as soon as your car touches something is a bummer. Perhaps having a life bar for the car so you could take a few hits before game over. Love the graphics and the game play. Very nice.

Wow! Actually I played so many games before making a minute without crashing me. It's so addictive I kept restarting until I see that it was pretty the same ending as when you crush your car. That was fun

Awesome dynamic! Really cool

Great graphics and style. Looks fantastic, sounds great and a nice idea! I found doughnuts were the key to success. $26250 was my best score. This plays sooo much better with a controller.

Please keep working on this and port to Android. I can help if needed (not kidding, contact me), as I want this ASAP on my tab!

It was much easier to control it with a keyboard rather than with a gamepad, after I switched the controls felt really good. I'm not a big fan of score attacks and feel like it could've had more potential if there was some kind of opposition, but it's still a pretty fun game. Most importantly, a spiked ball on a chain attached to a car is truly unconventional and innovative.

Cool!
But it is difficult. It seems Flappy Bird!
Addicting :-)

Very fun game! Loved the art style!

Great idea and execution! I think I would prefer if the car could take a couple of hits though.

I'm pretty fond of top-down/isometric racers so this one hit the spot! The controls are really nice and easy to get accostumed to.
The graphics, in my opinion, really go well with this style of game and the soundtrack completes the pack in a really nice and satisfying way.
Really want to see this one turned into a "full" game. :P

Really fun game. Nice graphics. Fits the theme. Well done!

thumbs up (y)

Great visuals and lots of fun! Especially in a powerup mode. It gets a little repetitive when you don't get powerups for a long time though.

Just a few things I think could get some improvement (hope you don't mind some constructive criticism :D):
- it's hard to notice power ups given the amount of particles you have (which are super cool IMO);
- it's quite sad that your car can't take even one slightest hit;
- I think if would be much more rewarding if the ball was heavier, right now I rarely get to destroy more than 2 objects in a swing, because the first one almost stops the ball;
- brakes sound!

Congratulations on a cool game and good luck!

Pure Awsomeness :D

A charming game, just seeing the GIFs and screenshots alone pull you in.

I really enjoy the concept, the graphics and juice is OFF THE WALL. You had the frame-pause, sound, and the little blocks flying everywhere - everything just feels really good.

I'm in two minds about the extreme difficulty, though. One-hit death to your car feels harsh, and coupled with he handling (which is pretty good, but doesn't offer much options) means that it's super difficult to get up to speed and get the sense of wrecking-everything excitement that I want from the game I saw in the gif.

I understand that balancing that against having nothing to worry about and the game becoming too easy is a difficult thing, too though. I struggling getting that difficulty curve at all in my jam games.

Overall, feels great!

Great job!
It takes some time to learn how to control car and it's huge tail but after that it becomes exciting smashing machine!
good job for a short notice!

Learning to control the car was interesting, but even before you figure that out, it's fun. Bravo!

That is awesome :D Love it!

Great game! Had tons of fun :)

I've been looking forward to playing this since you started showing little gifs and showcasing it's development! Great to be able to finally play it; it is a heckuva lot of fun! :D

Difficult but very rewarding when you get used to it !
Great work on the impact feedback fx + pause tempo.

I really like this entry, there is a bug if you try to reset the game with gamepad using Y button, you can't play anymore, just that.
The ultra details and the simple idea is a nice combination :)

Gameplay is fun!

This game is really fun and innovative! 5 stars for both woo! Love the graphics as well.

Awesome Job!

Probably the best game I've tested this morning.
Feels really polished to me. The graphics are great, the music is awesome and the gameplay is fun.

Really good job sir !

Ok, you sshould start the car pressing up or W. Fun game, I was really waiting to play it :> It's harder than I though haha

Very novel concept.

this is amazing! very nicely done! :)

Very good game, congrats, i love the music. I dont know why people said that its hard, i just tap W and A and break things all the way. Good job with the mechanics.

It's a shame the ball didn't kill me, but other than that, definitely got yourself a winner here, this is so freaking awesome.

Aweseome! Really, really fun game! Most fun I've had playing people's games! The game controls perfectly and everything is awesome! Good job man.

I have to say, the graphics and sound all got me really pumped to go on a rampage through those brightly colored block buildings, but the gameplay forces you to be a lot more timid than you'd like. Here are a few suggestions.

-Starting and restarting should be the same button.
-Give the player a bigger view of the map so they feel more confident going at top speed.
-Give the car better handling in contrast to the spiked ball so I can swing at buildings without actually hitting them myself.
-Make the chain longer so the ball can deviate a bit.
-The ball should really plow through buildings with no resistance with enough momentum to award players for building up speed.

I loved this game. Its fun and nice looking.
One annoying thing was the xbox controller, I expected the car to go to the direction of the stick, but it doesn't, it's specially frustrating when trying to go down.

it was very frustrating for a clumsy person like me but well done! (i did not manage to survive the minute in like 30 tries)

x to start is a reaaaallllly unintuitive key. Frustratingly odd choice.

Otherwise, this was awesome. Lots of fun. And hard :(

God game play, my score 13000$

This is THE BOMB!!!!!!!!!!! Takes me back to those arcade addiction times, the pixel graphics and music really helped too :D I really love the dynamics and the art form is so cute! The game is simple in concept yet addictive and honestly it is just so fun to go on a rampage and destroy everything :D It is a little challenging to play like others have mentioned and it is hard to control the car sometimes...but certainly not so difficult that you give up and I have lost count of the amount of time I spent playing this instead of completing my work :D Certainly my personal favourite out of all the submissions I've seen so far so I really encourage everyone to try it! :D Good job to the developer, it's amazing that you managed to conceptualise and complete this by yourself and in the short time span, I really hope you develop it further and maybe make an app or something :)

One of my favourites, this is pure fun.

EXCELLENT too much fun :)

When you get to controls, you love destroying things.

Awesome! Really difficult but I like that, makes it all the more satisfying when you swing it through a load of buildings in one go!

Wow, that's so entertaining! Who knew attaching a flail to a car makes driving so fun!
I found it quite difficult to watch both the car and the flail, I played a lot but didn't run out of time ever, always crashed. I wish you had an extra life.
My best is $70500, crashed with 2.8 seconds left.

I really love the feedback and critique you guys give me, thanks a lot for that and to everyone who comments!! There's a lot of things that could be improved! What probably bugs me the most in this jam entry build is, that I didn't implement any warning sound when the boost meter is running out!! It stops quite suddenly if you are not paying attention.

Awesome visual style, decent (yet challenging) controls and a great little concept. Lateral force on the building explosion seems a bit nuts :p But excellent! Only thing I'd ask for is a bit of leeway in the speed you can safely hit stuff, but other than that top job!

Very nice art, music also fits well, and the gameplay is hard and challenging, good job! I just wish the car was more durable or something, so that you don't die from one hit (even a really slow one)

Great game!
It feels very complete and polished, and the gameplay is really fun
I like the music also

Awesome! It's about time Blast Corps made a comeback. Really fun mechanics and great presentation all round!

Really fun and challenging. Best use of the theme that I have seen. I only wish there was more stuff to wreck!

The core mechanic is a ton of fun, and the game really hooked me when I discovered the boost pieces. It's maybe just a tad too difficult - if the boost pieces were made a little bit more visible, and the car just a little bit easier to control, it might be even more fun. Maybe the trees shouldn't instantly crash the car, but rather just slow you down? The game is still no doubt among the best of LD32.

Great game with nice selected music! Controls are easy to learn but hard to master! Had a lot of fun!

so awesome, especially the impact feedback. love it!

it's fun but the learning curve is really steep! I do like the music and art and it gives a very strong vibe of just keep on playing.

Best one I've played yet! This is fun, and well polished.

Ahahah! So funny!

Very fun, creative and original. One of the best entries of the Jam =)

Neat idea, and fun execution. Enjoyed the physics, well done. :)

Very fun game. Definitely unconventional and definitely fun to use the mace. Could do with a bit more car durability though, as I restarted a ton.

Got excited about this as soon as I saw the screenshots! Love the concept - very "unconventional" indeed! Very fun, quirky little game. Really hope you plan to continue developing this!

My only criticism would be the somewhat boat-like handling of the car, which makes it a little difficult to do controlled whip-arounds to aim the flail. Some amount of chaos is expected, but maybe a slightly more controlled chaos? ;)

At any rate, excellent entry!

Very nice! Cute art style and satisfying explosions.

Well that was fun. I would have loved to see a freeplay mode where you just wreck stuff and don't die.

controls were smooth and the gameplay was a lot of fun! it definitely took a few tries to be able to survive the entire duration of the game :)

Nice graphics, nice art, tight controls, overall really good :D

I challenge you guys to break my highscore of $292500! :D

Really amazing look and feel to it, but the insta-death is infuriating. >.<

Another flail game for me! Nice graphic! But the control is to difficult die a lot! Better not make every thing hurts on collides! Nice game!

All this destruction is incredibly satisfying. A+

Hard and simple just the right amount, great job guys!
Very addictive!
I loved it!

Was looking forward to this game, was not disappointed!

Reminds me of the game Great Ball Of Doom. I was really excited to play this because how the graphics look and the fact that its a destruction game(who doesn't like those??). Music was good as well. I found the game a bit too hard however even after multiple tries. I never quite got the feel for the controls. Maybe with more practice I could have but I think I played for about 10 minutes or so. Anyways, cool game and idea! :D

Awesooomeee!

Awesome game! Was really difficult in the beginning tho :)

Very nice, this might end up being one of the top jam entries, really fun to play.

Nice work!

Great game! I like the graphics and the music. It's a bit punishing to die in one hit, even at low speed. The powerup make it realy fun when you have it! Good job!

Quite fun! The "Star" power up was nice. My biggest frustration was that my car was too fragile, even bumping into a tree very slowly caused insta-death. Maybe give the player health? it would be a lot more fun to not always be worrying about that tree over there.

Oh I like it! It feels so satisfying just to smashes!!

Awesome art and sounds. Plays a lot better with a controller. I wish that the game would start as soon as I hit any of the control keys vs having to hit x. This made dying and starting over way more annoying than it should have been. I also wish death was a little more forgiving, like instead of hitting anything it was only if your front hit.

I really wish the car just tried to go in the direction I pressed rather than being controlled in a tank controls sort of way. Like would make crazy arcs and things, but at least I had a good sense of where it would hopefully end up. The destruction in this game is so juicy it sucks to not get to experience for only short bursts.

(or maybe i just suck at the game :P)

The physics are moderately satisfying, could use some super fragile objects for good measure (like tone down the sturdiness of the trees). I'm not sure if it's because of the isometric projection, but it was tricky to stay alive for long at first.

Props for the music. Surprised you've disabled the Audio rating since you've made it yourself and all.

Or more accurately, "uploaded with permission". Was it someone in the dev team to make it, though?

@Jwatt, the music is not made by me! The theme song playing in the title screen and while on boost mode is made by my friend, (twitter @thiefinger) and the other song I found online and it has creative commons 3.0 licence! You can see this info on the credits!

Nice work! Unfortunately I had trouble playing with my xb360 controller on my mac. Seemed like only half of the controls were working. Are you using InControl or unity's native input API?

@omaha I'm using the native input API, my friend had similar problems on safari, but with chrome it worked fine for him, I wonder why is that.. :/

Super fun, though hard not to die ;). Highscore: 9000

Quite similar to my game in that I can't hit anything with my tail and I crash into things a lot.

Great game! Graphics are excellent... *thumbs up*

Tricky to learn at first, but it's a really polished feeling game. Controller support was a plus, felt very good playing that way too.

I downloaded it and played it at 1600x900 resolution, and everything went well. The shadows were pretty jaggy, but aside from that it honestly didn't bother me at all and was more immersive (considering it's being scaled up so much).

The main feeling I felt after having to restart a couple of times was that I wish the car could take like 2 or 3 hits before you're forced to restart. Though having that tension of hitting anything with the car is pretty... intense, especially when the time is closing it, and it may have not had that as much otherwise.

(I just played it again after reading the description) I didn't even know about the power-ups in the game and it kind of addresses what I said above in some ways. I saw the boost meter while playing earlier but kind of thought it may have not been implemented or something. I was definitely wrong haha, very nice little powerup effect.

It has a great arcadey feel to it overall. Short little sessions, easy to understand but hard to master. I think the main thing I would recommend doing if you continue work on this is just setting up higher resolution graphics, unless the jaggy look is what you're going for... and in that case emphasize it more so that it feels like more of a style rather than feeling like it needs a bit of anti-aliasing.

This is brilliant, so much fun and a verry unconventional weapon indeed.

Driving around was definitely a blast! I do wish you had more tolerance for collisions (without powerups) as having to play it safe sort of takes away from the fun at times. The graphics were simple, but had a nice, cohesive aesthetic. The game kind of reminds me of Blast Corps from the N64 days, which was pretty good as well. Check it out sometime if you haven't heard of it!

Super fun! Feels really good with a controller. I had some issues with the windows version crashing on me, not sure why.

Speaking of the windows version. I noticed having named the zip and exe as Flail Driver instead of Flail Rider.. I blame sleep deprivation!!

Very difficult, but a lot of fun! Well done!

such a great job jussi playing this game is fun and you did a really amazing job i wish you all the good luck my friend

This was an absolute blast to play! The difficulty level felt a bit off however, with the car not being able to take any damage. Maybe it would be better if the car just spun off and became uncontrollable for a while when it bumps into something? Also the powerup was amazing, but there should be a clear indicator when it is about to stop.

Really fun game! Nice art and gameplay! The only bad thing is that the car slides too much sometimes. Good job :)

Was extremely frustrating for me. Didn't get any powerUps before I died. Very fun to play though. I mean, it was frustrating yet i kept trying for 15 minutes, thats a good thing.

Amazing game! love the music and i had a great time playing. only complaint is that i managed to cause the game to freeze when driving around with a powerup.

That was fun ! I kept crashing but Fun !

-CH

Great game.

Cute game, loved the art style. The controls were a little frustrating though, at least on keyboard.

Holy crap, I wish I had more stars for the fun category. Well done! Such a joy to play this one. I just wish I didn't die when tapping an object at 1 MPH ;) Not a problem, I just need more practice. So good!

Difficult game, but a lot of fun. I kept on wrecking my car and restarting constantly. Though, with the quick iterative plays it alleviated any frustration I was having. Especially once I found the boosts throughout the map. Very cool unconventional weapon!

Black screen ingame. I can only see the main menu and the ingame hud. The rest is black :-( Fix it, I want to play :-) (tested in Chrome and FF and the Windows version)

Had a blast playing this, but it would be even more fun if the blue coin boost lasted longer and were easier to chain with additional blue coins.

@Horsed, I try to build a WebGL version and upload it soon! I will update it as a post jam build to the description. Let's hope it works for you.

Love the graphics and music for this, I love that sort of textureless blocky style.

I kinda struggled with this one. You've already got a timer so dying when hitting anything with the car felt really harsh. I found that I was basically too afraid to really move at all because as soon as I tried to go anywhere, blam, dead, which sucked a lot of the potential fun out of it for me (if it was say a timed score attack and the only punishment for poor driving was loss of momentum and a lower score)

Feels like it's got a huge amount of potential though, and obviously incredible presentation :)

Really nice graphics and effects!

Great game! It does not work so well that you have to press two different keys for respawning and starting the game since it breaks the sense of flow flow you have going on. Use the same key for both or better yet just let the player restart the game with one button press after they have died.

Hell yeah! This is a damn solid entry with fleshed-out gameplay and great aesthetics. Well done!

Pure fune, great concept and well executed, especially the audio and the graphics

Crashed a few times but overall amazing game!

It looks and sounds amazing! the theme is also present in a nice way and the gameplay feels like it could be alot of fun if I wasn't jerked out of the flow so abruptly everytime I crash... the music just does a dead stop and everything is reset. some sort of respawn mechanic could do wonders to keep the flow going.

really a good game;

Oh man, you'd have to have a heart of stone not to get an immense amount of joy from this game :D

Up-beat audio, great visuals, instantly-understandable & fun mechanics. Beautiful.

A little bit hard to control, but very satisying! Good work!

Awesome little game. A little hard to not die (perhaps replacing the hard fail state with something else would help, for instance speed penalty?). Also reducing the resistance the buildings pose to the flail might make for more of a fluid combo feeling. No idea why you've opted out of sound rating - sound and music was great!

Damn, why everybody has better music than me :) Great art, I love the idea, physics are fun, amazing entry dear Sir!

With a remote this was great fun, I really like the art style!

This is a top game right there.

Controls are slick, Art is coherent, effects and juice is as modest it need be and the audio is really fitting.

Good job.

Would be nice if you add stunt points, randomise the map each time you die and make the player not die instantly but give lives instead. Besides this, great game

That was just good all around fun! Nice simple gfx, good controls and sweet music!

Simple but a blast! Great art direction too.

Excellent game. The first couple of times are a touch difficult to drive, but once you get the hang of it there's a lot of fun to be had.

Loved the idea! Too bad the car dies at each obstacle :( It was kind of frustrating. But except this point, I really enjoyed destroying everything :D

The graphics, mechanics and overall gameplay are extremely polished in this game. We LOVE the concept, however we found we crashed more than we smashed, and MAN do we want to smash! Other than that, truly amazing job!

So fun ! Nice physics engine and graphics.

Difficult but not frustrating, it ended up being really great fun. I love the aesthetic too, great work

I really liked this game. It's feels great to destroy everything and the music is really rad!


But, instead of what I usually say, I think this game would greatly benefit from having a upgrade system. Getting power-ups is fun in a single run, and it makes sense that the wrecking loses momentum after hitting anything... But, as I played, I imagined getting more and more powerful after each time I played, until I could destroy the whole scenario. *-*
Kinda like how you start really small on Katamari Damacy you start by getting small toys, coins, etc. and afterward you can get a friggin' country!

So, shortly: Great game! The only "negative" point is that I keep thinking about what it could be, instead of what it is...

One of my favorites so far! Great controls and I really loved the art. Great job!

Your game was great to play and difficult to master. Great job with it!

Ha, this is definitely one of the most fun entries I've played so far! The car is hard to control, but this seems intentional and you can kinda figure out how to make it slide around properly. Good job!

Great game, enjoyed this one. Was quite addictive driving the car and seeing how much damage you could create. The graphics are also great, definitely a standout.

Great fun ! Although, I think the 'x' key thing to start kills momentum (cause you have to admit, you die a lot). Also, next time please let us brake ! But really awesome game !!

Super fun!

Impacts feels really crunchy. Fun.

Nice color choices.

Please make this a local multiplayer game and stop the car being wrecked when you crash! An arcadey bounce would be sufficient. Also, the buildings/trees shouldn't slow the flail down by anywhere near as much!

Very good job? Which is the name of the menu song? Its beatiful! :)

I have never invested so much time in playing a Ludum Dare game before! Bravo!

Very funny game! Good graphics. Very well done

Holy crushing flail on a car, batman! :D

I.. just can't survive a whole minute. Great music, great graphics, tight controls, though!

I wish the car were less fragile when you're not boosting. Otherwise this was a lot of fun!

Cool game. The flail reminds me of Velociraptor Safari, but that's probably going to be true about any game with a vehicle towing a large mass behind it. =)

The graphics look great and the flail feels good. I think the crashing was a little unforgiving, though. Giant indestructible flail, itty-bitty tissue paper car.

You mention powerups in the description, but I don't think I saw any in the game.

Anyway, nice complete and polished game. Great entry.

super super entry, you should continue work on this - I could really see it as a popular phone game or something ($$$)

Really nice game, the art is simple but really charming and the gameplay is efficient.
The only problem is that even after some tries, it's hard to properly handle the car.
Anyway, awesome job!

Love the game, but the one hit death was a bit rough. The game screams to be played recklessly, but the difficulty forces you to play cautiously.

Oh good. Someone made my first idea so I don't have to. Nicely done!

Difficult at first, but very funny as soon as you understand how to destroy without dying

Very easy to get killed, even if I drive very slowly into a house it still breaks my car.
The game is incredible though, I love the style and it's very much fun destroying everything in your sight.

Great idea, but it's a bit too hard for me :( . I wish the car had a health bar so i could bump it more than once. You have very nice graphics though...I really like the low poly style (hence my game :D). Keep on the good work.

Great fun, and well done too! At first it is very hard, but then that you takes the tricks is fun :D

wow This is really fun. its really hard because i couldn't resist driving really fast and smashing everything.

This game is really funny ! But once I started to master the timings
It could be interesting to give some life credits to the player to make it less frustrating and encourage risk taking.
Since this is a game about precision, I was sad to lose my character of sight when I went behind buildings (since I understand that with the short time of the competition, it was hard). If being in top view risks to make this game less pretty, you can still have a shader showing your character in shadow when being behind buildings.

Very nicely polished. Looks great. Handling is good. Very hard!

Great submission. Wished there was a bit of momentum to the car though.

Cool idea, nice effects, nice feel.
Well done :)

You need some time to get accustomed to the controls but apart this the game is very funny and very polished! Very nice entry!

Very fun and super solid controls. Nice music as well, but my one gripe would be that it restarts every round (I died a lot).

Soooo difficult to control the car yet so enjoyable! A good challenge, great grahics and audio, good mechanics. Great work!

Very cool game you have. My kids have had fun to play it!! Yeah, steering could be better on gamepad!
Very well done!!

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This is a great use of the theme! Graphically, this game is super solid! However, I feel like the pacing of the game was off. Having to hit R then X every time I restarted was a little annoying, and I feel like the car and flail losing momentum every time it hit something really messed with the game feel.

its fun but I hate that I only have 1 life

A nicely finished game. Good idea, but with current car mechanics, it's more like "Flail Asteroids" :)

Very fun, I would appreciated a retry key more easy for keyboard players (R and X are not the better choice).
Until I saw my son continually turning on himself in spiral and breaking all over him, and find it too hard ;)

Buckets of no-nonsense fun, excellent stuff

The music is soo cool and brings so much more atmosphere to the game! Well chosen! The gameplay is fun and although control of the ball is tricky it's a lot of fun to destroy buildings and trees! Wonderful jam entry!

really fun game, and great looking. my two cents are the vehicle should be brighter/more vibrant in order to stand out a bit better, kinda hard see. also i would love to be able to take more then one hit, a damage meter would be awesome.

This one suits theme well!

This is quite fun! I love the particle effects obtained by breaking objects. The invincibility powerup is fun, but it would have been better if there was a warning (either flashing screen or sound effect) when it is about to end. Great job overall!

Easily one of my favorites! I love this style of rage-inducing quick-play game and it's just begging for some kind of mobile version.

Incredible! This is so much fun its insane. This should be a mobile game I would buy it.

SMASHING!

Great job! Fun mechanics, good graphics. Well worth playing.

Addictive, endearing & so much fun!