{"author_link":"\/author\/badlydrawnrod\/","author_name":"badlydrawnrod","author_uid":"745","comments":[{"author_name":"doctorscientist","author_uid":"25260","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1387222860,"text":"This is a neat idea and its fun to play. I hope you make a version with two buttons and put it on kongragate or something. It would also make an excellent touch screen game. Good luck!"},{"author_name":"ob6160","author_uid":"31367","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:56pm","epoch":1387223460,"text":"Really nice idea could do with more complexity though :D"},{"author_name":"WojWorks","author_uid":"18921","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1387225020,"text":"Very nice! One of my favorites so far. Very inventive and fun"},{"author_name":"Lizzip","author_uid":"22200","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1387226100,"text":"Uses the theme well and works nicely!"},{"author_name":"jimmypaulin","author_uid":"6965","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:44pm","epoch":1387226340,"text":"Really enjoyed this one! The music was amazing and the gameplay was really smooth and almost puzzle-like. Would you believe I actually have a one-button racing game for iPad? It's called Spline Racer if you are interested :D Vroom!"},{"author_name":"timtipgames","author_uid":"15341","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:46pm","epoch":1387226460,"text":"Like the idea. Feels like it would actually be a two button game if it wasn't for the theme ;)"},{"author_name":"CaptainKraft","author_uid":"7617","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1387226940,"text":"It felt great playing the game. The music was fitting and it was cool seeing that little car zoom around.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The core mechanic worked great and was easy to pick up. Good game"},{"author_name":"zconnelly13","author_uid":"3372","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1387229040,"text":"Wow!!! What an excellent game. It reminds me of that old real life game with tracks where you just controlled the speed of the car with and tried to race around as fast as possible. Plus I definitely have a thing for one-button games. One of my favorites so far :) well done!"},{"author_name":"ParaPup","author_uid":"18322","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:44pm","epoch":1387229940,"text":"Really good job it's cute and fun :3"},{"author_name":"pavelzuk","author_uid":"31831","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:51pm","epoch":1387230360,"text":"This was a rather fun little game, almost gave me a seizure trying to follow the lines, but overall fun 5\/5!"},{"author_name":"garygreen","author_uid":"13914","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 11:01pm","epoch":1387234560,"text":"That was really tricky, but good fun too. :-)"},{"author_name":"mystakin","author_uid":"28484","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 3:57am","epoch":1387252320,"text":"I never knew a racing game with one button could be that fun. What this game lacks in flare, it makes up for in enjoyment."},{"author_name":"Ludusamo","author_uid":"28874","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:55pm","epoch":1387493400,"text":"Very nicely done, the music was pleasant. The names of the tracks were pretty clever and put a smile on my face too :)\r<br\/>Good job!"},{"author_name":"Agram","author_uid":"29418","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1387493460,"text":"Nice idea, nice realisation and cute music."},{"author_name":"multikorv","author_uid":"8028","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 11:04pm","epoch":1387493940,"text":"Nice idea! I Like the aesthetics when you go through a curve."},{"author_name":"davisan","author_uid":"10464","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 3:16am","epoch":1387509060,"text":"Nice game! It creates a pleasant and nostalgic mood."},{"author_name":"frogcheese","author_uid":"25059","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 8:21pm","epoch":1387570560,"text":"Nice idea and a fun game - when I saw &quot;one-button racing game&quot; I was sure it had to do with acceleration, but the lane-changing thing was pretty clever. I liked the music, too - relaxing :)"},{"author_name":"01101101","author_uid":"5105","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 8:22pm","epoch":1387570620,"text":"Cool idea, not as easy as it looks, but quite fun. I second doctorscientist's idea of pushing it a bit further! :)"},{"author_name":"BeardoGames","author_uid":"25748","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:20pm","epoch":1387574100,"text":"Whoa, I loved this! It's got a really basis, primal fun about it that reminds me of some of the best early games on the Atari 2600. This could easily be made into a full game-- in fact it's practically there already! Really great, and one of my favorite LD games so far!"},{"author_name":"nyytroh","author_uid":"19152","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:58pm","epoch":1387576380,"text":"Very interesting idea. Music is good."},{"author_name":"rnlf","author_uid":"30930","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1387576440,"text":"It's fun :-) Might need an indicator for the finish line and\/or best time high scores or something to make it even better!"},{"author_name":"errorage","author_uid":"20786","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:59pm","epoch":1387576440,"text":"Adorable that you and your daughter both participated :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I like the idea in this game too, and it's surprisingly, uh, playable. If someone presented the idea to me, I'd consider it too disorientating, but it turns out it's not. Good idea and good job."},{"author_name":"Anshul Goyal","author_uid":"18701","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 3:29am","epoch":1387596240,"text":"pretty cool. never seen anything like this before. \r<br\/>\r<br\/>I understand you did only one button because of the theme but in actual the player should be allowed to move in both directions. It'll be fun to play. keep making this."},{"author_name":"Thalikoth","author_uid":"3356","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 8:35am","epoch":1387614600,"text":"Nice use of the theme, sweet music."},{"author_name":"lorniebear","author_uid":"31739","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 6:43pm","epoch":1387651080,"text":"Very fun"},{"author_name":"supremefist","author_uid":"6395","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 12:12pm","epoch":1387714020,"text":"Nice and solid!  Liked it a lot!"},{"author_name":"yoanndeplo","author_uid":"20644","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 5:41pm","epoch":1387733760,"text":"A very funny game, well done."},{"author_name":"DustyStylus","author_uid":"15902","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1387813980,"text":"Excellent concept, well done! Nice music as well. Great use of the theme as well."},{"author_name":"ViliX","author_uid":"29167","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 7:34pm","epoch":1387826940,"text":"Enjoyed this :)"},{"author_name":"mmickyman","author_uid":"21047","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 8:27pm","epoch":1387830120,"text":"The music kinda don't fit the genre I think. The one-way to slide your car is a good twist of that kind of game (where usually you can going left and right)."},{"author_name":"Capitals","author_uid":"28209","time":"Dec 24, 2013 @ 12:22pm","epoch":1387887420,"text":"I really liked the idea and implementation. The only thing that lets you down is the graphics, but only by a bit."},{"author_name":"radmars","author_uid":"18627","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 8:49pm","epoch":1388090640,"text":"Awesome concept! Definitely makes for some cool gameplay."},{"author_name":"jprogman","author_uid":"15225","time":"Dec 29, 2013 @ 1:24am","epoch":1388279940,"text":"I like it! It would had been nice to freely move up or down a lane instead of having to wait until a certain direction was set. Just working with one button isn't that friendly. Another button would make it more funner!"},{"author_name":"postmodestie","author_uid":"8113","time":"Jan 2, 2014 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1388671560,"text":"fun game, graphics a bit shaky.."},{"author_name":"cardboard","author_uid":"16294","time":"Jan 5, 2014 @ 7:49am","epoch":1388907840,"text":"The perfect blend of racing, relaxing music, and the 'A' key. Very well done."}],"images":["ld28\/745-d8fbb5899c6680c47a4a82bc0f3da4d4.jpg","ld28\/745-c52c655db2473f46fb4ccf8effa79b15.jpg","ld28\/745-c16a9c0ebcc2bf4a3241cf1fefe175d6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1930531\/LD28\/LD28_one_button_racer.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1930531\/LD28\/LD28_one_button_racer.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1930531\/LD28\/LD28_one_button_racer.zip","text":"Linux"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/1930531\/LD28\/ld28-android.apk","text":"Android (post compo)"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/badlydrawnrod\/ld28_OneButtonRacer.git","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"21591","g_author":"745","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"21620","g_title":"One Button Racer","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"158","g_commentcount":"35","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/745-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/745-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/745-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"I always wanted to make a one button game, so the theme \"You only get one\" seemed ideal. This is a one or two player game, and has 5 levels to beat. I know you're busy rating lots of other entries, but please give this one a try if you're remotely curious about what a one-button racing game could be like. I look forward to your feedback.\r\n\r\nAlso, my daughter made a game too. It would make me very pleased if you would take a look at it: \r\nhttp:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-28\/?action=preview&uid=31739\r\n\r\nEdit: post-compo Android build uploaded on 27\/12\/13.","title":"One Button Racer"}