Objective by bradleypollard

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made by bradleypollard for LD28 (COMPO)
Objectives. You only have one. But when you complete it? You get another!

View a timelapse of my entry here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1O6VslCGA

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Objective is a semi-open-world driving game with a simple goal, complete your only objective within the time limit.

However, you will also have to micromanage your car, as you make sure it's kept clean for stingy VIPs, topped up with fuel so you can get to the next location, and repaired so that you don't explode when trying to knock over a dustbin.

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Controls:

WASD - Movement
M - Turn off sound

Tips:

- Let go of W or Up when turning corners to slide round them (and so you don't go flying into walls - your car takes damage!)
- Unfortunately I didn't have time to implement a minimap or pointer, but there are only 5 locations in the game and they change colour so they are obvious to spot. It doesn't take more than a few goes to learn where they are!
- Hitting trash makes your car dirty, and VIPs won't get in if it's over 50% dirty!

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Thanks for checking out my game! Had great fun again, but I do wish I had spent my time on day two a little better.

A final note: the Mac and Linux builds are currently untested. Hopefully soon I can test the Linux at least.

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Ratings

Coolness 55% 3
Overall 2.97 528
Audio 2.68 414
Fun 2.97 415
Graphics 2.97 473
Humor 2.38 431
Innovation 2.86 528
Mood 2.77 489
Theme 2.43 751

Feedback

archaeometrician
16. Dec 2013 路 15:47 UTC
Nice job ! Remind me a lot of the first GTA. Great work I loved it, the graphics are well done, the gameplay is cool, good control of the vehicule. nice work with the particules system, it looks nice!
SerialVelocity
16. Dec 2013 路 23:04 UTC
Very nice, I really like the car mechanics! A mini-map of some sort would've really helped to start with as I have no idea where anything is. xD
daredevildave
17. Dec 2013 路 17:49 UTC
Nice little game.

Slightly confusing that you can drive over some of the tiles that don't look like roads.
馃帳 bradleypollard
17. Dec 2013 路 23:05 UTC
@SerialVelocity: Yep, if I had had more time I would have loved to implement an arrow to point you in the direction of the objective!

@daredevildave Thanks! I'm terrible at art, so it was hard to make it obvious which tiles were repair buildings and so on so you could drive over them.
Nazariglez
17. Dec 2013 路 23:22 UTC
Quite hard controls, but funny!
馃帳 bradleypollard
17. Dec 2013 路 23:34 UTC
@Narariglez Thanks!
Spelchan
17. Dec 2013 路 23:54 UTC
Really poor controls made the game too difficult for me.
natpat
18. Dec 2013 路 01:06 UTC
Driving the car was fun, but I never managed to get round a corner without hitting into a wall. And it was hard to tell which buildings I could drive thorough as well - but all in all it was fun!
recursor
18. Dec 2013 路 01:11 UTC
Nice graphical style for this game. I enjoyed trying to complete the objectives before time ran out. Not sure that the theme is real strong but I like it. It would be nice to have a mini-map of the city to see where I need to go next. I can see this going in so many great directions if you keep working on it. Nice job.
loggs2
18. Dec 2013 路 01:14 UTC
I had a lot fun drifting around trying to avoid walls (not that I didn't hit them a ton...). It would have been nice to maybe have the road colored a bit so it would be easier to distinguish at first, but once I got the hang of it it didn't matter too much. :)
Aaants
18. Dec 2013 路 21:38 UTC
Really nice. The awkward handling actually added to the fun - that normally frustrates the hell out of me :)
馃帳 bradleypollard
19. Dec 2013 路 14:30 UTC
@recursor Thanks! I'm considering trying to get a version with a pointer to the next objective done in the future, and possibly putting it up on the Windows 8 store.

Also cheers for the feedback guys :)
Tonasz
19. Dec 2013 路 17:36 UTC
Aw that steering... was whole fun! The first few plays map was a bit unclear for me - I didn't know I can drive through some of tiles (like gas or... something I still don't know what it was) :)
馃帳 bradleypollard
21. Dec 2013 路 11:34 UTC
@Tonasz Thanks! Yeah unfortunately it's a little unclear - given more time I would have added arrows and also a screen to explain what the gas and repair tiles do, doesn't help that I can't art :P
psc1997
30. Dec 2013 路 19:57 UTC
Nice !
SoundGuy
31. Dec 2013 路 09:28 UTC
very hard controls.
Jezzamon
07. Jan 2014 路 01:27 UTC
Gah! I found this game really hard. Like you mentioned in the comments, a mini-map would've been useful.