SMS Racing by hlink

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made by hlink for LD27 (JAM)
Please give me feedback on Steam Greenlight! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=174330379

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SMS Racing is a time trial arcade racer that captures the thrill of texting and driving.



More info, including a list of available versions / downloads:
http://holdenlink.com/project/sms-racing/

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w59lfV_000A

This was built on top of the stock Unity racing game demo, which can be downloaded from the Unity Asset Store.

Ratings

Coolness 17% 1806
Overall(Jam) 4.05 11
Audio(Jam) 3.30 141
Fun(Jam) 3.89 14
Graphics(Jam) 3.55 218
Humor(Jam) 4.37 1
Innovation(Jam) 4.44 3
Mood(Jam) 3.62 68
Theme(Jam) 4.22 2

Feedback

archaeometrician
26. Aug 2013 · 05:45 UTC
Your game is really funny ! Innovative hilarious concept and so true, if you dont respond in 10 secs you are judged lol. Nice one !
Drachlen
26. Aug 2013 · 07:33 UTC
I love it so much. What a great idea.
vids
26. Aug 2013 · 09:21 UTC
Great idea!

In real life, when you're trying to text while driving, you don't look away from the road but bring the phone to a height where you can move your eyes between the road and the phone. Well at least that's how I do it in real life and it's great fun imo. Try having both things available at the same time so it's no more a game about just driving and messaging speed but also how the player decides to switch between the two.
deepnight
26. Aug 2013 · 12:25 UTC
Excellent take over the theme! :) I laughed continuously watching the gameplay video.
CuberToy
26. Aug 2013 · 12:32 UTC
Enjoyed it, really fun interpretation of the theme.
methamphetabear
26. Aug 2013 · 12:52 UTC
Ingenius!
Patrick Bollinger
26. Aug 2013 · 14:14 UTC
Wow, really nice game.
quill18
26. Aug 2013 · 14:26 UTC
Brilliant concept!
Calahagus
26. Aug 2013 · 14:32 UTC
That was hilarious! I found myself groaning when I had to type out more than 3 letters (something something disrespectful generation) and the landscape was fun to look at, I mean, when I didn't have to respond to a text of course. My biggest had to be the lack of reverse indicators, and I found myself going backwards more than once. But overall this was fun and hilarious, well done!
Cory Martin
26. Aug 2013 · 14:49 UTC
When I hit 'send', my message disappears from the text field and it doesn't send. I'm playing the OS X version. Am I doing something wrong?
xgeovanni
26. Aug 2013 · 15:19 UTC
Crashed after a while for me, while I was driving around with no friends. Here's the crash report folder if you can make use of it: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/127476718/Etc/2013-08-26_161556.zip
Falcon
26. Aug 2013 · 15:24 UTC
Easily the funniest game I've played so far. Well done. xD
Spaceoff
26. Aug 2013 · 18:13 UTC
Absolute genius. I totally love the concept.
nintendoeats
26. Aug 2013 · 20:01 UTC
Wow! I was working literally on this idea with somebody several years ago. We even had the same camera angle. We were focusing more on the texting than the driving though, I think you made the better call.
TaleLore
26. Aug 2013 · 21:05 UTC
This is a pretty interesting game.
loolpolo
26. Aug 2013 · 21:10 UTC
Fun idea!
jomomomo
26. Aug 2013 · 21:19 UTC
Fantastic... just... fantast.. oops I crashed.
vittorioromeo
26. Aug 2013 · 22:57 UTC
Very funny entry! I love it!
LordHellMaX
26. Aug 2013 · 23:49 UTC
That's a crazy and genius idea! Game crashed on me but I guess I just died while texting... :) Good job!
TravisChen
27. Aug 2013 · 06:45 UTC
YES. 1000x YES. Stay in school.
Oxydam
27. Aug 2013 · 14:04 UTC
Very fun idea. Original exploitation of the theme.
zkenshin
27. Aug 2013 · 17:17 UTC
Had fun, but it crashed on my computer as I (believe I) was approaching the finish line.
ratking
27. Aug 2013 · 18:20 UTC
The car controls are shitty, but I guess that's not what the game is about. Hilarious idea!
aquilicoco
27. Aug 2013 · 20:43 UTC
Good idea
AdamHarte
27. Aug 2013 · 21:58 UTC
Awesome game, and super funny.
iiechapman
28. Aug 2013 · 01:22 UTC
Very funny idea, way harder than real life
GaTechGrad
28. Aug 2013 · 01:47 UTC
Neat concept. Really kept me busy responding to text messages.
daOyster
28. Aug 2013 · 02:57 UTC
Awesome and fun use of the theme. I can already see the news networks using this as a basis for what it's like to text and drive. But in real life I believe it's a little easier and you have a tad more situation awareness then in this. Overall, good execution of the idea, saved it to play later after the rating period is over too.
zillix
28. Aug 2013 · 04:06 UTC
fantastic. great take on the theme!
Angrycrow
28. Aug 2013 · 06:37 UTC
OOOOOOOOO DEAAAR! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!! I .. this game is amazing. Literally. my mind is amaze right now. Excellent and political and just plain awesome. Please rate my game. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=5288
🎤 hlink
28. Aug 2013 · 06:44 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback, everyone!

Added a Unity Web Player version and fixed the crash that a few people reported with the Windows version.
dancingflame
28. Aug 2013 · 12:11 UTC
Great idea! Lessons learned: Do not respond message while driving. lol~
euske
28. Aug 2013 · 13:35 UTC
This game should be used in a driving school.
MinionStudios
28. Aug 2013 · 15:19 UTC
Hilarious! Glad you're getting some press for this. At first I was like...
lekochen
28. Aug 2013 · 16:15 UTC
AWESOME.
zlowrance
28. Aug 2013 · 21:07 UTC
Amazing idea, great execution. Id be surprised if this didnt win!
sittaman
29. Aug 2013 · 02:07 UTC
Very creative!
blackotus
29. Aug 2013 · 20:32 UTC
I love this game!!!
It looks and sounds great, and its really unusual!

Also, I laughed out loud when I failed to reply the first time :P

Great work!
Zuige
30. Aug 2013 · 21:48 UTC
Brilliant game! Found you on Nerdcubed's channel! :)
EncryptedCow
31. Aug 2013 · 03:44 UTC
Amazing. That's all I can say about this.
g_o
03. Sep 2013 · 21:23 UTC
Pretty neat game.
NightShadow0
04. Sep 2013 · 14:46 UTC
This game has taught me that having no friends feels awesome. Nice work!
lesterpig
08. Sep 2013 · 10:04 UTC
Did you use unity packages for graphics environment & collisions ? Nice concept.
Split82
09. Sep 2013 · 23:48 UTC
Idea is really nice :)
Mekuri
12. Sep 2013 · 21:07 UTC
haha, very funny idea!! Personally I would've liked if the cell phone were in view of the road when typing, so you ad least had a chance to drive :P
Really great idea!!!
Pickens Inc.
13. Sep 2013 · 13:07 UTC
Fantastic! Love the racer itself, but the SMS made me smile and grimace at the same time, and that countdown is really pressurizing. The text to speech lady is also hilarious.

You probably already know this, but OfficialNerdCubed, my favourite youtuber featured your game in his video "3 Free Games Friday 40" :D so congratulations, that's been my dream.
nilo
14. Sep 2013 · 10:32 UTC
Since it's based on a demo, I find it hard to rate the graphics and sound, since most of it probably comes from the demo itself. However, great and fun idea! really innovative.
🎤 hlink
16. Sep 2013 · 06:02 UTC
@lesterpig - it was built using the Unity Racing Tutorial which you can get on the asset store. It's more of a mod than an original work, to be sure.