Steve vs the Internet by TopHattedCoder

made by TopHattedCoder for LD25 (COMPO)

Steve doesn't like cats - evidently. One day he goes on the Internet, which pushes him a little too far so he goes on a murderous rampage, vowing to run over all the cats he can until his car explodes. Use the arrow keys or WASD keys to control the cars' speed. Sorry about the 'moony' physics, I had it set to fixed frame rate whilst I was developing and changed it to a dynamic frame rate before release.

Linux	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/109859663/ld25/game-linux.tar.gz
Web/Flash	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/109859663/ld25/game.swf
Source	https://github.com/TopHattedCoder/ludum-dare-25
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=18364

Feedback

vrld

17. Dec 2012 · 08:33 UTC

Could be more fun with reworked controls (allow going back, less moon-like jumps, slower acceleration, maximum speed).

🎤 TopHattedCoder

17. Dec 2012 · 15:58 UTC

I made sure to disallow going backwards because the game objects despawn as soon as they are to the left of the camera, so there wouldn't be any scenery there. :P. There is a maximum speed, but it is 50 pixels per second, so it isn't very effective. Thanks for the feedback though.

Casino Jack

18. Dec 2012 · 19:38 UTC

Pretty good! Though I think it's a bit too easy where you can currently stop entirely - maybe either have a minimum speed, or don't allow changing speed *while* jumping. Also agree with vrld on the floaty jumps.

singpolyma

19. Dec 2012 · 16:37 UTC

Hmm... it runs, and I get the car that can drive, but how far am I supposed to need to drive before I see something? I just see the road and my car and nothing else for as far as I've driven.

Puzzlem00n

21. Dec 2012 · 03:42 UTC

So, the idea is that he stops as soon as he hits something when he isn't going fast enough, is that correct? It seems to always bring me back to the title when this happens, so I'll assume so.

Good:
-Steve's evident backstory is quite awesome.
-The game runs pretty smoothly.
Bad: It's pretty hard to tell what's going on or what you have to do.

Spelchan

25. Dec 2012 · 18:53 UTC

Not much to playing the game. Needs more game play. Perhaps you should add multiple lanes on the road and give player lane-shifting controls instead of jumping.

Houly

27. Dec 2012 · 23:03 UTC

This car can jump!
Didn't quite understand why the game was over some times. It's based on the speed in a crash?

🎤 TopHattedCoder

29. Dec 2012 · 15:30 UTC

The car gets darker the more it gets damaged and eventually it explodes very not-realistic-at-all-ly.