{"author_link":"\/author\/jmk\/","author_name":"jmk","author_uid":"17972","comments":[{"author_name":"aldenc98","author_uid":"19512","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:49am","epoch":1355726640,"text":"fun game! you must have been hacking though, because i can't get anywhere near :42.28"},{"author_name":"aneeslol","author_uid":"18671","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:55am","epoch":1355727000,"text":"Pretty fun and addicting. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"Fireblend","author_uid":"10166","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 6:58am","epoch":1355727180,"text":"Survived for 36 glorious seconds! I think this might be seriously among my favorites. Spot on sound effects, excellent visuals, addicting gameplay, the controls feel responsive enough to know it's my fault when I lose, yet frustrating enough to add to the difficulty, and it's really addicting. Great job!"},{"author_name":"joyboxed","author_uid":"18706","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:00am","epoch":1355727300,"text":"Chasing down the highway trying to escape the cops, thats just like playing what I dream every night! =D"},{"author_name":"ChainedLupine","author_uid":"1746","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:01am","epoch":1355727360,"text":"Awesome graphics and car sounds.\r\rOnly real complaint is that it kills you way too quickly at the start. You should start closer to the right side of the screen at the beginning (and delay the starting cars).\r\rAdd some powerups (that repair you, give you bumpers for knocking cars out of the way for a brief time, etc) and this could be a fun little endurance game.\r\rI've made it around 35 or so!"},{"author_name":"vrav","author_uid":"2745","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:16am","epoch":1355728260,"text":"Though I don't really feel like a villain, this game is quite polished and very fun. I like that it has short rounds - nice balance and depth. For some reason I feel nostalgic playing this."},{"author_name":"leafo","author_uid":"4321","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:26am","epoch":1355728860,"text":"This is a really well made game. The graphics are great and the audio is great too. And of course it's fun :)\r\rIt would be nice if you had to press a button to start, just to avoid being killed right a way when you start up the game."},{"author_name":"jmk","author_uid":"17972","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:40am","epoch":1355729700,"text":"Yeah, I didn't have time to polish up the intro\/start. :( But thanks for playing\/rating!"},{"author_name":"RylandAlmanza","author_uid":"15134","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 7:45am","epoch":1355730000,"text":"So satisfying forcing buses off the road!"},{"author_name":"Jezzamon","author_uid":"10217","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:27am","epoch":1355736120,"text":"lol I almost said "ProTip: Rename the download file to something like speedrun_by_jmk or something." but then I unarchived the file and was like hahahah\r\rAnyways this game is very good, good graphics, fun, good level of difficulty for a game you are meant to play several times, good audio... basically: GREAT JOB\r\rOnly lacking category is theme really. Because you're not that much of a bad guy. Still you took an original approach which is better than a generic game."},{"author_name":"TomK32","author_uid":"3562","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:24am","epoch":1355739540,"text":"Super fun, I like the rectangles for collision debugging :)\rBut: No police sirens? That's a minus for the mood. And I think on starting the race the cars should be standing and only slowly speed up. I got killed trice before I realized that I should hit space."},{"author_name":"Gemberkoekje","author_uid":"5952","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:24am","epoch":1355739540,"text":"I liked this. It's quite simple, but well executed. I liked how getting damaged decreased your acceleration, which eventually destroys you.\r\r - You really should've added a bit of info in-game; at least that you should use space. I had to go back to this page to find out how to start.\r - I'm also fan of a menu; at least to make sure the game doesn't start right away.\r\rOther than that a fine first attempt."},{"author_name":"munchor","author_uid":"7348","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:07am","epoch":1355742120,"text":"Like someone has said before, you should start further to the right.\r\rImpressive entry, loved it!"},{"author_name":"jmk","author_uid":"17972","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:23am","epoch":1355743080,"text":"@Gemberkoekje: Yes, all valid points. I wanted to add a menu and some on-screen instructions, but totally ran out of time. :'(\r\rBut thank you all for the comments!"},{"author_name":"SkyWolf","author_uid":"18222","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 11:44am","epoch":1355744340,"text":"Mate, i want this on my Android phone, do it! :D\rVery nice graphic style and very polished game in general."},{"author_name":"Starspell","author_uid":"1791","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 1:17pm","epoch":1355749920,"text":"Not sure why but it seems to be running extremely slowly on my computer. As such I can't really play it correctly. But the sounds, the graphics and the game idea is really cool. Well done on your first entry!"},{"author_name":"cardboard","author_uid":"16294","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1355780400,"text":":) http:\/\/puu.sh\/1C5xm\r\rAwesome game, one of my favorites I have played so far. I couldn't stop playing until I beat 42.48"},{"author_name":"mokujin","author_uid":"14120","time":"Dec 17, 2012 @ 10:18pm","epoch":1355782380,"text":"Nice game! It took some time to figure out how to start game before i die)"},{"author_name":"C\u00e1ssio Eduardo","author_uid":"10554","time":"Dec 18, 2012 @ 1:42pm","epoch":1355837820,"text":"It's fun, but its very hard."},{"author_name":"CappaGames","author_uid":"12184","time":"Dec 20, 2012 @ 4:07am","epoch":1355976120,"text":"My best was 46 Seconds. This game is a lot of fun....I was compelled to keep trying and get the best score. It's also nice to see a driving game."},{"author_name":"Nisshoku","author_uid":"19360","time":"Dec 21, 2012 @ 1:34pm","epoch":1356096540,"text":"Pretty fun. Should wait for a keypress at first startup and a menu would have been nice as well."},{"author_name":"blob","author_uid":"12252","time":"Dec 25, 2012 @ 4:40am","epoch":1356410100,"text":"Hehe, great art and nice difficulty curve with good, simple controls. \rThe first time you play is pretty surprising...\r36 secs."},{"author_name":"fr_automatik","author_uid":"14352","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1356534900,"text":"Fun game! I've done 35 secs."},{"author_name":"krutech","author_uid":"17672","time":"Dec 26, 2012 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1356536040,"text":"Wow. cool game. A bit difficult at first."},{"author_name":"SamoojaMies","author_uid":"11043","time":"Dec 28, 2012 @ 8:48am","epoch":1356684180,"text":"30:56 only. The car's engine audio is awesome. Very challenging (a good thing). Very good pixel art. Fun gameplay. Good job!"},{"author_name":"tinytouchtales","author_uid":"18608","time":"Jan 8, 2013 @ 9:32am","epoch":1357637220,"text":"OMG - this is super nice, make this thing an iPhone Game, plx!"}],"images":["ld25\/17972-2945a9a4e1e6f25ad125a44f46809148.jpg","ld25\/17972-10e92e0e719efda770689fccd946806a.jpg","ld25\/17972-474ae040e282277c22994c41f6cc1dbd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/pbv5p9c9vuc45x8\/ld25_win.zip?m","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/cwftb7qxgrldad4\/ld25_mac.zip?m","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FpWDOoNI8zA","text":"Gameplay video"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wK6UOyLfHoA","text":"Timelapse"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/86sxtydu3kys68c\/ld25.love?m","text":"LOVE"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"28452","g_author":"17972","g_event":"LD25","g_eventkey":"14","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"28482","g_title":"Speedrun","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"7","g_commentcount":"26","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\/\/201083\/17972-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/17972-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/201083\/17972-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"How to play\r\n----------\r\n - Tap\/hold space bar to accelerate, release to slow down (no brakes!)\r\n - Arrow up\/down to steer\r\n\r\n\r\nAbout\r\n-----\r\nThis is my first LD entry! It was a lot of fun, even though I had to skip out about 10 hours early. Hence, the lack of a menu\/nice start. :(\r\n\r\nThe premise of the game is simple ... outrun the cops. Don't hit too many cars, though, or else your car is going to go up in smoke!\r\n\r\nThe \"source\" version is playable if you have Love2D installed on your system. To view source, rename to .zip and extract.\r\n\r\nSpecial thanks to 'enginemusic' on Freesound for the Ferrari engine sample. :)\r\nhttp:\/\/www.freesound.org\/people\/enginemusic\/sounds\/43484\/<\/p>","title":"Speedrun"}