Trucking the Universe by FrozenCow
You drive a pickup truck, which you equipped with jumping abilities. You ride your truck in the universe of mini-planets by jumping from one planet to another. Oh and btw, your brakes are not working.
Today you're going with your truck to the shop to get some beer.
This is a one-button game: press space or mouse button to jump.
Today you're going with your truck to the shop to get some beer.
This is a one-button game: press space or mouse button to jump.
Ratings
| Coolness | 78% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.48 | 153 |
| Audio | 1.98 | 613 |
| Fun | 3.81 | 25 |
| Graphics | 2.92 | 411 |
| Humor | 3.67 | 29 |
| Innovation | 3.67 | 109 |
| Mood | 3.00 | 252 |
| Theme | 3.53 | 169 |
Cons: Not really a con, but your main link crashes at 15/23
Excellent game, with suprise difficulty after you've practiced with the booze run. 4/5
Thoughts: Some ukelele music would have been suitable for the beer run, so you could complete the redneck mood.
Real cool concept. Had a blast playing it.
Running from the monster was definitely cool. There were times I felt like I was unavoidably stuck, but I kept playing until I beat it. Nice work :).
@TyrusPeace, I might experiment with other jumping mechanics to make a better game out of it. I'm not sure yet how the truck-graphic can be modified to make a 90-degree angle jump upwards more obvious :P, though I agree, it isn't intuitive with the current truck.
@FireSlash, I first imagined the 'planets' to be amoeba/cells which did not collide but bigger ones eating smaller ones ala Osmos. This was however even more WTF, so I went for colliding planets.
@gavin5564, indeed, those 'segmented' monsters are a blast to code with often cool results.
If you add music, you'll need pre-beer music and post-beer music. :)
- forward jumping (instead of upward)
- slower driving speed (so you don't miss your jumps)
- shop cannot be eaten by worm anymore
- several fixes, like more robust preloading
It crashed on me after I got eaten three times, tho!