{"author_link":"\/author\/mrjoshuamclean\/","author_name":"MrJoshuaMcLean","author_uid":"61811","comments":[{"author_name":"LordKawaii","author_uid":"47604","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 4:53am","epoch":1450154880,"text":"Fun little racer, I would love to see this with multiplayer"},{"author_name":"Monochrome Bears","author_uid":"29825","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:24am","epoch":1450156740,"text":"Sorry can't check it on my mac :("},{"author_name":"Weeping Rupee","author_uid":"60016","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:10am","epoch":1450159500,"text":"nice use of the two button theme, I am really bad at this though"},{"author_name":"Acerio","author_uid":"55163","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:25am","epoch":1450160400,"text":"Pretty fun racing game. I wished the font matched the art style, but it's still a good game."},{"author_name":"okeedokeben","author_uid":"36391","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1450204140,"text":"Great game! There are so many great little details here. I love the mechanic of the walls to brake, along with the scraping sound. :) The camera moving out when the speed picks up makes it feel so much faster. It's super hard, but the generous checkpoints help a ton. Great art and music too!"},{"author_name":"Taffaz","author_uid":"19054","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1450206840,"text":"Cool game, gives me memories of playing F-Zero."},{"author_name":"RedBricksStudio","author_uid":"64601","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1450213800,"text":"Fun twist on the traditional racer controls. The unwieldiness somehow makes it fun. However, the control scheme doesn't favor quick reflexes, and with the continuous acceleration of the vehicle, eventually you'll fall into a pit, regardless of the reflexes."},{"author_name":"utoxin","author_uid":"50911","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 2:10am","epoch":1450231500,"text":"Definitely a fun little racer, as others have said. Iron out the bugs, and tighten up the controls a bit, and you've got a good game. My biggest suggestion would be maybe add some hint as to which way the track is going to go? You can see so little of it that it's really easy to fall off."},{"author_name":"Sir Magic","author_uid":"60076","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 8:33pm","epoch":1450297680,"text":"Interesting little game, multiplayer would make this pretty fun."},{"author_name":"skripteriant","author_uid":"62319","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:50pm","epoch":1450309500,"text":"really fun!  The Tech Riders all had interesting designs and it was nice to have an unlockable for completing it.  I agree with the others that if you fix a few bugs, and maybe add some kind of way to race with others this would be even better."},{"author_name":"Didi","author_uid":"37039","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 4:35am","epoch":1450326600,"text":"Totally FZero! nice work!"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 11:30pm","epoch":1450394700,"text":"Really hard but fun game plus the soundtrack is amazing (Also, the first track totally reminds me of F-Zero)."},{"author_name":"Hot Box Games","author_uid":"39707","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 1:24am","epoch":1450487940,"text":"Nice little game, It was really hard but I got the hang of it in the end, good entry! As others have said, definitely reminiscent of F-Zero!"},{"author_name":"TheMonsterFromTheDeep","author_uid":"45764","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 6:00am","epoch":1450504500,"text":"The controls are a little clunky but make you feel like a pro. :P I like the graphics and I especially like the music."},{"author_name":"piper82","author_uid":"28326","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1450559040,"text":"i like the fact you can go backwards. good entry."},{"author_name":"WeirdMind","author_uid":"66047","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 9:30pm","epoch":1450560300,"text":"Awesome music and great game. Very funny little game withs imple control and hard tracks. Nice mix. Its an great entry."},{"author_name":"wdebowicz","author_uid":"29762","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 10:24pm","epoch":1450563540,"text":"Addictive audio, I like the falling\/destroying animation."},{"author_name":"Wevel","author_uid":"37277","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 12:16am","epoch":1450570260,"text":"Cool game, and a good use of two button controls, however it feels like the map just repeats which makes it get quite same-ey"},{"author_name":"ObsessiveNerd","author_uid":"60843","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 12:52am","epoch":1450572420,"text":"Nice game!  It was a lot of fun even though I was pretty terrible at it."},{"author_name":"Anachron","author_uid":"27481","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 4:24am","epoch":1450585140,"text":"Fun! Reminds me of Super Laser Racer... would have liked the camera zoomed out a bit more so it's a bit easier"},{"author_name":"ImYellowFish","author_uid":"43725","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 4:25am","epoch":1450585200,"text":"Nice audio and control. Also the levels are quite difficult. And there is one question: how can I possibly fall off cliff in space? hahaha :D"},{"author_name":"lawendt","author_uid":"62237","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 11:40am","epoch":1450611300,"text":"Quite simple, loved the music, but the levels are lacking more orientation, there was a part in sea drive that I couldn't evade the &quot;speed power up&quot; and it lead me right into my death. The only thing now for you to work is in the level design and the multiplayer, 'cause I bet that this will be awesome in multiplayer! Keep up with the good work!"},{"author_name":"Dmitrix","author_uid":"10093","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1450627980,"text":"Pretty challenging"},{"author_name":"YinYin","author_uid":"64352","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1450645440,"text":"I loved the menu music and finally playing something fzero like here, but it all ended in frustration D:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Here are the problems:\r<br\/>\r<br\/>No rail parts in a track and drop-offs are usually one of the toughest features to introduce in such a game, you outright started with that.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Not being able to skip\/hop over those no rail corner drops was very frustrating. Either doing that automatically or adding a hold left+right short hop would have helped the game a lot.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>The second track suddenly introduced full turns after I thought this would only go straight (and wondered why you made the vehicle turn rather than move sideways).\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I thought the green arrows on the ground would redirect me - having an interactive effect much like boost pads. As a simple decoration to notify me of a corner they were all placed too late (I need to know about the corner before it's coming, not when I'm already falling off behind it - you did get it right on the third track)."},{"author_name":"MrMordem","author_uid":"37532","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1450714500,"text":"Cool concept, it's nice to have a top down f zero like, it needs a bit of difficulty balance i think, its kinda hard to see what's coming up front, and the track design can be confusing even with the arrows, the game has some strong points however, like the scaling effect when you fall off, the graphics are nice, and the music is cool, good job nonetheless :)"},{"author_name":"Anshul Goyal","author_uid":"18701","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 5:21pm","epoch":1450804560,"text":"Cool game!"},{"author_name":"agilejoshua","author_uid":"39858","time":"Dec 29, 2015 @ 3:02pm","epoch":1451401020,"text":"Very nice - a bit difficult to stay on the track since there is no way to know where the track will go up ahead. Camera further away or mini map would probably solve it."},{"author_name":"SinclairStrange","author_uid":"44332","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1451932260,"text":"Nice little game, fun and simple! Great work here, enjoyed playing this! :D"},{"author_name":"Krafty","author_uid":"60548","time":"Jan 5, 2016 @ 1:37am","epoch":1451957520,"text":"Interesting game, but there were a few things that I had trouble with. The ships were a bit hard to control, and it was kind of easy to fall off the edge. You should work on this some more, and it'll be really good! :)"}],"images":["ld34\/61811-15a5c468108773f332729b9f5b31e9e0.jpg","ld34\/61811-cb28173470f081bc9282ed8c856da5fd.jpg","ld34\/61811-bf3876d19d7345511fcbf21476766c50.jpg","ld34\/61811-a9e893d4b24ceffa94e2bc52882867d7.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/tech-rider\/113979","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/tech-rider\/113979","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5441","g_author":"61811","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"5407","g_title":"Tech Rider","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"592","g_commentcount":"29","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\/\/511439\/61811-shot0-1450148338.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/61811-shot1-1450148338.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/61811-shot2-1450148338.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/61811-shot3-1450149691.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hop in one of four unique racers and see how quickly you can get through three varied tracks. Can you be the ultimate Tech Rider?\r\n\r\nI went with the two-button controls theme: left and right being the buttons.\r\n\r\nCurrently only available on Windows. Ports for Web, Mac OSX, and Android? forthcoming. See KNOWN-BUGS.txt in the release for a list of known bugs.\r\n\r\nThank you for playing!\r\n\r\nPostmortem: https:\/\/mrjoshuamclean.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/16\/ludum-dare-34-postmortem\/\r\n\r\nGameplay trailer: https:\/\/youtu.be\/x5WnbBL1YUQ\r\n\r\nUpdate 12\/16: I've fixed the nefarious \"Crusher Bug\" that made the game camera sometimes freeze on start, and released as v0.1.1.\r\n\r\nUpdate 12\/17: Web build is up, v0.1.1.","title":"Tech Rider"}