Ambulance Drifter by Strange Nebula

Rush through the city in an ambulance to successfully rescue people's lives as fast as you can! Drive with care though, as drifting and driving recklessly will harm them! Bring them back to the hospital with utmost care and collect morphine to ensure their survival, netting you a new highscore.
Play solo or split-screen multiplayer with a friend for some crazy times!
Controls:
To confirm an action in the menu, press C or V.
| Action | Player 1 | Player 2 | | --- | --- | --- | | Accelerate | Up arrow | E | | Brake | Down arrow | D | | Turn left | Left arrow | S | | Turn right | Right arrow | F |
Tips:
Every patient suffers from a different condition, depending on their colour. See the following table for details:
| Colour | Points | Damage inflicted by | | --- | ---| --- | | Light-blue | 1 | Hits | | Yellow | 2 | Drift | | Dark-blue | 3 | Drift, Hits | | Pink | 3 | Over time | | Red | 4 | Hits, Over time | | Green | 5 | Drift, Over time | | Brown | 7 | Hits, Drift, Over time |
This game was developed using the PICO-8 micro-computer.
Credits:
Theo Fafet - physics engine, code, tileset, mapping
Brice Graulier - game design, code, tileset
Puddy (N.D.) - music, sound design, tileset, mapping


Post-jam update !
We really like our game and we want it to be as good as possible. So we made an update! The source code for this update is available on the github page.
- @ohfiddlediddle suggested in the comments to add a tip when picking up a patient so we added it.
- During playtests and in the comments some people found the game a bit too hard, so we added easy, normal and hard mode.
- Two cells of the map were wrong so we fixed them!
You can play the latest version here https://theo-fafet.github.io/ludum-dare-46
Ratings
| Overall | 1017th | 3.571⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 457th | 3.722⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 737th | 3.536⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 56th | 4.339⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1102th | 3.714⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 535th | 3.64⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 411th | 3.596⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 827th | 3.607⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 36🗳️ | 31🗨️ |
I got 20 on my first try and 31 on my second try. My only suggestion would be that it would have been great if it popped up with what I had to do for each patient, because it's hard to remember. So if I picked up a yellow patient it would say "DRIVE SAFE" or something like that.
Anyway, well done, and keep up the great work. :D
I would have love if patients location was more random.
I agree with @ohfiddlediddle suggestion.
Working on the music was fun, it's good to hear that it doesn't seem to sound too busy or distracting!
Problems: Sometimes the controls don't register (arrow keys... this may be due to my laptop being old, but I'm not too sure). Not enough time to save patients. NEEDS a baby mode for me
I like the low-pixel style (is it correct to say that? :thinking: ), but I think it's reaaaally hard to drive this saopy ambulance... I killed like half my patients :rofl:
Nice entry anyway, it respects the theme and the overall is great!
Gameplay-wise; it's like a lowres 2d Crazy Taxi, which is brilliant. I ended up ignoring what I was supposed to be doing and just speeding around the map.