{"author_link":"\/author\/oye-beto\/","author_name":"Oye Beto","author_uid":"7933","comments":[{"author_name":"xylr","author_uid":"64977","time":"Dec 13, 2015 @ 9:56pm","epoch":1450043460,"text":"(SPOILER) You can finish the race by quickly turning around ;)"},{"author_name":"Oye Beto","author_uid":"7933","time":"Dec 14, 2015 @ 3:09am","epoch":1450062240,"text":"xylr: you are right! I didn't notice xD\r<br\/>I'll have to leave it like this for the jam but the next iteration will have it fixed.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for your feedback :)"},{"author_name":"karlipoppins","author_uid":"43949","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 7:01am","epoch":1450248960,"text":"First playthrough: let's put it on easy to see what this is about... Meh simple enough, let's start again in Hard... OMG this is crazy why can't I do this!?!?! I finally got it after 20 mins of gameplay!! It was either that or going crazy lol!! Great job, simple and very addictive! :) Missing music and good sound. Simple graphics were really cool though maybe some particle effects could have given a nice effect. Great job! :)"},{"author_name":"Anachron","author_uid":"27481","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 4:15am","epoch":1450325400,"text":"Nice! That would be super fun on mobile"},{"author_name":"PowerSpark","author_uid":"38755","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 4:16am","epoch":1450325460,"text":"Simplistic! I think it needs something more special, like sound or something to race. Good work."},{"author_name":"Aerohand","author_uid":"54900","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 6:18am","epoch":1450332780,"text":"nice mini game! it will be awesome to also include audio effect. it is actually super fun to play with"},{"author_name":"mr. a","author_uid":"45525","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 6:20am","epoch":1450332900,"text":"When I first saw this, I was expecting maybe a minute or two of familiar and easy play, so I was amused and only slightly optimistic about &quot;hard&quot; mode.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Twenty-odd minutes later, and I have a much greater appreciation for the value of level design &amp; controls. It's just one level, but it ramps up the difficulty well, with nicely-interspersed breaks, and is small enough that it keeps looking conquerable after killing you thirty times in a row. The delay after death is just long enough to do a quick mental reset and not a moment longer. The trails &amp; screen shake are nice touches, too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Excellent job squeezing so much out of such minimal and familiar-seeming content."},{"author_name":"richardboegli","author_uid":"60190","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 7:40am","epoch":1450337700,"text":"Good job. Like @karlipoppins said, played easy to see what it was like, then struggled on hard. The corners are just the right size.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Freestyle mode was fun, drew a few different things :)"},{"author_name":"martin-denizet","author_uid":"65958","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 1:09pm","epoch":1450703040,"text":"Nice! A timer with leaderboard could be a great addition."},{"author_name":"dx0ne","author_uid":"11733","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 1:45pm","epoch":1450705200,"text":"Simple but fun. Just disable camera shake afer fail - in hard you fail to much to wait each time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Also trying to draw Olympics logo in free mode could be game on it's own."},{"author_name":"kabel","author_uid":"53077","time":"Dec 28, 2015 @ 9:10pm","epoch":1451336700,"text":"Cool! Just cool!"},{"author_name":"Andy Gainey","author_uid":"30311","time":"Dec 31, 2015 @ 5:03am","epoch":1451537880,"text":"Pretty clear and appropriately challenging on the faster speed.  I could tell immediately that my must-beat compulsion was kicking in against my will.  Normally I avoid games that produce that experience because life is already full of enough frustration as it is, but I know that plenty of other gamers enjoy that experience, so I'm taking it as a positive sign.  :-)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I was left wondering how the game would feel with a bit more physics instead of a constant-rate turn and constant speed with no inertia or sliding.  Maybe not better, but the curiosity did cross my mind, for what it's worth.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Powerups or non-lethal obstructions (mud pits, for example) could help liven up the courses.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>It was only upon reflection that I realized that the route trace is actually kinda cool.  I wonder if there are ways to draw the player's attention to it once winning (or even after losing).  Obviously outside the scope of a jam, but it'd be the perfect sort of thing for a leaderboard.  Let people compare their trace against the best scores.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Or maybe color code the trace after a race according to various factors (distance from wall, distance from top player's route, distance from pre-computed optimal route), using something easy to visualize, like the standard green-&gt;yellow-&gt;orange-&gt;red to signify good\/bad (or something more colorblind-friendly)."},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Jan 1, 2016 @ 12:31am","epoch":1451607960,"text":"Nice gameplay!"},{"author_name":"Xanjos","author_uid":"21201","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 7:39pm","epoch":1451763240,"text":"The hard course was pretty challenging(managed to beat it after 5 tries and that was before I found out about the turnaround bug) but this was a rather fun entry plus the free mode feels like some sort of Etch-a-Sketch."}],"images":["ld34\/7933-ed82001163c6c1cd9f642a8ed27dabd0.jpg","ld34\/7933-ec50886bd70193b412ab486d45afa10f.jpg","ld34\/7933-68f768b1ade81abec58b017db21a2151.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/21897708\/Trace%20Race%20LD%2034\/Trace%20Race%20WebGL%203\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/21897708\/Trace%20Race%20LD%2034\/Trace%20Race%20PC%203.rar","text":"Windows (exe)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/21897708\/Trace%20Race%20LD%2034\/Trace%20Race%20source%20code.rar","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6009","g_author":"7933","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"6105","g_title":"Trace Race","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"800","g_commentcount":"14","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\/7933-shot0-1450039178.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/7933-shot2-1450039178.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/7933-shot1-1450039611.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Try it on easy or beat the real challenge on hard.\r\nYou can also relax drawing with the trace on \"Free move\" mode.\r\n\r\nInstructions:\r\nRotate with left and right arrows or A and D.\r\nBackspace goes to main menu.\r\nEsc closes the application.\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\nIf you see a blank screen, wait for it to load.\r\nIf you play the embeded version, put it on fullscreen.\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease leave a comment. Thanks for playing!","title":"Trace Race"}