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Infernal Express by BonzoChuff

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made by BonzoChuff for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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Welcome to Hell! Your punishment is to drive the Infernal Express and deliver souls to their final resting place.

To play, use the link to the itch.io page.

Controls:

Left and Right: Steer

Z: Accelerate

X: Brake/Reverse

Z & X together: Drift

Enter: Start/Pause

Instructions: Drive the truck to mow down the wandering damned. Once they are hit, their souls will release and collect in your truck. Once you've acquired enough souls to make your delivery, drive to the location marked on the map and park in front of the designated lava pit to deliver the souls. The car can only hold 20 souls at a time, and you will receive a fuel bonus for early drop offs, so try to get to your destination as fast as possible while not crashing!

Note: Game was re-uploaded as I was chasing down and resolved a bug that was causing the timer to malfunction and end the game.

Link https://bonzochuff.itch.io/infernal-express
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/infernal-express

Ratings

Overall 203th 3.97⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 104th 4.045⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 584th 3.348⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 305th 4.167⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 414th 3.955⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 142th 3.909⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 232th 3.97⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

Jona Scheidig
02. May 2023 · 08:57 UTC
Now thats the delivery service we need! Love the art style and the sounds! Very loyal to true retro style game. Very well done!
RRADU
02. May 2023 · 13:22 UTC
This game is really sick! both the art and the gameplay
seurimas
02. May 2023 · 13:24 UTC
For a game about eternity, it ought to restart automatically when you run out of fuel :P It is a fun little game, though. Well done!
Bokonon
02. May 2023 · 13:31 UTC
Awesome art style! I wish steering were a tad more responsive, but this feels good to play!
Spacespytv
02. May 2023 · 13:32 UTC
Really really good game, hope it gets more ratings! Polish is supreme, and the idea in general is hilarious. Controls feel really nice, I think all I'd add is a little "BRAKE!" UI when you're nearby the stopoff/unload point, I didn't realize I had to stop at first. Great stuff
TheButterApple24
02. May 2023 · 13:33 UTC
Art style is awesome!!! Also so satisfying to run them over! Overall I had a fun time!!!
amarokczukay
02. May 2023 · 13:37 UTC
i enjoyed this game! graphics are super cool, movements seems to be better on a controller but i only have a keyboard. i enjoyed playing it and can definitely see the potential of this game! really well done!
Dylan H
02. May 2023 · 13:39 UTC
It took me a while to get the hang of it, but I really like the way the car controls. Just careening around hell, drifting around corners and running down suckers is a lot of fun. I feel like you could make the reverse sliiightly faster, but I also get that that's not the point of it. Just when I got stuck in a corner, it felt pretty punishing trying to get out of it and get back to speed.

One small nitpick--having the passenger limit before the delivery requirement tricked me into thinking I needed 20 people for the first delivery. Was lovely when I finally made it and realised I nearly had enough for my next delivery already, but I think you could make that slightly clearer. Other than that, I had a lot of fun and have rated this game quite highly!
🎤 BonzoChuff
02. May 2023 · 14:57 UTC
@dylan-h that's a great suggestion! I'm definitely going to adjust the UI so passenger capacity is clearer when I revisit the project.
velvetlobster
02. May 2023 · 16:09 UTC
love the movements in this, very cool art style as well, the movements although in the ground remind me of a game where you play in the air with dog fighting airplanes called luft... something
aschab
02. May 2023 · 16:12 UTC
Really fun take on the delivery game! I really liked how you justify hitting people to earn points!
Eric Nguyen
02. May 2023 · 16:28 UTC
Great art style! The game really clicked when I figured out how the drifting works, and the fast pace was exciting too. Great work!
waptaincaffles
02. May 2023 · 16:54 UTC
Great game, enjoyed running people down and collecting their souls! For a single person, very impressive, nice one!
Vectrex28
02. May 2023 · 16:58 UTC
I liked it. Controls did take some getting used to and even when I figured them out it took a little while to adjust but I still had a blast when it clicked. Great twist on the classic Death Race formula.
LDJam user 264390
02. May 2023 · 17:23 UTC
This game is so fun but couldn't deliver a single time, it was so hard to hit and grab souls without smashing into walls, and when being careful I ran out of time every time. I am not good at games though, skill issue on my part, it's still super fun to just speed around and crash all over the place!
Hopla
02. May 2023 · 19:01 UTC
Very cool and super fun ! I love that it was too quick for the screen, really made split second reactions enjoyable. I wish there would have been a bit more space to actually drift (But maybe I just need to get good !).
Qin Bugong
02. May 2023 · 19:35 UTC
It's so cool but hard to control XD
DGo
03. May 2023 · 04:11 UTC
I love the aesthetic and vibe to this game, great job all around :)
Calvin Davis
03. May 2023 · 07:31 UTC
This is awesome! So much to love here - driving around a little 8-direction van sprite, the juicy collision effects, fun music, hectic Crazy Taxi-style game loop. Really great entry!
Alexkik1515
03. May 2023 · 10:55 UTC
Good game! Thanks!
Str8griz
03. May 2023 · 18:54 UTC
Great game feel, I think that's my afterlife as it was oddly gratifying to crush people. Controls could have been all arrow keys or WASD and that might have made it a bit easier to play.

Overall, awesome game!
Ruslana
03. May 2023 · 20:07 UTC
Funny idea
Cinterre
05. May 2023 · 01:04 UTC
The gameplay of yours is close to what I would have liked to do for mine if I had more time and experience on my side. Fun controls and not too difficult. Like it!
feyd-rautha
05. May 2023 · 05:26 UTC
Great game! I completed all the rounds, but it really took way longer than I thought it was going to. Definitely needs some sort of progress or progression to let you know it's not just infinite. I also really like the way you unload them into the pits.
🎤 BonzoChuff
05. May 2023 · 14:09 UTC
@feyd-rautha I totally agree. Right now it definitely reads like the game is just infinite, but I'm going to put a progress indicator at the top of the to-do list once I start working on a more refined version.
sinclairstrange
07. May 2023 · 22:08 UTC
Loved the art style and an intro cutscene, hell yeah. (Excuse the pun.) The van drove great, controls felt well, there was a mini map in the top corner that helped and the whole pace of the game was fantastic! I loved it, really simple but extremely fun to play and that's the key thing here, fun! Loved it, well done ^-^
PoshDan
08. May 2023 · 13:38 UTC
This was an interesting experience. I was really struggling intially, expecting that full speed would achieve my goals. Bumping into the walls seemed kinda fun, but when I finally realized i have to slow down, especially for the dropoff points, suddenly I was consistently outplaying the timer, felt like I could've gone on forever.

I think the only thing really missing here is a more gentle introduction to the gameplay (a hidden tutorial, if you will), and some form of escalation once the player gets comfortable with it. It's a bit hard to learn if I'm already on a timer as soon as I gain control.
Pretty solid entry though!
🎤 BonzoChuff
08. May 2023 · 19:31 UTC
@poshdan Thanks for the review! Yeah the difficulty/escalation balancing and how to properly introduce the game mechanics is something I really struggled with in the final hours of the jam. I'm hoping to revisit the game soon and I am definitely going to incorporate your feedback!