Calm & Collected Collector Collision by el-pepi

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made by el-pepi for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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A collector road right next to a huge arterial... What a great place to commit insurance fraud!

Get hit by as many cars as possible!

You have 3 turns to collect as much money as possible to pay the target quota

Buy a bunch of untested upgrades earn more cash and to extend your turn time

Controls:

Click on go to commit insurance fraud

Arrows/WASD to get the ilusion of control over your car

alt+f4 to quit the game on windows (sorry, ran out of time!)

This was supposed to be a compo entry but I wasn't home during the weekend. I didn't even have time to balance the game, so I hope it's playable!

Ratings

Overall 66th 4.058⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 23th 4.173⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 40th 4.058⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 469th 3.558⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 212th 4.077⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 254th 3.5⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 62th 4.038⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 331th 3.64⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 412745
Oct 06th · 23:44 UTC
Wow! I really love the graphics and the game feel! Great job
aleksey_the_kid
Oct 06th · 23:45 UTC
Wow, it was super fun! By far the most fun game I have seen on the jam. The core loop is fun by itself and makes me wanna play again and again but you went further and adde upgrades. Cool, love it!
MrBamboo
Oct 07th · 04:22 UTC
Oh wow! I didn't expected that. So fun to make this crash!!!
wolderado
Oct 07th · 20:15 UTC
Haha I never thought I would play a roguelike insurance fraud :smile: This is so cool and game feel is solid! I loved the car particles
Pimeko
Oct 07th · 22:03 UTC
Really loved the cartoony graphics and enjoyed being pushed around haha
LDJam user 374028
Oct 07th · 22:32 UTC
This is a very funny aah game. After Rush hour 3 the game is practically automatic. I also got the (+$100 west -$50 east) and (+$100 east -$50 west) upgrades at the same time, which should theoretically give me $50 for escaping to either side but it did not seem to work. Where is the west and the east? When I touched the railguards nothing happened, and touching either tunnel entrance did not do anything either. Do I have to go from one railguard to another without being hit? I think that the game has very solid performance, physics and sound effects, but I could barely hear them, perhaps you should up the volume on them. Approved!
🎤 el-pepi
Oct 07th · 22:47 UTC
@andriybyelikov Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I didn't have any time to do any balancing. So the first stages are kinda hard and then it gets really easy, haha!
The go east and west upgrades are triggered at the end of the turn, when the car automatically escapes. I was gonna add signs on top of the tunnels signaling which one is east and which one is west but I ran out of time! Basically the one on the right at the beggining is east
Doughseller
Oct 08th · 15:54 UTC
very funny and kinda cool concept haha
einfach
Oct 09th · 05:31 UTC
darn it i didnt think about the roughlike game will play like this!!!hahahhahaaa,i luv it soooo much。really loved the cartoon graphics!!!greaaat game
OddballDave
Oct 09th · 09:19 UTC
I played this far longer than I expected to. I think I maxed everything out as it stopped giving me the option of upgrades, and every round took ages as I just kept gaining more time. It's an interesting take on the theme. Graphics are great (How many wheels and bumpers can one car have). Audio was great too. Other than the balancing issues you mention, this is an awesome entry. Good stuff :8ball:
Clu3ter
Oct 09th · 09:30 UTC
This game is so much fun—every element works together perfectly. I’d especially love to see a combo system added to crank up the feedback loop lol. Absolutely adore it!
Eugenik
Oct 09th · 09:40 UTC
Great concept and great implementation
naru
Oct 09th · 20:39 UTC
Funny take onn the theme, love it! ^^
takhomasac
Oct 10th · 01:27 UTC
very silly concept and cute art style, nice work!
ThatmanRobin
Oct 10th · 02:48 UTC
This was weirdly fantastic and fun haha. I immediately thought it would be a racing game, but turned out to be an insurance fraud simulator haha. Great game!
Rewzu
Oct 12th · 11:02 UTC
Fun game! I have played it longer than I expected! The upgrades might be a bit overpowered - after collecting every upgrade I could click go and let the game play itself. Overall it is a good entry! Was it inspired by Burnout? :D
Sibi
Oct 12th · 11:31 UTC
Super polished graphics and sounds! Had a real blast getting my car bumped around.
The first goal was definitely the hardet. Once I had every single upgrade purchased it became more about trying to dodge the cars in order to be able to end the run :D
Is there an end to the game?
![calm and collected.png](///raw/34e/c/z/6f4f1.png)
BorodaOlen
Oct 12th · 22:29 UTC
Good game, interesting concept
fusionnist
Oct 14th · 18:19 UTC
Really funny premise! I love how you just keep losing wheels as you get hit. The progression mechanics are fun, too! Great work here!
rosypenguin
Oct 18th · 18:50 UTC
Absolutely hilarious. Never would have come up with this concept. It did get really easy really quickly, wish there were more upgrades and obstacles but I had a great time.