Helluva Ride by Lazar Cvetkovic

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made by Lazar Cvetkovic for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

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Race through the nine circles of hell. Navigate shadowy tracks and eerie landscapes, where every twist reveals another dark mystery. Test your skill and nerve as you speed through an underworld that challenges both your courage and your reflexes.

Note: We recommend playing the game in fullscreen on the itch page https://lazarcvetkovic.itch.io/helluva-ride

Neda Stamenković - 2D Art

Miloš Nikolić - 2D Art

Tea Milošević - 2D Art

Dimitrije Cvetković - Audio Design

Luka Nikolić - 3D Art

Veljko Radivojević - 3D Art

Lazar Cvetković - Programming

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Ratings

Overall 483th 3.483⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 372th 3.467⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 670th 2.883⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 476th 3.633⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 315th 3.903⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 269th 3.603⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 299th 3.79⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 40🗨️

Feedback

Urosh
08. Apr 2025 · 13:52 UTC
Excellent game! I adore the car model I love how it looks its just amazing. Driving feels nice, however i got stuck once and had to restart the whole game, but other than that it was great. Love the atmosphere and the music, but the look of the game (especially the car!) was very nice!
NoNumbersGames
08. Apr 2025 · 13:59 UTC
Really cool looking game, love the feel of it. Audio a bit low though. Not touching the hearts was a harsh lesson to learn - temptations are real...

Gameplay felt fast and smooth until brushing up against walls - those stopped you a bit too abruptly.

Almost managed a skip in Heresy, landed near end but a bit too far out, and it bugged out the game :D

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basekeet
08. Apr 2025 · 14:03 UTC
Really liked the visuals and music. The controls felt nice most of the time, but the car's collider could use some tweaking — almost every time I touched an edge, it turned me straight into the wall. Maybe rounding the collider a bit would fix it :)
gquibao
08. Apr 2025 · 15:54 UTC
Great game! Loved it. It's pretty hard, I couldn't go past violence. The storytelling is cool, the ambience is amazing, graphics and sound design are awesome, the gameplay feels very polished and fluid. Amazing work, really. Congrats for everyone involved!
Edit: Loved the level design as well. Challenging, but in a fun way.
Headhog
08. Apr 2025 · 17:49 UTC
Overall, really good and complete game. Only few bumps on the road made me fall of the track. Music and artstyle are really nice, and storytelling is great. I liked thematical gameplay elements (you need to avoid burgers, hearts...). Also I managed to jump almost to end on one of the tracks with flames.
TheRedDevil
08. Apr 2025 · 18:43 UTC
Nice game, I love the car drifting (also secret ending ;D)
RoxxorXx
08. Apr 2025 · 19:31 UTC
did not expect at all a racing game with this theme. Very good surprise. Cool aesthetics. UI is good but can be improved. Keep going ! GG
katjes13
09. Apr 2025 · 10:34 UTC
The car looks and feels very nice! Love the graphics and the soundtrack.
Coudn't get past the third level, didn't get it :D
Reuh
09. Apr 2025 · 11:14 UTC
Love the visuals and presentation. But the collisions with the walls are pretty frustrating. Took me a few tries to understand that I had to avoid the items, not collect them x)
tireks
09. Apr 2025 · 11:29 UTC
@katjes13 heyhey! :D so the burgers actually slow you down, that's the trick :D
Maybeagoose
09. Apr 2025 · 16:25 UTC
I really liked the feeling of otherworldliness, I like that you don't need to pick up hearts and burgers don't restore HP. Just like in real life REALLY)
Shadow Veil Society
09. Apr 2025 · 16:31 UTC
So much fun! Love the art direction and sound design. The burgers slowing you down is such a fun mechanic too haha really great work!
LLlarsO
09. Apr 2025 · 16:41 UTC
Fun racing game! The style is very good. Starting with the title menue (the effects on the start button are nice) and continuing with the game graphics. I really adore the fire sprites with its 2D-effect. The level design is good. You've put a lot of variety into the game, although the burger part was too slow for my taste. I get the message behind it, but it felt too much for me. The jumping level on the other side was very cool.

Instead of having three lives and starting all over again, I think it would be more motivating if each track would have a timer, where you have to reach certain time goals (and if you have a very good lap, you get a gold medal on this track).

The controls felt very good! I had a lot of fun driving the car. :)
Kseon
09. Apr 2025 · 19:14 UTC
I really liked the graphics, and once again I was convinced that driving is not my thing.
jachymthegoat
09. Apr 2025 · 19:46 UTC
cool stuff!
Cure
09. Apr 2025 · 20:24 UTC
I'm sure I'm just bad at the game, but constantly getting stuck on the walls was very frustrating. I am not sure whether that is a bad thing yet, I'll have to think about it. Cool idea though!
Monogatari
09. Apr 2025 · 20:27 UTC
really fun racing game, good pace and the car is somewhat pleasant to drive hahaha. I love the aesthetics and the music. The gimmick on each level is smart, well done !
3Deimos
09. Apr 2025 · 20:29 UTC
Good graphic and vibes. Car behaves very well to.
icks
09. Apr 2025 · 20:36 UTC
Sick soundtrack
Game-mon
09. Apr 2025 · 20:50 UTC
Really cool game, i loved the theming, the game feel and the music!
MizAless
09. Apr 2025 · 20:51 UTC
That's a great idea. I like racing and the locations and controls are very cool here. I want a little more drive, the ability to accelerate all the way and not slow down. There are a lot of places where you can fly off the highway. Great job)
JoyceIsDrawing
10. Apr 2025 · 05:46 UTC
Im really bad at racing games so I struggled a lot to steer the car straight lol. I still had a ton of fun and love the style of this game!
X2SHADOW
14. Apr 2025 · 10:33 UTC
Very cool driving soundtrack, also incredible style, each level is slightly different both visually and gameplay-wise. I would only like the car to be a little more controllable and to be able to replay from the level, and not the whole game from the beginning, because I completed the game only on the third try, losing twice on the 6th. Excellent game! In terms of visuals and style, probably the coolest for me so far :)
silkworm_sweatshop
14. Apr 2025 · 16:03 UTC
I got softlocked once when part of my car was over the edge but other than that it played fine and the car is pretty fun to control. I like the dantes inferno theme and the graphics that went with it for example the abstract shapes in lust that still look suggestive. I tried to grab the hearts in lust which was a mistake and I obviously ignored all the warnings throughout the levels (for my first run anyway :sweat_smile:). Music was nice and fitting too!