I forgot to provide the source code until just before the deadline, and my Internet connection wouldn’t work the last two hours before deadline. Anyway, here is the source:
Sourcecode (not very pretty, mind you. It’s rushed 4kb code.)
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I’m done!
My game is called Tekicars4k. My plan is to enter it both into LD13 and the Java4k contest. In other words, it is a 33 hour 4kb game with the theme “roads”. Thanks to the size limitation, there is a grand total of 6 levels available. It is available as webstart and as a CompoGameLoader ZIP file, which has .bat, .exe and .sh (so should work on any OS).
Webstart (note: this version may be updated after the contest)
The goal is to place blocks in advance so that each Tekicar reaches an exit of the same color, without colliding with any other Tekicar. Walls will turn Tekicars clockwise, roads will speed them up, and arrows will re-direct them along the arrow.
As soon as you click “Go!”, the test begins – if you pass, you reach the next level.
Note that the ZIP file is way larger than 4kb, mostly thanks to the .exe wrapper. The game JAR itself is only 4kb.
very good puzzles. nice style graphics as well. i love once you get all the timings right it is like watching little gears come together and turn so close yet not hit. I loved that.
Very nice puzzle game. Level 6 took some time to figure out. More polish would make this really nice, but I guess there are limits to what you can put in when working with 4k.
Neat look, good puzzles, and an impressive piece tecnically (4k is going to be a fairly tight squeeze for any game). I longed for a 'speed up' button when running my solutions, and it'd be nice to have more content/polish. Still, it's very impressive given the tight limitations.
Level 6 just looked too daunting. I threw down a few things and then gave up. The two things I seek are the game continuing after a car crash so you can see further problems without running it all over again, and a speed up button so you don't have to wait so long in the first place! But it's a good puzzle.
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Could be improved: graphics/presentation/explanation
Can you build a level editor please? Even if it takes 5k ;)
The controls could be a little more intuitive and some instructions in the game about what block does what would be nice, but that's just nitpicking.