Ludum Dare #25compo

Totally Unqualified Getaway Driver

by kerneltrick

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.43

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.81

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.48

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★55%

TOTALY UNQUALIFIED GETAWAY DRIVER V.1
programming - art - sound by Aaron Woodard [kerneltrick.com]

This is my first Ludum Dare entry

THE SETUP:
Your crew just robbed a bank and your the getaway driver.
Your plan is escape to the sewers across town.
The cops are pissed and out for blood. Watch out of pedestrians.

Controls:
Up: Forward
Down: reverse
Left: left
Right: Right

Hitting 'Esc' at any time will end the game.

Comments21

Freakill17 Dec 2012, 04:27

The game is really good and funny!It runs smooth and cool handling. But the problem is the sound, the engine sound is really annoying at the end, so I had to take it off :/ Again, really good entry! :D

uuav17 Dec 2012, 06:44

Nice, my original idea was for a carmageddon/road rage game too! Fun to play but the sound makes me wants to shift up !

hints17 Dec 2012, 06:46

So much fun. Control scheme is perfect, though it seems hitting the sidewalk slows you down a bit too much, every time i end up on the sidewalk, I can't get off before the cops ram me to pieces.

Hume17 Dec 2012, 06:47

Driving game! Awesome.

Watch out for pedestrians. Suuuuuuure.

The window wouldn't respond to clicking the close button and I had to end the process.

apophenia17 Dec 2012, 07:10

Cool game with some nice functionality. Like others said, it's worth bringing the engine noise down a bit. Hitting the sidewalk is also a pretty big pain; I got wedged between two of those grey things and it took me ages to maneuver out.

kerneltrickauthor17 Dec 2012, 08:13

Thanks for the comments
Sorry about the close button. At anytime you can hit 'Esc' to quit the game.

Lesson learned about the engine noise. ;(
I created a drop in replacement file that's half the volume if anyone wants. [http://www.kerneltrick.com/download/car2.wav]

yaxx17 Dec 2012, 09:18

Excellent!

Fonserbc17 Dec 2012, 18:46

Good game!

The final is critical though :D!

lucky.luddite17 Dec 2012, 20:17

At first I was wondering, why is there a blood splatter every time I hit a green cactus? :) Nice game!

Static_boy12318 Dec 2012, 02:46

Very fun. The only problem is that the only way to quit is to open up task manager.

iiAtlas18 Dec 2012, 03:18

Certainly surprised to see a driving game here, cool!

bushmango18 Dec 2012, 03:19

Fun, lots of collision bugs and man are those cops homicidal! It's a complete game, yeay! And not ridiculously hard. I liked it! Lots of potential.

gameXcore18 Dec 2012, 19:11

I found the controls a little too difficult, I kept getting stuck in the walls.

mcc19 Dec 2012, 11:16

cute game. too short! also i found the sound a bit obnoxious. the controls reminded me of all the frustrations i used to get playing micro machines/rc pro am =D, but they were definitely appropriate given the title.

MadcoreTom19 Dec 2012, 11:18

Nice game. I wish there was a way to get health back while on the run. sometimes i got jammed between two cop cars and i would lose all my health

h.attila20 Dec 2012, 18:49

The sounds get annoying quickly.

BrothersT21 Dec 2012, 17:30

Eh, nice idea. I was having fun (really!) and then I started to hit the walls. Sometimes it took me half a minute to slowly edge my way back out of one. nice graphics.

naufr4g021 Dec 2012, 17:44

Nice car control! I like the way the car slides. Anyway is too easy to damage the car. Engine sound is very annoying! :'D

Mista Koo25 Dec 2012, 16:25

Totally love the graphics. Those retro style detailed inserts are a great touch too. Polished game overall, aside from the slightly annoying engine sound.

Unfortunately it has nothing to do with the theme. The typical video game hero is more villainous :P

Mista Koo25 Dec 2012, 16:34

Also I couldn't close nor restart the game, had to create another instance every time I wanted to retry.

moomoo11230 Dec 2012, 06:01

Ow, my ears..
and it sounds like the car is trying to start, but driving at the same time..