Ludum Dare #27compo

Ten 2nd's

by nights57

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.32

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.35

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.23

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★46%

Anybody can get first place in a race, but it takes a special hero to get second place! Become the all time 2nd best racer and win 10 races in second place. It's not a glamorous job, but somebody has to do it.

Genres: action

Comments26

GarrettMickley26 Aug 2013, 01:54

I lol'd at some points. Very fun, too.

Zerkruemler26 Aug 2013, 18:59

The links seem to be broken (404)

Nights57author26 Aug 2013, 21:18

Thanks for the heads up, switched from Dropbox and rehosted it on Newgrounds

Vico26 Aug 2013, 21:55

Another good interpretation of the theme, indeed!

SneManden26 Aug 2013, 21:58

Very funny game. The graphics and sounds were quite poor, but what it lacked in those aspects, it had in fun and challenging gameplay. Quite humorous too - love it!

wally206926 Aug 2013, 21:58

Neat little racing simulator =)

stephan_h26 Aug 2013, 21:59

This game was way more fun than I expected.
And I am so dumb: It took a few seconds til I realized that you are spot on with the theme.

SamC26 Aug 2013, 22:00

awesome interpretation of the theme, good job

Zuige26 Aug 2013, 22:00

The last level laser things didn't seem to quite work as expected but the game was still beatable. Lovely!

Bmanrules26 Aug 2013, 22:00

Very nice! Loved the use of "10 2nds". I saw another game with athletes based on the same theme, not sure if it was independent or what, but still awesome! Visuals are fantastic!

Latcarf26 Aug 2013, 22:06

Very fun!
The Linux version doesn't work on ArchLinux (because of a version mismatch in libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0) but the web version does. Also you need to include the source.

Thepattybeast26 Aug 2013, 22:08

awesome game and very very cool use of the theme got stuck on level 9.

michail26 Aug 2013, 22:09

Fun idea and very smart level design. The humor is also good :)

imef26 Aug 2013, 22:14

I like the idea! It was quite fun to play!

fdevant26 Aug 2013, 22:16

Hard game! Clever scenes haha.

Diogo Muller26 Aug 2013, 22:19

Great twist on the theme. The game is hard, but it's quite satisfying when you finally get the second place.

Nights57author26 Aug 2013, 22:30

Thanks for all the nice comments guys! It's really gotten me into a great mood :D.

Thanks for letting me know about the linux mismatch (also that I forgot to up the source)!

flarb26 Aug 2013, 23:33

Hahaha--I love this game. The idea of getting 2nd place is genius. That could be a whole LD48 theme - "underachievement"

whiteravens27 Aug 2013, 00:26

LOL, we have the same interpretation of the theme. Unfortunately, I can't run your game, it crashes on my Windows, and Newgrounds say it's under review.

Try my game out here too:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=23106

flyingbear27 Aug 2013, 01:45

There's a surprising amount of skill involved in getting 2nd place! Nicely done

dumasflo27 Aug 2013, 14:33

Nice interpretation of the theme :D Surprised me ! Good job ! :)

Zerkruemler27 Aug 2013, 19:00

Very funny, but some levels are more luck than skill and I was not able to finish the last level since it sometimes does not react on my keypresses. Good ideas. Keep on creating such games

hbocao2 Sep 2013, 02:52

Good take on the theme, good graphics and nice sound (which remind me of Gran Prix of Atari era).

ravine16 Sep 2013, 21:29

I really liked how you interpreted the theme!

JonathanG16 Sep 2013, 22:34

Very innovative! It's a simple idea, but fun to play and keep trying at

dcolgan17 Sep 2013, 00:53

Haha this game is hilarious and a great alternate use of the theme.