This is a COMPO game, but for some reason got pushed to JAM. Created by myself in less than 48 hours.
You are Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man on the 100m sprint. You've set the world record in only 9:58, and now you get to use that same amount of time to shop for free at a local local store! Lucky you.
Run, collect as many valuable items as you can, and reach the finish as fast as possible too.
This is my very first finished game! Made in Game Maker 7.5.
Nice, but rather short, game :) I love the little pixelated Bolt guy doing his "archer" thingie :P I think you should try to get some sort of Win/Unix version out... Mac only is a really small target audience...
Haha I have to love a fellow Usain Bolt related game developer! Even though I'm obviously biased, this is a really neat game, although a couple of extra levels could increase it's longevity. Nice gameplay!
This is a lot of fun actually, despite being so short! (Well, but otherwise they'd go bankrupt, I guess!) The graphics are charming, and the cheering fits the game so well that the absence of music is hardly noticeable. The sound effects work well.
Why are there three different screen switch buttons? From Restart Screen to starting the race, I have to press: R, Space and X. Since there's never really a choice between two options, all of these might've been Space.
My top score so far: 8068. There were a LOT of time bonuses in this level :D
Cheers mate, superb game! And congratulations on finishing your first LD entry!
@TobiasW Thanks for the praise, dude. The whole game actually only has one background sound, ripped from a YouTube video. But it worked so well, I decided not to put any time into fumbling around with it :)
I guess you're right about the 3 button approach, it could have been two (not one, I do like the fast restart option). I will change this in the next version.
:) yes, there are 2 secret passages... and they can boost your time bonus! I hid them because them were confusing my test player about where to go. She failed to get to the finish. But this works for now, I guess.
It's fine to have a restart button, but it should be used to restart the game while playing - not to restart it from the restart screen. That's what I mean: One button to advance between the screens. An additional button to force a restart from the game is obviously fine.
I might try using the passages later to check how good they are. The first one seems rather useless though, there is no way you're gonna have enough items at that point to make use of the time bonus.
Nice, played it through several times until I hit the big bucks. It ends up being mostly down to being lucky with what items spawn but it's still really fun.
Hahahahaha, very nice but short game. I'm really surprise that someone might grab the fact that Usain Bolt's time record would be a good use in the game. Great work!
Vet spel Sjors! I think this is the funniest concept I've seen this Ludum Dare. Finding the balance between grabbing items and getting a good time bonus is fun!
Got a lot of clocks and some guitars one run, my best score was 8764 points.
I love the little pixelated Bolt guy doing his "archer" thingie :P
I think you should try to get some sort of Win/Unix version out... Mac only is a really small target audience...