Ludum Dare #30compo

Phase Rider

by aggrathon

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.65

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.54

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.26

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★46%

Technical Info ##

Made with Unity beta to test the new UI (and wasted too much time...). This can make it unplayable in the browser for many people, but the standalone verions should have no problems.

Tested on Windows and on Linux (installation of some additional 32bit libraries required on a 64bit system)

Game Info ##

A podracing game with phase shift.
Instructions and Lore in the menu.
Only one level (even though there is a disabled menu option).

Edits ##

Fixed a gamebreaking movement bug.

Comments13

jab25 Aug 2014, 15:06

I enjoyed the graphics style. Maybe I'm just bad at the game, but I found it very hard to control. Was fun though!

diamondgfx25 Aug 2014, 15:09

Game was pretty difficult to play and my podracer ended up getting caught up in the bars connecting to the engine (I also managed to get it to lift off the ground, so I flew above the map completely at one point)

Geckoo133726 Aug 2014, 05:45

It can be improved, but first attemps is fun ++

JackDegree27 Aug 2014, 11:44

Even though this is obviously very rough, there is a good feeling about it and it's fun to mess around with. Plus reminds me of that good old Star Wars Racer game, so much nostalgia!

bobrocks27 Aug 2014, 13:10

A nice homage to the old pod racer games! Really solid for 48 hours!

MintArcade27 Aug 2014, 13:14

Cool controls, although hard. Good.

hundredhundred27 Aug 2014, 13:15

Ahaha interesting interpretation on the theme. Sweet UI design, I really enjoyed the game ahaha the turning was a bit hard to control but once you get used to it, its actually quite interesting. Keep up nice work!Also thanks for bringing me back good memories of Starwars PodRacer! ahaha

LaFleur27 Aug 2014, 14:35

Now THIS is podracing! :)

abeing27 Aug 2014, 20:51

ahaha very cool game! interesting controls, feels like real podracing, but more dangerous :) I found a funny glitch/bug with the controls, were you can stick the tubes in the wall without exploding. the bad thing is, i cannot drive further when this happens XD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTkft3XBTL8

Hairein28 Aug 2014, 18:17

Nice idea, reminded me of something I saw on TV or in the movies recently ;-) The controls are quite sensitive for me but the idea of the game comes across fine.

jukimv198630 Aug 2014, 10:32

Quite hard to control the pod. At one time I got it to fly to the sky and lost ground :D As others say, it reminds a lot of Star Wars racing pods, which is a good thing and a very good result for 48 hours of work (specially since you used the las Unity version to test the UI, which I did too and was not easy to get used to). I would love to see a more complete version of it which was more user-friendly to play. Keep up the good work!

Benjamin30 Aug 2014, 10:40

I could not get pasth the first turn but tried very hard... :)

JNyknn2 Sep 2014, 06:15

Not bad, but graphics are a bit simple and gameplay is somehow unpolished. But otherwise the game was enjoyable.