Pitch Black

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★32%
Drag-race 400 meters through the darkness.

The controls are admittedly very confusing, so to add more detail:

Hold the clutch (Left Control) and press (Enter) to start the engine.
Rev the engine by holding (Up or W).
When the light turns green, let off the clutch by releasing (Left Control).
To upshift, push in the clutch and press (Left Shift).

Credit for the sports car model goes to "Teh_Bucket" - http://opengameart.org/content/sports-car-lowpoly

Comments17

Idkfawin3219 Apr 2016, 05:05
Killer! This is what I really wanted to go for
abaines
abaines19 Apr 2016, 16:53
Cool game, I like the atmosphere.

Had to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. and move some of the libs out the way for it to run.
Hankenstien23 Apr 2016, 02:26
I liked the idea, but the cars sound was a bit off. It need to rumble, but instead sounded more like a cat. I really liked the gear switch with the visible clutch. All in all not bad for a base to a game.
Weeping Rupee
Weeping Rupee23 Apr 2016, 03:06
This was an interesting concept for a game. The light got stuck on red for me after my first race.
DesignerNap
DesignerNap23 Apr 2016, 10:06
11.93 IS MY BEST! Took me a while to understand the start sequence. For those having trouble... hold the clutch down, THEN start the engine and rev. Lovely game though, really enjoyed it. Nice work.
Shael
Shael25 Apr 2016, 10:43
This was so fun. got an 11:62
g1234525 Apr 2016, 21:46
A nice and short experience.

Satisfying if you have a driver's license and you have never do this kind of racing before.
euske
euske25 Apr 2016, 21:55
I liked the atmosphere.
Tijn25 Apr 2016, 22:06
This is right up my alley. I love car stuff! Why don't all racing games implement clutches?

My best time was 11.50 by the way. I was able to run the Windows version on my Mac using Wine :)
Crefossus
Crefossus29 Apr 2016, 07:11
Nice game. The actual gameplay feels polished and fun once you get started (I missed pressing f1 for a little bit :D).
Rock Eaters
Rock Eaters1 May 2016, 06:51
surprising car game, real enjoy the ambiance
Yumeito
Yumeito5 May 2016, 00:17
Epic game :)
dcolgan5 May 2016, 02:33
I liked it, but the instructions I found confusing, I figured out the starting sequence, but no matter how long I waited revving my engine, the light never changed. I thought the sound and visuals were great.
TimBeaudet5 May 2016, 16:30
Pretty neat, different, art style. I managed to get an 11.47 and found it quite fun trying to get lower. Missed the ability to downshift at the end of the strip!

Really neat you show the clutch engagement, not sure what the torque output of the motor is, I suspect linear perhaps so shifting at the last possible moment being the best point, I could be completely wrong about that.
dollarone8 May 2016, 23:34
sorry man, can't run it in linux - Segmentation fault (core dumped) - and it's all pitch black in windows.
ReactorScram
ReactorScramauthor20 Aug 2016, 02:20
dollarone: I might know why it's black on some GPUs. I have fixed that bug on Pandora / Linux and it will hit Windows next time I have WINE running.

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