Shape Shift Racer

by kivlor
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
Shape Shift Racer is a simple, top down, infinite runner. The player has to shape shift before entering the next terrain while also avoiding obstacles. See how far you can get!

Comments18

panurge18 Apr 2016, 22:26
Put me in mind of the great Spy Hunter right away. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

Smooth and engaging gameplay although I did find myself wishing I could see a little more of the road ahead. Solid sound and visuals.
kivlor
kivlorauthor18 Apr 2016, 22:37
thanks panurge :) I stuck to the NES resolution which makes it had to see ahead at the sprite size I chose.
marod18 Apr 2016, 22:40
Nice game.
MrNyarlathotep
MrNyarlathotep18 Apr 2016, 22:45
yeah like the guy above said, major spyhunter vibes.
LOL at my fighter jet not being able to handle balloons though XD
rynti18 Apr 2016, 23:01
Nice entry, also cool visuals - although the background patterns get repetitive quickly. Liked the shapeshift for terrains idea!
foolmoron
foolmoron18 Apr 2016, 23:18
I love how a couple balloons will take out the jet
GrooveMan
GrooveMan18 Apr 2016, 23:33
I immediately thought of Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Transformed's rapid switching between car, boat and plane. The super bright and chunky visuals do wonders.

The engine noise I really wasn't a fan of, though. From what I played the sections of each type are the same length every time - maybe a way to take this further would be switching tracks of music alongside each transformation~
kivlor
kivlorauthor19 Apr 2016, 02:27
thanks for all the feed back! have to admit, a jet being taken out by balloons is absurd :p
fprawn19 Apr 2016, 03:42
Hey, this is pretty fun. I had a little trouble distinguishing between what I was supposed to run into and what I wasn't, but only took a couple tries before getting that sorted.

This is solidly put together.
Beard19 Apr 2016, 04:08
I like the idea you chose. The first couple runs I didn't get the whole shifting thing. Then I noticed the icon :p
16BitsOfAwesome
16BitsOfAwesome19 Apr 2016, 05:33
What kind of zany world is this? Road to sky to water to road again?! This is madness!

:P
Suvidriel
Suvidriel19 Apr 2016, 06:27
Really nice :) Totally reminded me of Spy Hunter
bagface19 Apr 2016, 06:28
Fun game.
I died when I ran into a box that spawned right after a shifter =(
kivlor
kivlorauthor19 Apr 2016, 06:54
sorry @bagface, it's a known bug I thought I had squashed during development :/
kivlor
kivlorauthor19 Apr 2016, 06:56
after all the spyhunter comments I decided to look into it and I see what you all mean!! one of the things on my idea list was to add guns... maybe I'll make a polished version and add them in :D
Jungle
Jungle19 Apr 2016, 20:03
Simple and addictive game. Fits theme well. Ive made 611 points. Congrats.
martymon22 Apr 2016, 19:16
Nice sprites. It was a little confusing in the beginning which were the shift "powerups" and which were the obstacles but I worked it out. Would have loved to see and explosion or two when you hit something though.
Found a bug?
Tell us on Discord