(Car)ds

by danes1111

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.37

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.82

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Racing cars game + cards game. A car is driven by commands on cards. If your speed meter gets below speed limit you will start losing lives, so stay fast.

To start - grab a card and throw it from hand, they can be throwed anywhere, except on the card storage (just like in hearthstone).

The name is a combination of CAR + CARDS.

Link to game

https://skalikdaniel.itch.io/dards-lurum-dare-41

Controls

- AD or arrows
- Mouse

Cards

- Start -> start the game

- 90ties right/left -> car will turn 90 degree
- 180 turn -> car will turn 180° degree
- little right/left -> 35° turn

- Back on track -> car will return to the center of a road
- WASD help -> you can control a car for a few seconds with A and D buttons

- Boost -> car speed up for a while
- Slooooow -> car speed down for a while

- New vision -> recycle your cards and get you new six cards
- Faster cards -> start getting cards a little bit faster

- Our savior -> extra life
- Empty -> just nothing, throw it away for space to other cards

Screenshot-2018-4-24 Unity WebGL Player (Car)ds-LudumDare(1).png

Screenshot-2018-4-24 Unity WebGL Player (Car)ds-LudumDare(2).png

Tags: #pixel art

Genres: card game, racing

Tools: Unity

Comments24

CaptainPilot24 Apr 2018, 16:44

Really interesting concept. I like the idea here. You really need a few more objectives to keep things interesting (like a checkpoint you have to drive through rather than just surviving).

justsWn24 Apr 2018, 16:47

I like the idea! It is a little slow paced though.

tommohawkaction24 Apr 2018, 16:48

Love the art style :) -> Please check out our game https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ludums-kitchen

legavroche24 Apr 2018, 16:54

"WASD" and "Stay on the track" definitely helps haha!
The theme is very innovated and a well-fitted for LD41!
Making the card easier to use(allow us to use it in at any place after dragged it) would be nice.

dlowe24 Apr 2018, 16:55

Never thought I'd say "I need to topdeck a left hand turn", but here we are :)

Thanks for the game!

taviandir24 Apr 2018, 16:57

Lovely concept, have to rely a lot on the RNG to get the right cards you need to take the turns though :)

Karin Strljic24 Apr 2018, 16:57

Nice graphics and good concept! For the possible development, I would add a finish line and a faster pace or higher speed on straight parts. Good job!

Vovin24 Apr 2018, 17:01

A card-based racer is probably the last thing anyone expected, nice use of the theme.

minirop24 Apr 2018, 17:08

really neat game. it is just missing sounds (or is it my computer?). LAN multiplayer could be fun with a lap count instead of lives.

danes1111author24 Apr 2018, 23:03

Thank you all guys, I really appreciate your positive feedback, it's motivating a lot. @CaptainPilot @Karin Strljic I wanted to add more features, but remaining time was my enemy :D @minirop There were no sounds, I don't have time to add them, but with the sound of screaming tires it would be soo good. @justsWn yeah, you are right, it needs some rebalancing.
I might make a new version in future, so thanks for all feedback

radmccool25 Apr 2018, 16:41

i really wanted to make it round at least once but i never got the draw for it :( the rng gods have forsaken me TT_TT meh had fun anyway :D
It would really have helped if the game played in short bursts maybe even just for an easy mode :P

danes1111author25 Apr 2018, 17:15

@radmccool Thanks for the review, and what do you mean by "short bursts"?

radmccool25 Apr 2018, 17:31

like... the player would play the first card, then the car moves for x seconds and then the car would stop. Then the player would play another card and then the car would move. Sort of like turn based movement. I could just be bad at the game though :P

Lintfordpickle25 Apr 2018, 17:57

The idea was good, but the pace was a little slow

fazz25 Apr 2018, 18:00

I managed to keep it going for about three minutes. Interesting combination of playing mechanics. I reckon you should develop this further, could be quite a cool game with some AI opponents and an actually race.

isaaclopinho25 Apr 2018, 18:10

i loved the idea and the art style!! I also made a racing game.. It's a fishing/racing game for 2 players if you want to check it: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/super-bass-racing

danes1111author25 Apr 2018, 18:38

@fazz Yes, I want to add AI in the first place, but at the end, I don't have time to implement it.

Lewis Quaife25 Apr 2018, 18:41

This is so neat - what a great concept and really embraces the theme - Feels fairly well balanced too.

sinemual25 Apr 2018, 18:48

Nice concept)

danes1111author25 Apr 2018, 18:50

@Lewis Quaife Thank you, sometimes it is balanced, but are times when the randomization is just against you.

danes1111author25 Apr 2018, 18:50

@sinemual Thanks

fashionbatman26 Apr 2018, 00:06

ugh that punny title! Really cool idea, I would love to see it expanded on at some point.

Anubhav Kashyap14 May 2018, 12:25

(Car)ds is a really great game and has a fun and really innovative concept.

"10/10" :v:

danes1111author14 May 2018, 18:41

@Anubhav Kashyap thanks you very much, positive feedback is always motivating

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