Hats on Clouds

by sibi

co-authored: @chuchugeralt, @rtyx

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.86

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TL;DR

Build towers by going around the platforms (multiple times for upgrades)

Finish the race before too many enemies cross the finish line

Slow and steady wins the race ;)

`Note: If WebGL version lags too much, just try the windows executable`

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Tips

- Be gentle with the turning and just tap it
- Go off the throttle a lot or even brake for corners / towers
- Try to master the first track before moving on to the second
- Avoid the enemies at all costs or they will spin you out
- Freeze towers early on really help
- Some strategy in where to place which tower might be required ;)

Description

In the year 2098, there is no human no more, there are only clouds with hats.
You, Cloudius McCloudster, heir to the throne, have to fight the horde of evil hats!
You have no other choice but to build your death bringing Towers - by racing!
Build your towers, one after another. You can build and upgrade towers by circling the tower socket. Each round you can build more towers.

With three different types of towers, you can build a "perfect" strategy to prevent the horde of evil clouds with stupid hats to finish the lap and hurt you and your reputation.

The ice tower will spin your enemies around, preventing them to be as quick as you are.
The fire tower will shoot an enemy and will let him (or her!) die in agony.
The tower of doom will devour the souls of a group of enemies.

The main goal is to finish the race before you run out of life(s). If an enemy passes the finish line, you will lose a life.
You die when too many enemies finish the race.

Genres: racing

Tools: Unity

Comments20

Rapter24 Apr 2018, 21:14

Nice game and idea 5/5!!! Good Luck!

ZaneDD24 Apr 2018, 21:20

Very impressive! I definitely like the racing/tower-building concept, and the graphics were impressive for a weekend jam game. The controls were a bit wonky and there wasn't much explanation for them, but that's forgivable for a jam.

Bobgar24 Apr 2018, 21:22

The idea was cool! I found the controls super hard to use though -- but maybe that's part of the fun.

Sibiauthor24 Apr 2018, 21:23

@ZaneDD @bobgar Thank you so much. Yeah the controls were a bit of a pain for us as well. Just couldn't get them to the point where we liked them, but believe me they were much worse just shortly before submitting ;) Tutorialization also had to take a back seat and got put into the description.

Andrey Voznuyk24 Apr 2018, 21:24

Cool work! controls and physics a bit strange :sweat_smile:

dkdwrek24 Apr 2018, 21:24

Good idea! It was very hard to control my hat on a cloud, but overall fun game.

Bhavin24 Apr 2018, 21:27

it was difficult to control the player, but overall Game idea was great!!

Articulated926 Apr 2018, 22:22

Controlling the player was really difficult, and I couldn't even finish the first level, but the themes mash up well together and there's a lot of potential here I think! :smile:

CiaranW26 Apr 2018, 23:04

Nice, I completed it! Controls took a bit of getting used to, I think there needs to be some more friction, and some more acceleration, as it was quite difficult to get out of crashes and tight corners. Game looks pretty though, and I like the idea! It was really satisfying when I actually managed to pull off a flawless couple of loops around a tower to activate it! Not sure if it was just because of the practice, but I think the second level was actually easier than the first, maybe because of more towers. Also the music suited the game and was good to have in the background. Nice work! :)

Eudes Franco27 Apr 2018, 00:05

Fantastic Idea, but the controls were not very good, it is hard to know if I loose because i didnt run fast enough or because the waves comes to fast, I did not run fast enough because i it really hard to go fast,aslo, good music! With more polish this could become a real good game!

jk500028 Apr 2018, 08:40

The idea for this game is super good, but the controls makes the game too difficult to play. The music in the game was pretty good and the graphics was overall okay. Overall a fine LD game.

zgragselus28 Apr 2018, 14:29

Controlling the player is too difficult and collider size is not clearly visible. It is also easy to get out of track and somewhat hard to control vehicle while out of it.

The idea is neat, level is nice and game actually plays well (once you get used to controls).

RockinWatson28 Apr 2018, 14:58

I see there is alot of Controls are too difficult and I am in the same boat. Trying to turn is a nightmare, no time for recovery if you crash into a wall.

Fabian Pohl28 Apr 2018, 15:24

NiceOne! But I suck in TD-Racing games;)

Pietro Ferrantelli28 Apr 2018, 19:50

I had fun playing it, good job. Controls were though at first but I quickly get use to them. Nice concept with clever mechanics, it surely has potential. Cute little entry you made there.

Weirdybeardyman30 Apr 2018, 17:33

Interesting, quite hard controls and quite un-intuitive gameplay but nonetheless when you get the hang of it it's a fun little game that fits the theme quite well.

theamazingb1 May 2018, 17:32

Once you get the hang of controlling your player this game starts to be fun. Really gets tough when you spin out

Woett15 May 2018, 15:47

It took a few tries to get a feel for the controls and when you bump into something you kinda lose control, but I definitely improved after some attempts! Nice graphis by the way! And I do wonder where the idea of hats on clouds come from ;)

cristiano.m.garcia15 May 2018, 16:34

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape

nilead15 May 2018, 20:05

The control is a little clunky but it's overall pretty fun

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