Rogue Race

by groggi
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06
A rougelike racing game, or a racing roguelike game?
You are about to survive the most dangerous racing track: The Trail. It leads you through unexplored lands: Rainforests, deserts, plains and mountains. Which route will you take? Which decisions will you make? Do you want to explore, take a chance to gain more points, or will you take the shortest, safest way?

You start with:

5 HEALTH, 5 FUEL, 1 SPEED

The more FUEL you take with you, the slower you get.
The more HEALTH you have, the more SPEED you gain.
The more SPEED you gain, the farther yout get with 1 FUEL.


It is my first Ludum Dare and actually my first game ever made.
I made it with PHP and JavaScript, since they are the only languages I know... :)

screenshot

Comments17

Lazlo31924 Apr 2018, 15:26
Very interesting game, I love the graphics. A neat mesh of genres, very simple
Andreadbx
Andreadbx24 Apr 2018, 15:30
The idea is nice, but the various choices seem a bit too much repetitive, you could have tried to make different encounters with different choices, overall i enjoyed this, got 3300 score, keep goin!
Azargaz
Azargaz24 Apr 2018, 15:39
I got 3200 score. Very interesting idea, love the graphics. Unfortunatly encounters get repetitive pretty fast.
elHombreBanana
elHombreBanana24 Apr 2018, 15:47
Loved it! I got 1900. The graphics are excellent, but the lack of variety hits very fast. Despite that, it's a great jam game, so congratulations!
borkleby24 Apr 2018, 15:52
I got murdered by a group of tiny bugs.
ropedog25 Apr 2018, 23:41
Really cool graphic style! Gameplay reminds me of some aspects of FTL. Very creative and funny encounters - I like it!
Groggi
Groggiauthor26 Apr 2018, 09:29
@ropedog Thank you! I never played FTL but will definately try it out then! ;)
Balance686
Balance68627 Apr 2018, 21:15
Interesting concept/use of theme! I like the minimalistic graphics/color scheme. It's tough but that's what I expect in a roguelike. I got 1800 score (and lower haha) good job!
PanicTheFirst30 Apr 2018, 18:53
I really like the mix of this. It looks really good and I had fun playing it. The UI could be a bit more present, first it was hard to see what happens when a Button was clicked. Awesome job on this one! :)
invader
invader30 Apr 2018, 21:17
I love the minimalistic style. And kudos for the movement interface - it fits very well in overall turn-based structure.
Lucas Hoffmann
Lucas Hoffmann12 May 2018, 20:49
I loved every single aspect of this. My high score was 1600
klintwood12 May 2018, 23:36
I actually got lucky on my first try and reached 4450! Never managed to get close to that again. Great concept and nice art. Aside from the missing music, my only complaint would be that the decisions seem a bit random. Or maybe I just missed the pattern behind them?
misterstripey
misterstripey12 May 2018, 23:48
I really liked the striking visual style. Great job

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