Super Bass Racing is a 2-player, racing, resource management, fishing game made for Ludum Dare 41. Race your friend to the finish line in a split screen experience like in the old days, but keep an eye at your energy. Oh, and don't forget to do some fishing on your way, racers get hungry when exercising too much!
Now with two versions, HTML5 with menu configure buttons and PC accepting joysticks !!
Looked great, sounded great, got to crash my girlfriends boats into rocks only to have her overtake later and win easily because I am trash at fishing. I'd say thats some superb-ass racing right there.
Love the concept, can't wait to play this with a friend! I got a bit confused at first with the fishing, but when you figure it out it's smooth. The ability to stockpile the fish can get a bit confusing but is very good. Allows you to fish when you have advantage and later on eat the stuff.
This is one of the most seamless incompatible game combos I've tried. The music transition between racing and fishing was great. This was super fun and I'll totally play it again when I don't have to race against myself. :)
The game oozes with character and I love it: from the sound, to the title screen, to the classic retro look. I too found fishing confusing at first, I think the window to successfully get the fish should be a bit bigger and the "!" a bit bigger as well. But this might just be a result of my reflexes. Either way, I genuinely enjoyed the game with a huge grin on my face.
The idea is really funny, i wouldn't expect a game mixing fishing and racing x) I had quite a hard time figurating out how to control the game, but had fun. I think it can work with some tweaks on game rythm and controls. Art is nice too !
@aevek thanks my friend, fishing is difficult even hahah
@pronomicalartist thanks!! our team were 2 programmers and we spent much of the time who would make music or art, I was responsible for the art
@tajamsoft playing with a friend is more fun! we did not even have time to play during the game jam, but then we played with 2 players and with xbox controls and found it a lot of fun hahah
@benhumphries I'm the programmer/artist of this game hahah ! thank you so much !!
@megrabbit hahaha you got the idea ... the game was born of the idea of mixing patience (fishing) with the desire to finish the race quickly (racing)
@legavroche thank you!! I appreciate it.. the interval of pushing the button when the fish hooks the bait is small even, in future versions I will fix it
@hpmnk thanks ;d your game is so funny and i loved the art style!
Thanks for the feedbacks guy!! Im so happy ;D
in the near future I intend to put to play with xbox/ps4 controls and a tournament mode;
Nice take on the Fishing+Racing theme. The menu is confusing since you can't actually play single player but I really love the art style and the fishing line as a selector is a nice touch.
The title didn't get me excited, but from title screen onwards it was an absolute blast. Really enjoyed the conflicting genres - and I think the music used when switching between modes really helped emphasise the difference between fishing mode and race mode. Graphics were nice too, I only played on my own #foreveralone but it was still fun to a grip of the mechanics! awesome job!
We need online play! I think I will be running this one again when I have some friends over because this was a blast to trial even alone XD Good work team!
I've played with my girlfriend and we had a blast! Such a fun experience. You should definitely work on an official release, it's a very good party game!
I love it! The juxtaposition of high speed racing and calm fishing is really funny, yet it actually worked really well! I only have 2 complaints.
For one, fishing felt really luck based. Sometimes, you just keep getting fish while your opponent is not getting any bites. It seems a tad unfair.
Secondly, there were a lot of controls for having 2 people on one keyboard. I see that you are planning on adding gamepad support in the future. That is exactly what I wanted! Although, I would still look into ways to make keyboard controls simpler for those who don't have controllers.
Really good job on the game. The only thing is sort of a nitpick, but the notification on fish biting is just a tad to subtle - i found it hard to know when to press the button to reel them in. But this is something they've polished over and over and over in the bash pro fishing series.
Nice litte fun game. A bit difficult at first because I ran out of energy and even if I have fishes I couldn't actually eat it when you ran out of energy. I like the music and the cool graphics :) well done !
@barbaarian during the game jam I just played alone haha ;d Thank you my friend ;)
@smatcher thanks for the feedback! where it is written "single player" was to be "options", but I did not have time to make the options, nor the single player hahaha
@bodaousiycrazy True, the race is entirely based on luck. During the development we did not have time to balance this, Maybe in future versions we changed some things. ;) Thanks for the feedback
@rocktavius This is a problem that many people have talked about, in future versions I will fix this. Thanks for playing and the feedback ;D
@sirkovitch I love fishing games, but that was my first. We had so many ideas for the game in the beginning, but almost did not have time to do the basics, which is more complex than we expected.
I just have to thank all the feedbacks and messages ;) I am so glad you enjoyed the game!
Wow, can't believe someone else made a fishing x racing game! It's totally different too!
Great idea, fits the theme perfectly! :smirk: Cool music, and switching theme is amazing, wish id thought of that. Could really use a single player mode though.
I love the combination. A lot of games in this jam tend to be two genres mashed together with no care for mechanical or thematic linking. This is not one of them. Huge fun for two players, great job!
So polished and so cool! I don't have a friend around, but it's definitely lots of fun to play. I added it to a collection to play with someone when I have a chance.
I really enjoy this pixel art, especially the color scheme. And the music is also very well made.
Really good game! took me back in time when I played micromachines in DOS with my friends! Adequate graphics, cool audio, fun race. The fishing part is effective yet a little bit simplistic. Giving it just a bit more depth would make it very interesting. Congratulations!
This was a lot of fun! The concept was great and the graphics/audio fit the mood. I think the biggest sore spot here for me is the controls. I'm all for sharing a keyboard, but we were pretty much in each others space when playing this. Maybe tossing in gamepad support would've helped with this, but I understand the time constraints. I would've also maybe made the track a little shorter, but I'm also just being nit-picky at this point. Really this was a solid entry and has some of the best 2 player interactions I've seen so far in the jam. Great work!
I played with a friend of mine and the core mechanic created some really cool moments at the final moment of the race, although I think you could reinforce that with some game design elements ( like hooking the enemy boat with your finishing rod? haha)
The only thing I have to complain about is the axis on the gamepad, most of the time it was miss moving my boat in diagonals, probably allowing the dpad would solve that!
Overall it is a solid game, keep up the great work!
When we played two players, the first player had struggled with catching fish. The ! wasn't showing up when they cast the line, while for player two the ! was often showing up immediately. The race wasn't really fair due to the imbalance in fish caught. Player 2 crossed the finish line when Player 1 was barely halfway through.
Was the fish drops random, or was there a glitch for player 1?
I liked how you tried to combine fishing with racing. Rarely do games require you to stop and recharge in the middle of something that would typically be fast paced. I think the game has potential as long as fish allotment is balanced.
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@pronomicalartist thanks!! our team were 2 programmers and we spent much of the time who would make music or art, I was responsible for the art
@tajamsoft playing with a friend is more fun! we did not even have time to play during the game jam, but then we played with 2 players and with xbox controls and found it a lot of fun hahah
@benhumphries I'm the programmer/artist of this game hahah ! thank you so much !!
@megrabbit hahaha you got the idea ... the game was born of the idea of mixing patience (fishing) with the desire to finish the race quickly (racing)
@legavroche thank you!! I appreciate it.. the interval of pushing the button when the fish hooks the bait is small even, in future versions I will fix it
@hpmnk thanks ;d your game is so funny and i loved the art style!
Thanks for the feedbacks guy!! Im so happy ;D
in the near future I intend to put to play with xbox/ps4 controls and a tournament mode;
The menu is confusing since you can't actually play single player but I really love the art style and the fishing line as a selector is a nice touch.
Nice little game, sadly I don't have a friend to play with.
Congratulations on the project.
For one, fishing felt really luck based. Sometimes, you just keep getting fish while your opponent is not getting any bites. It seems a tad unfair.
Secondly, there were a lot of controls for having 2 people on one keyboard. I see that you are planning on adding gamepad support in the future. That is exactly what I wanted! Although, I would still look into ways to make keyboard controls simpler for those who don't have controllers.
Very good job! Keep up the great work!
Great entry!
@barbaarian during the game jam I just played alone haha ;d Thank you my friend ;)
@smatcher thanks for the feedback! where it is written "single player" was to be "options", but I did not have time to make the options, nor the single player hahaha
@rahtainka sadboys :c . thank you ;d
@honest-dan Thanks for showing the game in your live. I really enjoyed it.
@bodaousiycrazy True, the race is entirely based on luck. During the development we did not have time to balance this, Maybe in future versions we changed some things. ;) Thanks for the feedback
@rocktavius This is a problem that many people have talked about, in future versions I will fix this. Thanks for playing and the feedback ;D
@aplite, @mainghia95, @corbak Thanks guys ;)
@sirkovitch I love fishing games, but that was my first. We had so many ideas for the game in the beginning, but almost did not have time to do the basics, which is more complex than we expected.
I just have to thank all the feedbacks and messages ;) I am so glad you enjoyed the game!
Your game is really great ! Sadly, I'm alone to test it, but I think that must be something with two players !
GG !
Great idea, fits the theme perfectly! :smirk:
Cool music, and switching theme is amazing, wish id thought of that.
Could really use a single player mode though.
Good job!
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I really enjoy this pixel art, especially the color scheme. And the music is also very well made.
Adequate graphics, cool audio, fun race.
The fishing part is effective yet a little bit simplistic. Giving it just a bit more depth would make it very interesting.
Congratulations!
I played with a friend of mine and the core mechanic created some really cool moments at the final moment of the race, although I think you could reinforce that with some game design elements ( like hooking the enemy boat with your finishing rod? haha)
The only thing I have to complain about is the axis on the gamepad, most of the time it was miss moving my boat in diagonals, probably allowing the dpad would solve that!
Overall it is a solid game, keep up the great work!
Was the fish drops random, or was there a glitch for player 1?
I liked how you tried to combine fishing with racing. Rarely do games require you to stop and recharge in the middle of something that would typically be fast paced. I think the game has potential as long as fish allotment is balanced.