Wreckless Rally

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.07
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.15
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.38
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.70
WRECKLESS RALLY, where you drive your tow truck around a race track, playing some kinda of Bejewelled along the way. Drop off wrecked cars for points, but *mind the frog!* 🐸🏎️🏎️🏎️


Coding Timelapse



Pixelart Timelapse



Controls

* WASD for movement
* E for dropping off your conga line of cars
* SPACE for vertical drifting

Credits

- @daanvanyperen | coding | twitter, github, website
- @flaterectomy | graphics | twitter, soundcloud, website, portfolio
- @meatmachine | music & audio | twitter, soundcloud
- MisterOizo | UX/playtesting | LinkedIn
- @troop | voiceover | festive cheer

Postmortem Blogposts

By @daanvanyperen

* PART 1: Brainstorming and merging two genres
* PART 2: Prototyping Smototyping!
* PART 3: Meat of the Code
* PART 4: Flavouring!
* PART 5: Game Balance and Intuitiveness
* PART 6: (Getting) Community Feedback

By @flaterectomy

* Art Process | Part 1: Getting Started
* Art Process | Part 2: Actor Sprites
* Art Process | Part 3: Environment Sprites
* Art Process | Part 4: Staying Sane During A Jam
* Art Process | Part 5: At Last, Some Animation

Other Links

* High-res screenshots in an album
* Development Blogpost: Day #1
* Development Blogpost: Day #2

screenshot

Comments73

Dylan Rainwater24 Apr 2018, 01:07
This is an interesting title! Nice submission!
davidsheadgames24 Apr 2018, 01:16
I like the concept provided actually! And the frog is hilarious!
krunoslav
krunoslav24 Apr 2018, 01:29
Very nice game. Creative idea: jeweled and race!
I liked the music and graphics, well done!
The best think is the learning curve, you can really improve and you not get frustrated, the vertical drifting is hard to master but not impossible. You put weeckless rally in an Arcade and you will have a lot of people trying to get more points.

Congrutulations
Kobrar24 Apr 2018, 01:31
I love this game. Best game this LD so far. I don't think I have any criticism. The tutorial starts off immediatley in the menu but it takes time to realize that so I had to watch it twice. Other than that, it's just good.
woergbi
woergbi24 Apr 2018, 01:36
One of the best, if not the best game of LD41 I've played so far.
RetrogradeMarmalade24 Apr 2018, 01:50
Brilliant concept. Fun to play too.
Also I do like the "the menu is the game" meme and i like your implementation of it.
GoodKenneth24 Apr 2018, 01:51
It took me a while to figure out how to clear the matches that bend.

It feels like there's a lot of depth in technique to keeping colors you need to do the high scoring combos multiple times.

Fitting art/music style, theme, and great game all around.
Jrpl24 Apr 2018, 04:36
Really amazing game. Graphics are great, music is great, concept is great and executed very well. I had a blast playing!
harusame
harusame24 Apr 2018, 11:27
Very nice game, well executed with lot of polish.
I enjoy the gameplay, graphics and audio.

The "menu" is also a very cool idea !
Really, good job team, it's a great game.
Decentsauce
Decentsauce24 Apr 2018, 11:29
Really fun and clever idea! Also well executed.
Lazlo31924 Apr 2018, 11:45
One of the best LD games I've seen. Super fun, super original, super everything. Excellent game!
YuukiMakoto
YuukiMakoto24 Apr 2018, 11:56
The tutorial is brilliant. The Control of the car is very smooth. The Best LD41 Game so far.
dragonxvi
dragonxvi24 Apr 2018, 12:07
Nice! Mashup Works pretty well and was pretty easy to pick up once you get going! :D
Richard N Silva
Richard N Silva24 Apr 2018, 12:17
The visuals are simply amazing! Really liked the concept, the "look and feel" and the controls. Think about making a full mobile version, this game has potential, guys! :)

We are looking for feedbacks for our entry, “Type ‘n Jump”. Please consider checking it out too :) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/type-n-jump
Noxbuds
Noxbuds24 Apr 2018, 12:35
Very fun game. The idea was well executed, and has some very nice art and catchy music to go with it.
FredricW24 Apr 2018, 13:09
The graphics are amazing and the choice of "menu" is brilliant. I think you are spot on the theme, it feels really original. The game is really well packaged and super polished.
Really good job doing this in just 72 hours! :)
YANIV
YANIV24 Apr 2018, 13:56
Very nice
really fun
mintarcade
mintarcade24 Apr 2018, 14:50
This is awesome game! Great fun. Will play more after jam is ended...
Fernando Labarta24 Apr 2018, 22:44
The best game i have played in the ludum, congrats guys really nice work
CrazyHomeboys24 Apr 2018, 22:57
Damn!! This is gorgeous!!! Such a peace of art, excellent job! The mechanics feels so well with racing 👏👏
Carvster25 Apr 2018, 21:56
Brilliant little concept, hard mode really is quite hard trying to grab all the wrecks needed!*

Really liked the art and music and felt really polished.

*Only 1 frog was harmed during the generation of this feedback.
Lerg
Lerg25 Apr 2018, 21:57
Heh, what a fun combination! Car physics could have been better though.
nina
nina25 Apr 2018, 22:06
Great job! That was really good and challenging. Drifting to get the combo multipliers is fun.
SerpentWorks Games
SerpentWorks Games25 Apr 2018, 22:22
Great melding of 2 genres! It's really polished and I like that you pick up cars and make combos with the colors. I did want to speed up the car using S though. Mostly my preference though!
dankar26 Apr 2018, 09:22
Wow! This is my favorite! As others have said it's super polished and looks and plays great!
Tuomo
Tuomo26 Apr 2018, 09:33
Your game is perfect combination of arcade gameplay, clear pixel art, fun sounds and music and nicely balanced controls. Hard to find anything to nitpick, maybe I could have used even easier level to practise..
croewens
croewens26 Apr 2018, 09:43
In my top 10 submissions for this LD so far.
Imphenzia
Imphenzia26 Apr 2018, 10:07
Artwork is really nice, it really caught my attention! Clever combination of genres although the gameplay didn't maintain my attention for too long, maybe because I want to race these beautiful cars as a more traditional Amiga "Super Cars" game =) Wonderful job though!
Gerickos26 Apr 2018, 16:28
Good game, really polished !
rjhelms27 Apr 2018, 02:08
Amazing classic graphical style. Cool combination of themes, and the core mechanic is really compelling.

The "hard" level was a little overwhelming - it felt like there wasn't quite enough time to line everything up to make all the sweet combos. But I guess that's why it's hard mode!
BlakeMcDeezy
BlakeMcDeezy27 Apr 2018, 09:00
Those graphics, that audio! Nicely done guys! Very enjoyable :)
Iluvatar
Iluvatar27 Apr 2018, 09:09
This is one of those LD entries that you already know they will be on of the winners. Excellent game, fun and professional-like gameplay and graphics. Something you don't expect to see very often. I haven't found any bug or anything. Also the music was really good and well fitting.
kovareka
kovareka27 Apr 2018, 10:34
Good concept! :)
shubart27 Apr 2018, 14:45
Very nice idea, very nice realisation
King Kujito
King Kujito27 Apr 2018, 16:29
Best one I came across so far
Mau
Mau27 Apr 2018, 18:13
Good game.
Yetman
Yetman27 Apr 2018, 19:22
Nice, I love both the idea and the execution. I didn't notice that what was happening before the menu was a tutorial so I ignored it and was confused as hell when I started playing but it was easy to grasp after a few missteps. The art is really great too. Well done.
trivial17127 Apr 2018, 19:22
Not only is this one of the most innovative concepts I've seen this Ludum Dare, the graphics are also fantastically detailed and well-polished. I think the way the game detects collisions and matches got a bit frustrating sometimes, but I still had a lot of fun playing this.

I also really enjoyed reading your post-mortem blog posts; they're really well-done.

Thank you for making this game!
Jin9310
Jin931027 Apr 2018, 20:55
Really great entry that has made it to TOP3 games I have came across so far. Love the Art work done on this peace and also the mechanics are handled in top-notch matter. Thanks a lot, I had fine time! Great Job!
krammetje
krammetje27 Apr 2018, 22:47
Great game, great execution!
SubZtep
SubZtep28 Apr 2018, 11:41
Idea is good and the quality is like a proper game, good job to make it in this short time.
Jonathan Lorenz
Jonathan Lorenz28 Apr 2018, 12:13
Fun little game. Really liked the music. Good work!
Chikoness
Chikoness28 Apr 2018, 12:18
This is fun! Took a while to understand how it works, but after a while I understood! So good job on that! I like a game where the players have to learn the gameplay themselves :) The graphic & audio is very well done, kudos to the artists! Great job on this polished game :smile:
wrexialmt
wrexialmt28 Apr 2018, 12:51
Cool gameplay, i like the tutorial and the level selection and the "collision animations" + sfx are really on point
gil4
gil428 Apr 2018, 20:14
Great concept, really cute and polished graphics, fitting audio - all in all a solid entry, well done. Special props for the nice tutorial, gotta remember it till the next jam. :P

Edit: Oh, forgot to mention - instantly recognized your LD39 entry (was last time I participated), that robot's style is awesome and hard to forget. :3
Shivur29 Apr 2018, 03:52
Good idea!
Pietro Ferrantelli
Pietro Ferrantelli29 Apr 2018, 21:41
Awesome game ! Strong in every aspect from sound to the nice pixel art. You manage to tell the player how he has to play the game. I really enjoyed it, really polished.
coatline
coatline29 Apr 2018, 22:28
Nice game! So satisfying when you would get a big chain of points. Great idea too!
Chormacorple27
Chormacorple2729 Apr 2018, 22:29
Super fun and super innovative! I had lots of fun playing this little game. Great job!
recursor
recursor29 Apr 2018, 22:29
A lovely marriage between two genres. For some reason the controls felt a little odd to me, and I'm not sure why. This is the most innovative and fun game I've played so far. Really great work!
MacDoom
MacDoom30 Apr 2018, 01:43
Genius Game! Great combination of elements and is challenging and super fun. Cool graphics and matching audio with a catchy yume. A genre by itself!
Congratulations! 5/5
FussenKuh30 Apr 2018, 19:29
Hard to believe this game was created in 72 hours! Your entry really shows the quality and attention to detail that a small team of devs can put together in such a short time. Great job, everyone!
fashionbatman
fashionbatman30 Apr 2018, 20:39
Awesome and unique concept! Sometimes the camera felt a bit to slow when there weren't any spots to drop off cars, but the game was still really fun and felt good too play. Great job!
Mikeliosus
Mikeliosus1 May 2018, 17:13
Hi! Super solid entry!

I really liked it very much! It is super polished and have an original and intresting mechanic!

Gameplay, Art, Sound and Music - everything fits great spreading awesomeness in the atmosphere!

And you catched the theme very well!

Great job, guys! :3
agar3s
agar3s2 May 2018, 21:32
This is the kind of gemes you are expecting to discover in a game jam :smile: great and simple gameplay!
congratulations!
afendar
afendar6 May 2018, 12:02
Oh yes I like this game, a little Mario kart in retro mode. I love graphics. Excellent work !
LeReveur
LeReveur6 May 2018, 15:34
It was fun to play, and I like the genre mix. And the mood - in a race, one plays usually as a challenger, not as the cleaning truck driver! :laughing:
I found also that arts are somewhat polished : I noticed lot of details in graphics, and the music, as simple and repetitive is it, goes very well with the game.
Very well done!
PeachTreeOath
PeachTreeOath6 May 2018, 16:31
Jeez, you guys are incredible. The polish is unreal, the innovation is top-notch, and on top of that you guys are still rating and creating awesome post-mortems. I don't know what else to say but that you guys have a good shot at top 10.
invader
invader6 May 2018, 19:50
Solid work. The art is amazing and the gameplay is smooth. One of the best entries I've played in this Jam. :red_car:
ted
ted6 May 2018, 20:16
An easy to play experience that is easy to figure out but has some depth to it, with a polished graphical style... this is a great jam game!
DDRKirbyISQ
DDRKirbyISQ6 May 2018, 21:59
Execution felt a little messy at times, but this was pretty fun anyways!
StrangerYann
StrangerYann8 May 2018, 21:50
This is really fun! The controls are a bit tricky at parts but the graphics are amazing, the sound design is pretty fun, and it's just really-well coded! Also I ran over the frog at the start before playing in "hard mode" and the lil voice you put there cracked me up ^^# - ALSO the time lapse videos of the game's development are pretty neat ideas, I'll check out the one about the Art later on. Well done, nice game, keep it up :-D
Blinkenlights
Blinkenlights12 May 2018, 14:42
A really fun and polished game, was a little confused at first but caught up with it after a while. Really liked the artwork, well done!
Ethan Kennerly
Ethan Kennerly13 May 2018, 18:08
When I passed a chain of purple cars onto purple squares and read a bonus, I felt skilled! If you continue to develop this, when I dragged a chain of cars past their colored squares, I felt clueless.

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