Traffic Jams and Hand Grenades

by phi
co-authored: @sophiakene
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.17
The game *should* work on touch devices, although some mobile browsers might not play audio.

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music: @sophiakene
code & graphics: @phi

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Comments22

mmason
mmason9 Dec 2018, 17:41
Interesting twist on an old game
Satanos12 Dec 2018, 18:15
Hi ! I loved your game, despite not being able to complete it without making unnecessary sacrifices XD. I made a little review on youtube, you can watch it there : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AchJySVi-iA
Thank you for making that funny puzzle game, have a nice day !
Inkie Inc
Inkie Inc28 Dec 2018, 19:45
Interesting idea, and small enough for a game jam to be quite polished. Plus, the amount of levels was astounding!
joll05
joll0528 Dec 2018, 19:57
Nice game! The only thing I can think of right now to improve it would be a reset button if you want to try to complete the level only using one grenade (if you blew up the wrong vehicle). Other than that, great game!
Ratherjolly
Ratherjolly28 Dec 2018, 20:42
Excellent! I love the early level text. Seriously, if you removed the game play and just used your sense of humor to comment on everything that the player was doing, it would seriously be freaking GLORIOUS xD That said, the game play is quite polished and nice! Everything worked as you'd expect and though the design was simple, nothing felt lacking. Really, stellar job with this one! Keep it up :D
jk5000
jk500028 Dec 2018, 21:39
A simple and classic game idea with an interesting twist. Well done.
Woett28 Dec 2018, 21:41
I killed no more people than necessary! Nice puzzle game and I would surely enjoy playing more levels :) The thing I definitely missed was a reset button though. I Made a mistake in the final level, and had to replay all levels to try it again ;) Oh well. Congrats on improving on one the best puzzle games ever made!
lilou_cormic
lilou_cormic28 Dec 2018, 21:52
This is my kind of game. Good idea to have extra vehicles to destroy. A move counter and a reset button could make the game even better. Good work.
Archimagus
Archimagus28 Dec 2018, 21:58
Hey, just letting you know, it works on Windows Phone :thumbsup: Other than that, it's a pretty standard traffic jam game, but with grenades. Nice Job.
wan
wan28 Dec 2018, 22:38
Great take on the theme! I thought this type of game was completely buried in the early days of mobile gaming, but you managed to add an interesting twist to it.

The final 2 levels are crazy, I cheated for them. Too bad there is no restart button or level selection menu to give another shot at finishing them "the way it's meant to be played".

The pixel art is pretty good, the audio was nice but a bit too lively I feel to work as background music.

A pretty nice job overall, great level design in particular!
Hindbodes
Hindbodes28 Dec 2018, 23:12
Okay, I'm looking at the amount of ratings this game has received so far, and it says "13" - holy crap, this game does *not* deserve to fail the rating requirement. It's so well done that it's hard for me to comprehend that it's a Ludum Dare title. Good job, mate.
smbe19
smbe1929 Dec 2018, 00:02
Nice twist on the well known game mechanics. It would have been nice to be able to reset the levels.
jcsirron
jcsirron29 Dec 2018, 01:03
The light music is a very funny juxtaposition with the reality of blowing up cars to get out of a parking lot. It's a challenging game, too! Great work!
krunoslav
krunoslav29 Dec 2018, 02:00
Fun game. I could not find the optimal strategy for some levels. I destroyed 4 more than needed.
Ajayajayaj
Ajayajayaj29 Dec 2018, 02:49
Very cool take on the theme, I love the music as well. I wish there was more consequence for cheating and using killing too many trucks :)

I agree with others about the reset button.

Nice job!
DDRKirbyISQ
DDRKirbyISQ29 Dec 2018, 04:22
Pretty fun! I have really fond memories of playing this game (minus the grenade...) on long road trips. Trying to use only the one grenade really added a new layer of thinking to it. Nice!
stevenjmiller
stevenjmiller29 Dec 2018, 04:41
Cool game, I love how you used the theme. The puzzles were interesting and I made it through without killing any more than needed.
g1234529 Dec 2018, 13:06
I did used 1 more grenade than necessary...

Nice twist on the genre.

You also designed a lot of levels in 3 days.
Verbante
Verbante29 Dec 2018, 16:34
Had a lot of fun kiiling humans instead of solving puzzles probably well done!
Psychedelia
Psychedelia29 Dec 2018, 22:26
I had fun with the puzzles, the music doesn't really fit the game imo, but it's not a big deal. Great job!
Namae30 Dec 2018, 13:12
I killed two more than necessary. Shame on me.

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