Escaping

by khofez
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.49
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.31
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.77
Your partner was seriously injured while you both were escaping after robbing a jewelry and are escaping. Keep your partner alive while you drive away from the police on a stolen ambulance.

Note: Pay attention that once you look behind cars wont hit you for a few seconds, but if a red flag appears on screen it means that cars in front of your are going to hit you even when you are not looking

A and D switch lanes

E To switch between driving and shooting

Mouse to Aim and LMB to shoot

Q pauses the game

Characters 3D models credits to flyingspringrol obtained on schetchfab.com. Link in the description!

Comments41

Moomka21 Apr 2020, 15:50
Played several times and each time lost for some reason I did not understand. Do cars in front spawn when you look back? If so, then it is not very clear how to simultaneously shoot at the pursuers and avoid collisions. But the graphics and visual style made me linger in the game longer.
hangarter21 Apr 2020, 15:50
I like the graphics and the mechanics of the game. Really good idea.
It's a little on the too difficult side, you don't have time enough to see the cars coming and dodge.
Maybe if there was a ramp in difficulty (slower cars first and more visual identification to dodge) that would improve the difficulty.
Great job, polished it's a great game!
MaximBegunov
MaximBegunov21 Apr 2020, 15:53
I liked the visuals and the camera work when you switch lanes, though I wish camera would move faster when I want to look behind and aim. With its current speed its just a gamble not to stumble upon car in from when shooting.
Gabriel Pittol21 Apr 2020, 15:54
I liked it, but oh damn are the sounds loud. Loud but good though. I also didn't understand if I was doing something wrong or not but dodging felt almost impossible, you have less than a second of reaction time it seems.
Crawl21 Apr 2020, 15:54
Nice Mood and use of effects. as the others already said, the game is missing some form of feedback. Maybe some kind of sound that a car is approaching? Other than that really polished game. Oh and i think the driver would benefit from a idle animation, just like his partner in the back.
Fire_phantom7
Fire_phantom721 Apr 2020, 15:54
Is there a win state? Can you drive a certain distance and end up "escaping with the jewels".
Sol Roo
Sol Roo21 Apr 2020, 15:55
Great ambience, use of the theme and visuals! The gameplay (even if a bit limited) is super original!
I actually loved the anxiety of not being able to see the road while firing.
Congratulations!
Skleembof
Skleembof21 Apr 2020, 15:57
I like how intense and hectic the game feels, but I wish the difficulty was lower so I could play it properly.

It's really hard to tell when a car is coming because of all the different lights on the road. This makes it a guessing game for which way to steer. It also makes me really reluctant to change to shooting mode since I don't know when I should be expecting a car to spawn in front of me.

Also, the description said I'll get to "blow the cops" chasing after me, but I was never offered that option
debuggerpls21 Apr 2020, 16:00
Really liked the music and rain effect. Kinda hard because you dont see the front when shooting. Nice slow mo on kill too!
bobost221 Apr 2020, 16:01
the game is little bit confusing, but I like it anyways :D
darthnumbers21 Apr 2020, 16:01
Graphics and controls were a lot of fun, audio was kind of loud and distracting. The visuals were kind of cluttered, but I do really like the game
PeaNud
PeaNud21 Apr 2020, 16:04
I couldnt play it that long because of motion sickness x,x
sadzanenyama
sadzanenyama21 Apr 2020, 16:04
Very hard to dodge the cars. They seem to come out of no where. Perhaps make them go a bit more slowly? I liked the dubstep and the way your friend flipped back and forth the ambulance was very funny.
Entevily21 Apr 2020, 16:05
Cool concept.

Feels nice. Was thinking it was just a driving game and dodging cars until I read the controls. Then realized there's more to do.

Looking back and blowing up cop cars makes it a lot more fun. Great game. I do wish the indication in the corner was a bit more obvious.
Play-Pause-Games21 Apr 2020, 16:06
nice graphics and effects but i couldn't get far, the rain made it too hard to see the cars ahead and i would have no idea when it was safe to shoot, still neat, maybe add a bright light in front of oncoming cars?
slam021 Apr 2020, 16:07
Visuals are great but overall way to hard for me (or for my slow reaction).
Maxathon
Maxathon21 Apr 2020, 16:07
Way hard. Cool concept and aesthetics.

I like that the limited resource is your attention, but the balance seems off. Maybe more time between seeing a car and hitting it? Maybe an indicator when you're close to something in front or behind?
Texz21 Apr 2020, 16:07
Amazing game idea but for me the sound is horrible, i want updates for this game ! :)
kasperhangard21 Apr 2020, 16:09
Really pretty game, i liked the raindrops on the window!
i found the car hard to control, and the vision distance a bit low, but with those tweaks, i think it could be great!
T8kk
T8kk21 Apr 2020, 16:10
Nice visuals reminds me of stylized Super hot game with dubstep ambience. The game got little repetitive and tricky to play after a while you can't see upcoming car when you just switched the lane to another but the camera effect when changing lane and the rain effect on the glass and rainy mood made nice atmosphere!
Nota21 Apr 2020, 16:11
I really like this idea, but the game is difficult to process. The rain texture on the windshield makes it incredibly difficult to see, and the different audio tracks clash and are a bit distracting.
MZA
MZA21 Apr 2020, 16:14
Increasing the general visibility and/or slower speed will make it the game slightly more forgiving :sweat_smile: . But i like how you combined the visuals and music to create a hectic mood.
J B21 Apr 2020, 16:15
The foggy, hectic atmosphere is great, but it's a little finicky and oversensitive when playing.
khofez
khofezauthor21 Apr 2020, 16:18
@moomka yes you are correct, the cars will start hitting you after you keep looking back after 6 seconds, a red flag should appear on the screen
VIBROMATIC21 Apr 2020, 16:24
Cool concept, maybe you should add a more violent feedback to the failure. I loved the "rain on the windshield" shader effect.
khofez
khofezauthor21 Apr 2020, 16:25
@fire-phantom7 no you just keep driving forever, we didnt had time to make a win state =/
Terristen23 Apr 2020, 03:56
Really impressed with this game. Has a definite SUPERHOT vibe. I like the use of bullet-time. Really really liked this. In a full version I'd hope the windshield wipers cleared the rain from the windshield. Was really impressed with the visuals on the rain as well. Made me think of a recurring nightmare I have about driving and unable to see out the windshield. Unless I missed something, some kind of earlier warning of oncoming traffic would be nice.
Great job!
Alex_ADEdge
Alex_ADEdge23 Apr 2020, 06:56
Lots to like about this game, the slow motion was great, the rain effects also! And lots of nice details like the way the camera has that momentum shift when you change lanes. As others have mentioned tho, dodging cars is tough, most of the time I was just relying on luck. I think if you made it so the slow motion kicked in when the driver spotted a car directly ahead that could have made it easier, could switch back and try to change lanes before crashing. Likewise some kind of intense crash animation/sfx would have been cool too. But definetly some good potential here, nice work!
JustMars23 Apr 2020, 18:19
Somehow the game looked and felt more like an artistic action movie rather than a jam game lol. Shooting at the cars coming from behind felt extremely juicy with the slow-motion, particles, door and car physics, and even a character model laying on floor (which didn't even glitch out, what?!?).

Graphically the presentation was top notch; was expecting just an asset flip of SUPERHOT with driving, but was proven wrong. The rain effects looked amazing, the presentation was clean and it ran well even in the browser on my ultrabook. Soundscape was also spot on. The one thing I'd criticise tho would be the driving, it felt too challenging for me, but then again, could be just me being n00b.

You guys should maybe expand on this idea; I feel like you are onto something. Very nicely done!
LuCecyl
LuCecyl24 Apr 2020, 00:18
Really cool game! Awesome aesthetics! the sounds, images, vfx and juiciness are really on point.
JanaChumi
JanaChumi24 Apr 2020, 01:24
Achei interessante a troca, gera bastante aflição. Gostei dos sons e dos gráficos, achei um pouco difícil por não conseguir ver nada da estrada enquanto atiro e vice versa. Talvez dê pra brincar um pouco usando os espelhos do carro pra não deixar tão "às cegas"
owlhowell24 Apr 2020, 14:11
Super cool concept! I finally understood that hearing honking meant to steer the vehicle. I think the wipers should have cleared away the rain 🌧
Ivan Garcia Filho
Ivan Garcia Filho24 Apr 2020, 14:18
Thanks @owlhowell and @terristen !!! In the early development of the projet we tryied to implement this feature:

https://github.com/D4N005H/RealtimeDynamicWindshieldWaterFX

However, the guy which developed this project, did everything the most dumb and naive way, so, the water drops started draining almost 600 batches from CPU and then, we just left this idea, we would not achieve a whole refactor within the jam's time frame!

dumb & naive = no pooling + secondary camera instead of writing the water drops world positions straight to the texture and then input into the shader
owlhowell24 Apr 2020, 14:23
Haha! Good call to ditch it then! I’m glad it was on your radar though
Ale
Ale25 Apr 2020, 17:06
Awesome! The mood in this was definitely top notch, the slow-mo and sound effects, the moving body in the back, the swinging doors, all of it works together perfectly to make it feel like an action movie.

Seems like with a little more time you could've turned this into a full action game. Shooting the cars was fun, but it didn't seem like there was any real reason to do it. I thought there would be police cars chasing me and I'd have to shoot them down. Also, it seems like a major design challenge to figure out a good way to let the player shoot out the back without crashing the car. Maybe a mirror somewhere? Like a reflection off the swinging car doors? Idk.

Overall, awesome job here. I hope you keep working on this because it's pretty great.
johnnysix
johnnysix26 Apr 2020, 01:21
Loved the atmosphere and effects while driving. I felt bad shooting ove my poor buddy on the gurney.

If you carry on developing after the compo, it'd be cool to see more colour and/or some UI for the gun/aiming , and maybe a way of seeing more of the road ahead.

Something that could be fun is aiming ( in reverse ) in rear-view while in driving mode, or alternatively, some method of seeing the road while shooting backwards( a reflection in some medical device / boxes etc) .
LairinLair27 Apr 2020, 15:35
Really loved the idea and concept. Sounds were very well done and implemented too. You should keep working on this game. Wish I could change lane while shooting, since the audio is a clear warning. The mood is on point. Noticed that most of the time the point that the player needs to shoot is in the center of the screen. Maybe add more variety to that. Loved how the car flies when I shoot it right. Really fun to play, polished and looking and feelling nice. Congrats. Great game!
SlimBun30 Apr 2020, 07:17
Great game! I had a blast playing it. The sounds are very cool. You should really keep working on the game and make it a real game, that you can sell. I couldn't really see anything, which made the game really hard. When I saw a car, I had about half a sec to react.
khofez
khofezauthor1 May 2020, 21:22
@lairinlair Hey! You can change lanes while shooting, just press A or D, it will change, you can also avoid cars when hearing them and seeing the red lights on the backdoors

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