Hot Rods: Highway to Rod

by robokarla

co-authored: @chipperswitch, @jared-keffer, @musicman

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.27

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.70

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.14

CARMAGEDON AWAITS

Do you like all *thrills* of a demolition derby, but hate high priced rodeo tickets?!?

Well today is your chance to huck cars into the abyss... and for a *good cause*.

Your bro little rod has been kidnapped and forced into an awkward brolationship with Satan!

PLAY IN BROWSER

Time to free your bro, the only way you know how.... VEHICULAR DESTRUCTION!

Launch vehicles into the ground until you reach hell (*AKA Satan's Brocave*).

Each block destroyed improves your explosive capabilities, but beware, the path to hell is paved with some real tough-boi blocks.

KEYBOARD CONTROLS:

WASD - Aim Launcher

Q and E - to lower or raise the depth of the launcher

SPACEBAR - Launch Cars

GAMEPAD/CONTROLLER CONTROLS:

LEFT STICK - Aim Launcher

Left Trigger or Right Trigger - to lower or raise the depth of the launcher

A or Right Bumper - Launch Cars

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Our Team:

Jared Keffer : Programming

@robokarla : production, NOS enthusiast

Alex Garza : Art, 3D assets

Evan Sirchuk : Sound Design/Composition

Audio Credits for Freesound.org sources: https://chipperswitch.com/hot-rods-sound-credits-2.html

#PLEASE FULL SCREEN THE GAME SO THE UI IS VISIBLE, THANK YOU!

Tags: #3d, #funny, #low-poly, #short, #singleplayer, #unity

Genres: action, racing

Tools: Unity

Comments21

Nick Barrash27 Apr 2021, 01:34

Took me a minute to understand that my blasting was getting more powerful as I destroyed stuff. But felt cool when I started destroying everything around blast level 20. Loved the quips! Unique concept, I had fun. Just finished my nachos

beats27 Apr 2021, 01:43

Hell aint that bad then, dude is chillin. Loved the bro dialogue, reminded me of regular show/90s movies.

cireneikual22246427 Apr 2021, 01:45

That was a strange experience haha.Funny game!

MeanSquaredError27 Apr 2021, 01:50

I just played for 20 minutes straight, so I'll say that the gameplay is fun and addicting. Is it supposed to take that long?

ErkaNec27 Apr 2021, 06:05

Unique concept and great dialogue!

Alina Baybulatova27 Apr 2021, 09:34

Such an interesting idea! Thank you)

ChewieCB27 Apr 2021, 16:39

Interesting mechanic and good dialogue, I'd space the dialogues during the gameplay out a bit more though it got repetitive having them cycle through after every shot. Had some minor issues with the camera being blocked by higher up blocks, but overall it was an interesting game with a fun mechanic, chill music, and cool art.

Eugenik27 Apr 2021, 21:03

nice soundtrack

fyslexicduck28 Apr 2021, 05:07

Cool soundtrack. The dialogue really made the game. It was especially satisfying to see the chain reaction of tnt blocks blowing up once you get your blast power going!

Nikolaj28 Apr 2021, 05:16

pretty nice left-field entry.. very odd, but very satisfying. Only suggestion is that once i had my ramp lined up i just kept sending cars into the hole and didn't really have to alter it. Would have been good to have some buried static bodies that forced me to get creative at some point

LDJam user 23625628 Apr 2021, 10:49

The game was interesting and fun in the beginning, but by a certain point it just became shooting straight down to break one block at a time and move a few meters down while the same dialogue kept repeating. I think given the length of the game compared to the dialogue it may have been better to make dialogue appear every 5 shots or so instead to pace it more.

Yaen28 Apr 2021, 21:58

Haha I liked the little jokes you put in there. The lumpy beanbags lol

The 3d graphics looked kinda bad, especially with the camera often not being able to see much if you go deep enough. But I did like the character portraits!

The music was cool for sure! ^^

kfischer-okarin29 Apr 2021, 09:07

The humor was not really for me but the game itself was quite funny. Throwing cars all around and such.

Ulisses29 Apr 2021, 23:23

Hello, I tried to run your game on chrome and firefox, but for some reason it is not loading. Is there another place or something I can do?

HerryFabien30 Apr 2021, 01:15

"Bro that not cool bro !" Loved the game and the simplicity but dunno if it's me as soon as i hit the dirt explosion was messed up and i could only destroy a block at a time . Still finish ! ^^

Xeke-Death30 Apr 2021, 12:52

I'm all for explosions, could have been a little more explosive.
Aiming in one spot and just throwing cars was all I did.
Lines got repetitive quick.
A good concept, needs some more work though. Have something change the place you need to hit to make the player have to change their angle.

Dudelesha5 May 2021, 12:08

It reminds me something!👀

xiyou10 May 2021, 15:00

Very interesting design. When the level is very high after blowing up a large square is very enjoyable

xiyou10 May 2021, 15:00

Very interesting design. When the level is very high after blowing up a large square is very enjoyable

juako15 May 2021, 04:10

Cool game! I must say I spent more time than I should destroying all those cubes.

candlesan15 May 2021, 04:15

Really original concept? I hucked a lot of cars until my blast power was 27 and I seemed to hit some indestructible edges and bottom. Fun times!

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