Eruption

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.31
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Oh Nooo!
The volcano will erupt soon!
Save as many people as you can, or sacrifice some of them to the volcano God to buy yourself more time.
But watch out. The more people you carry the easier you will fall over.

You have to pick up the people and drive them to a rescue point (dock or airfield) or
sacrifice them at top of vulcano to get more time.
The closest rescue point, people and vulcano are shown by your compasses.

This game was developed by a group of seven people in total.
Genres: simulation
Tools: Unity

Comments20

Ritzga5 Oct 2021, 07:42
Looks nice!
GuessImLuna5 Oct 2021, 09:16
Very cool, driving feels nice and the game is good fun. Nice job
peterfiftyfour5 Oct 2021, 10:07
I drove a carload of people into the volcano :) I have a soft spot for these low poly games. I like how you can just drive around and do whatever. Also the car is massive compared to the houses hahah. I think it messes with your perception of distance because you don't expect it. With a few tweaks like this it should feel a bit more natural. Also the cloud things on the ground - im guessing its some kind of light cookie or mask? I think it would less distracting if it was a little less dark/sharp edged? Cool entry! Also love that the driver has a explorer hat lol
zSharpFire
zSharpFire5 Oct 2021, 17:28
A very cool game with no big issues apart from the graphic ones:
Having always a square that rises perfectly perpendicular as a shape for all the particles effect is kinda odd, the game feels a bit static ( maybe some grass swaying with the tress would be cool ) and the clouds on the ground are awkard

Apart from the graphic the game is really good and fun to play with
LDJam user 263516
LDJam user 2635165 Oct 2021, 17:29
This game has a lot of character. I love how the people stack like sardines in the back seat. My car got stuck on its side next to a tree, so I wasn't able to save anyone :'(
hotaloca5 Oct 2021, 17:36
Its a simple yet nice relaxing game. The signs on where to find the people and the arrows with directions were very helpful.
April Lehman5 Oct 2021, 21:30
Game looks nice but I had a little trouble figuring out how to do anything other than drive forward and I ended up driving off in to the ocean :). The sound effects and movement were great. Maybe some more obvious help tips?
Vitor Milioni
Vitor Milioni5 Oct 2021, 21:39
It looks great and it's very fun, loved it a lot, the controls are a bit annoying at times, the car just slides out way too easily, even with just 1 person on the car. Either way, i loved this, the low poly look and the objectives are funny and charming, great entry, congrats!
acarc5 Oct 2021, 21:39
Game looks great! Reminds me of Crazy Taxi! Going over the speed boost send me flying!
dprings75 Oct 2021, 21:45
Sacrificed myself to the volcano god and I don't regret it one bit :D Neat game - nice work!
Harrison Dunn
Harrison Dunn6 Oct 2021, 21:58
Congrats on making this for the jam. There's a lot going on here!

Unfortunately, the controls killed this for me. The car was frustratingly difficult to control. It didn't accelerate or respond to inputs quickly, if there was any braking, it hardly seemed effective, and getting enough control to stop in a safe space or pick up a passenger was too meticulous that it killed the pacing. I wanted to like this premise a lot more :(

The idea is great and I wanted to see it through to the end, but the controls and the repetitive engine noises kept me from enjoying this. Y'all should still be proud of making this in a single weekend. Well done! The models and triple compass display worked nicely.
bamberga
bamberga7 Oct 2021, 16:49
Any game that has a low poly tropical island is good in my book.

I think this is a fun idea and with a bit more polish it could be really fun.

I liked driving around the island and think that leaning more into the exploration aspect would be good.

some issues
-boost pads don't really work
- only 30 seconds for a person driving up to the top seems too little
- lol there are people at the escape boat. what are you waiting for! walk to the escape boat!

Volcano escape crazy taxi is a great idea tho
CorbenG
CorbenG7 Oct 2021, 16:51
My favorite thing about the design was how the car became more difficult to control and "unstable" the more people you had in it ;)
Weine7 Oct 2021, 18:45
Very nice little game. I liked that the car was very controllable despite the highly unstable physics. On the downside it felt a little empty of challenges to just compete against the clock.
Overall I'm impressed!
KuKuRammus
KuKuRammus7 Oct 2021, 19:27
Nice game, low poly island is really well made
Tohmis7 Oct 2021, 20:31
@peterfiftyfour Thank you. Yeah those shadows are a shader effect. Toning it down a little would probably have helped it. And well you have to explore so that hat seems pretty fitting :D

@harrison-dunn Thank you for that thourough review :D. The car controler is a big issue we would have liked to improved but couldnt sadly. The breaking is a bit weird. When you let go off w and s it will break after a second or so. But if you press S it will not break which is pretty counter intuitive.

@bamberga Yeah maybe increasing it to a minute would be more of an incentive to actually sacrifice people. along with more people spawning in.

@weine I would have loved to add more little things to discover and do but we didnt have the time to do that
LDJam user 271014
LDJam user 2710149 Oct 2021, 04:20
I really liked the graphics! It was super clear what everything was, the particles looked nice, and the island had a lot of good variety. I lol'd at how the people just stack up in the back seat - I actually had the most fun just trying to see how many I could stack before running out of time. My biggest frustration was with the acceleration - the car felt decently responsive when turning, but trying to accelerate/decelerate felt really slippery. Overall it was fun, and I liked the different "endings" depending on how you died!
BjornStahl10 Oct 2021, 16:53
I liked the look of the game, and the idea that the car becomes more unstable the more people you carry. However I found the car to be a bit to uncontrollable when empty, for example taking quite a while to break to a full stop. Also I don't know it was intentional but when you die and respawn the timer resets but not the people you have picked up, they are no longer found at their buildings.

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