Ludum Dare #49compo

Unstable Engines

by simonrhys

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.42

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.50

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.12

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.12

Unstable Engines is an attempt at a racing game where the controls change. Every 15 seconds a key will change that controls the car.

Features:

- No sound effects
- Programmer 'art'
- Annoying control scheme
- Unmappable Controls
- One whole track!

Known Bugs:

- Firefox 92.0.1 seems to crash randomly on my laptop, same version on desktop is fine. Other browsers seem to have no issues so far.

Comments8

theviraldragon4 Oct 2021, 08:56

Its very difficult to control. But nice game.

LDJam user 2374134 Oct 2021, 11:53

Interesting concept. Was very hard to stay on the road, even before switching the keys! struggled after that, but good job on the game!

0DarkAndNerdy4 Oct 2021, 15:33

Controls are insane, but overall very fun game!

thesedatedprince4 Oct 2021, 15:36

Fun idea - very, very unforgiving controls/track :). I think that on further iterations, it might be fun to add a health mechanic to give more direct feedback to the player on where they're going wrong (i,e if they shift too far from the track). But overall, cool idea :)

pcmaster4 Oct 2021, 15:39

I managed to finish. The control for forward and right never changed for me, only reverse and left. Still a nice entry, very good you made it, congratz!!!
You should opt out of audio, perhaps? :)
It works just fine in Firefox 92.

Anshul K4 Oct 2021, 15:39

There is something really weird, The first time I opened the game it said :- "Race Complete!". So, is that a bug or is it intentional? After couple of seconds it showed the race starting and countdown. I know it's "UNSTABLE" but I think this one is too unstable. At first, I didn't even understand the goal. Nice idea though, the game has really good potential!