Ride to Clown School

by neandi

co-authored: @trsthstrs

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.38

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.27

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.85

Finally! It’s time to attend Clown-School!

Cram all the Clown-School freshman and graduates you need into a car and lets go! Drive carefully, else some clowns might not make it to their destination!

Controls

- Move Car - A&D or Left&Right Arrow Keys
- Grab Clowns - LMB
- Menu with Sound-Settings, About & Level Restart - ESC

Team

- Coding by Neandi 🤡💻
- Graphics by TouristHistories 🤡✏️

Made with Unreal Engine 5 & Krita
Sounds: Public Domain SFX from Pixabay (opting out)
Font: Custom Made Handwriting Font by TouristHistories

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Hey there! This is our 2nd Game ever made in general and the 2nd one - we as a team of two, made for LDJam. Gameplay is quite simple but we’ve learned a lot in the process of making it and that’s what counts, right? Be sure to share Feedback in the comments down below or just say hello!

#### Thank you very much for playing and rating! 🥳

Tags: #clown, #driving

Genres: racing

Tools: Krita, Unreal Engine

Comments23

smilewood2 Oct 2023, 23:13

Fantastic sounds, funny graphics, abuse of a physics engine, what more could be asked of a Ludum Dare game? This one was a lot of fun and felt like it had a lot of polish. Several small details stood out to me that really tied it all together like the wheels on the car not being round and the slightly unhelpful hinges on the seats in the cars. I think that this was a great interpretation of the theme and it made me laugh a bunch. Well done!

Stalemeat2 Oct 2023, 23:16

Very cute entry. This game has some great floppy physics going for it and I love how it looks. The honking... THE HONKING! But what do you expect from a bunch of clowns? I enjoyed playing this and had fun shoving the clowns in the car/van and driving with uneven tires.

Dan Burns3 Oct 2023, 00:48

Love how this feels, like those stick figures are plushy toys. nice work!

walaber3 Oct 2023, 01:19

great interpretation of the theme, and fun combination of dragging/stacking and driving mechanics. the wobbly wheels are very funny :)

Ankledot3 Oct 2023, 08:16

You can tell it was made in UE5! But honestly really fun game and great idea, good job!

Sooly3 Oct 2023, 08:17

Has a 2010s flash game vibe, very nice! And the tires being not round at all - great idea. :D

DSFAN3 Oct 2023, 18:03

Very funny entry. First I tried to take everybody because "I DONT LEAVE MY MEN BEHIND", all who could fit - inside, one on the roof, one on the hood, when the one on the roof fell I felt bad for him but kept going, when the one on the hood fell under the front tires I was kinda worried, but that seemed to work and I had some hope until he fell down into textures xD. P.S. you should change the car service place because whoever made those tires and trunk lock should get fired

Byzilio3 Oct 2023, 22:23

You are a genius and a scholar. I wish I had that Idea :D

LDJam user 2590374 Oct 2023, 14:29

Thanks for popping in guys! Your positive attitudes will take you far in life!

Neandiauthor4 Oct 2023, 16:32

@jerem-watts Thank you for these kind words. It made me think and appreciate LD way more. I think it's easy to focus on the ratings too much and get demotivated if they aren't that great, or if the game isn't some miraculous new invention, but really we should all be proud for making any game at all.

Anatol Dumitras4 Oct 2023, 18:29

The sounds haha, what a fun little game. I just wish that the wheels would be more centered on the axle but whatever XD

candyyy07284 Oct 2023, 18:48

Gosh the character is so cute and the idea is so interesting !n

EggTillius4 Oct 2023, 19:34

I LOVE CLOWNS!!!!!

Its_Capp4 Oct 2023, 19:40

very fun game :3 I found the constant squeak sound effects to be quite funny and the art was very charming

Papus Games5 Oct 2023, 10:53

Fun clowns(:

EgorMnc5 Oct 2023, 19:31

interesting game and its concept

bobbie5 Oct 2023, 22:02

super fun to cram everybody in, left me longing for a couple more levels

hearing the honks as my clownmobile sputters around was hilarious

NonDev7 Oct 2023, 14:32

A honking good time!

Rose8 Oct 2023, 00:41

I wish I could give 10 stars for humor! No other game I've played so far as made me actually laugh out loud XD

Melowicyan15 Oct 2023, 14:04

Hi, it was very fun :)

CataclysmicKnight16 Oct 2023, 21:19

OMG this was hilarious!!!! I loved the squeaky clown noses as I put them in and moved them around, and the clowns were all so freaking adorable!!! I was sad at first when they fell out but then they looked just as happy so I FLOORED IT every time I was heading to clown college and laughed as they (and the vehicle!) bounced around. 10/10 would play again 🤣

DaveCo19 Oct 2023, 00:36

Ahhh this is amazing!

Prakkus20 Oct 2023, 04:12

Yesss adorable! Love how bouncy and whacky everything feels. A clown car is a cute application of the theme and I enjoyed stuffing those buggers in there. It would've been fun if there were some clowns to pick up along the way too, maybe you could catch them or something? Anyway great work!

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