Bumper Cars Guy

Cool game. I like the concept. Well done.

LOL, I DIDN'T MADE IT PUBLIC XDDDDD It's available now ':D @paroxysmal

Fortunately files do show when they were updated, hopefully it's proof that I did it on time X)

Fun and cute graphics

My best score is 210, this is a little challenging as kids randomly stuck by themselves, even if I take care of the unused cars, and also because they can be unhappy while the ride is over and the next one is not started yet 😄
Fortunately I can help the kids with their cars, but this is still challenging
Well done, it's a fun and cute entry!

That's precisely what you are supposed to do, @lereveur! :D In these rides kids usually get stuck (in real life I mean), which is what I meant to capture. You have to jump on their cars and drive them away from the traffic jam! In the GIF I uploaded you see that happening at some point :) Thanks for playing!

Fun, simple and charming 😄

A simple and fun retro-style game that reminds me of my childhood days playing on the NES and riding bumper cars. I initially thought I could only drive my own bumper car, but it turns out I can actually hop into a child’s car and help them steer—that’s such a neat feature! It got me thinking: what if you could pick up power-ups along the way—like becoming larger, faster, or packing a more powerful punch—all while playing in a bigger arena with even more kids? That would be absolutely thrilling. I’d love to experience the feeling of driving a massive bumper car and sending everything else flying!

It’s a very interesting game!!

Innovative and cute. Some more feedback for why boys are happy or bored could be useful, though it's probably hard to squeeze to the pico8 resolution.

@nephem those are cool ideas! Indeed I wanted to add a loop to improve the ride, buying more cars and such. But a larger game about bumper cars in full 3D could be quite fun!

@baturinsky Yes, I fear I relied too much on our own experience riding bumper cars. Frustration when you got stuck and couldn't get out of a large jam, mainly ^⁻^

Nice take on the theme! The gameplay loop works well, and keeps you juggling between clearing empty cars and collecting coins. It would be interesting to use them to buy upgrades, like a larger play area, more or faster cars, etc... Great entry!

What a blast! I never would have thought I'd play a game as the bumper guy operator! So well put together too! Really well done for the pico8 and low-res too! I just felt like everyone smooshed together at the end though, I hopped in the middle cart and couldn't push anyone:

It could be interesting to see each individual kids happiness than the aggregate too, I was trying to get around to each of them. It was a bit tricky sometimes to get in the cart I wanted to. I wonder if I needed a second objective, like to go stop/start the ride power between waves too or something? I can see myself coming back to try and beat my high score of 240.

I love this concept!! Haven't rode a bumper car in years untill a beer festival a couple weeks ago. Still enjoyed them even though the place is a bit too small. Really helpful to have someone solve jams so we can slam harder :)
Really fun to play and I actually also spent a bit of time purely playing around by dodging the car and collecting coins. Really nice pico8 style and partical effects. Great job without AI!!!

Got a high score of 260. Cool and interesting idea which you've executed pretty well.

I do like how the game is based entirely around preventing the other bumper karts from ending up in jams so to speak. Cool and readable art as well.

However, I'm not really a fan of how the approval meter continues to decrease when new kids are taking up the cart. Kinda wished that the meter was paused during this moment since there didn't seem to be anything I could do in those moments. I also felt that the game itself could've used maybe another element to it ? As an example, the player getting bumped around was funny, but it also could've used some sort of penalty to it maybe ? Or on the flipside, maybe getting hit would cause the kid's approval to increase ? Just an idea really lol.

All that said, this is still a fun little arcade game. Good stuff.

Just couldn't say no this when I saw it. Nothing to complain. Nice graphics, controls worked and it was nice to get to drive the bumber cards with the kids. Nice entry!

I love seeing games made for Pico-8 due to all possible limitation. Game would be even better if I could drive over kids.