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Ludum Dare 32

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You can watch us live developing the game here:

https://www.twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs

Here’s our Prototype

Hi everyone!

Here’s a quick update on our entry to LD37.
The mosh pit is totally taking off
We decided to make it a giveaway for every Twitch streamer.
Retweet and have fun!

Twitch Streamers! Get our Free Moshpit Twitch Raffle Game! Simply Retweet this & get the game for free, every Retweet gets it! #LDJAM pic.twitter.com/mIalvHpuqo

— Pixel Maniacs (@pixel_maniacs) December 11, 2016

Thanks to the LD Community. We’re having a lot fun again!

We’re happy to announce the Can’t Drive This early access version!

Development went on after Ludum Dare 35. The game got greenlit within a week, has a ton of new features and receives great feedback and attention.

Selection of updates:

online multiplayer

multiple game modes

air controls

choose from multiple vehicles

racing track and vehicle customization

lobbies and match making

new racing track tiles

polished design

The game popped up on platforms and media like reddit and achievement hunter and already has impressive coverage on Twitch and YT.

Gamer, streamer and press can read about updates on our website or presskit and blog.

Feel free to contact us for feedback.

Thanks and greets to all LD35 Devs and the LD community!

Hey guys,

we’d like to give you all a little update and a huge thank you for the awesome 72 hours we had during Ludum Dare 35! The topic wasn’t not easy to handle for us at first, to be honest. We struggled for quite some time, before we found our path but as we had to build that path on the fly, we just decided to let that flow into the game and create a racer, where you can do just this: build a track on the fly, why someone else has to race it simultaneously!

So we eventually decided to approach the shapeshifting-topic from a slightly different angle and allow the players to transform the tracks they are racing on, rather than transform the vehicle itself. After reaching that milestone our development-truck gained momentum pretty fast. We were surprised how fun it was, to play even the prototype and were super happy with all the positive feedback! We decided to stream the development process on twitch, which turned out to be golden. We got a lot of beta testers during the development who gave us valuable feedback. Every build was straight tested by around 20-30 people. We took their concerns and ideas serious and tried to implement the ideas and fix the reported bugs instantly.

So to make a long story short. Check out our new Game “Can’t Drive This: Because The **** Road Is Still Under Construction”

Vote and Play

There is a online Ranklist, so make sure to add your Driver and Cosntruction name.
We also made a greeenlight entry and hope we get positive feedback from the steam community as well. We will definitively develop more features and – most importantly – an online coop mode for you. To keep yourself updated follow us on Twitter and Facebook, if you like. Thank you all again for your great support and special thanks to Mike for organizing Ludum Dare 35.

Have fun playing our other entries. Greets to all LD35 Devs

Pixel Maniacs Out!

Yay, we’ve got our online ranklist running with screenshot of the highscore track!

Check it out here:

Our Submission is here, we’d appretiate your votes!
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=52509

We’e also submitted it to greenlight:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=668455587

Check out our ldjam game!

Gameplay:
Player 1 => Keyboard (wasd) – Drives the truck
Player 2 => Mouse – Builds the track

You can also be both players, it’s just a bit more difficult then 😉

Check our online highscore here:
http://pixel-maniacs.com/assets/constructionRacer/ranks/index.php (You can also play it there)

Watch us live on twich:
https://www.twitch.tv/andifrompixelmaniacs
News here:
https://twitter.com/pixel_maniacs
Play it here:

Hey guys,

we participated in the LDJam 32 which was great fun! 😉

We have improved the game in the meantime and have published it e.g. for iOS:
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/chromagun/id993591404?mt=8
We have now added it to greenlight:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=524209505

It would be really great if you could support us with your vote! 😉

Here is a small trailer:

And here is our current version for free:
http://chromagun.lochmann-apps.de
Thanks in advance for your vote!
Ben

Hi Guys,
we created the first chromagun Version at the Ludum Dare 32. Thanks for all your support and your great reviews!

The time has come, we did some pollishing and refactoring and we are proud to give you a public beta: Free Beta Version Download

We also submitted a Steam Greenlight entry. Please help us to get this Game on the Steam Platform to boost our joy in polishing this great Game:
Steam Greenlight

A little appetizer:

Thanks guys for playing and your support!

ChromaGun was our entry to Ludum Dare #32. The concept’s inception came late at night after a few (ahem) beers. The theme was “an unconventional weapon”, and we decided to go with color. The player’s objective is to paint walls and enemies with the “ChromaGun”. Enemies are attracted to walls of the same color and float towards them. This core mechanic, paired with elements such as button-triggered doors, deadly electrified tiles and particle grids which only allow bullets to pass through, created some seriously entertaining gameplay, even in the early stages of development.

Get it on the AppStore

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