April 26th-29th 2013 :: Theme: Minimalism
Ludum Dare 26 — April 26-29th, 2013
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RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD
In Britain, drive on the LEFT.
In USA, drive on the RIGHT.
To switch lanes, CLICK or press SPACE.
Can you guess which nation you are by the word?
Warning signs mean there is something you need to pass.
Too easy? Press SHIFT+2 to double the speed.
Too hard? Press SHIFT+3 to halve the speed.
Press SHIFT+1 to return speed to normal.
Press number 0 to mute sound.
A game made in two days by Duncan Robson and Ethan Kennerly
at the Museum of Art & Digital Entertainment.
http://themade.org
Music was generated by Ben's script: autotracker_bu.py
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 100% |
| #58 | Humor(Jam) | 3.29 |
| #197 | Theme(Jam) | 3.48 |
| #222 | Innovation(Jam) | 3.15 |
| #259 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.25 |
| #291 | Fun(Jam) | 2.83 |
| #308 | Overall(Jam) | 3.02 |
| #319 | Audio(Jam) | 2.73 |
| #344 | Mood(Jam) | 2.71 |
Comments
Hey guys! Glad to see the finished product after jamming at the MADE this weekend! =)
I really like the option to change the speed, it would've been way too slow for me otherwise.
Clever, but the timing is off (yes, I know you can change it).
Watch out for those tyres!
Very well done game, pretty hard but interesting when english is not your mother language.
Clever - now I know why I stay off the road as much as possible. I'm really bad at it :P The option to speed up and slow down was a really nice touch.
I enjoyed the fact the game feels like it takes place on a road sign. I think I learned a little from this game. Good job.
funny and fun to play, i really like the crashing animations and the sounds as well!
Quite a bizarre entry... I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of having to guess which lane you're supposed to be driving in by identifying the origin of the words describing the vehicle you're about to encounter. It's kinda hard/unfair for the non-English speaking people, don't you think? And what surprises me more is that you sound like English is not your mother tongue, either. Genius or madness? Kudos for thinking outside of the box, anyway.
I like the visual style of the game, and the happy inclusion of a speed control; otherwise I may have fallen asleep at the wheel, and you know how dangerous that can be, people! :)
Keep it up!
I liked the graphical style - would've liked some more sound effects for the passing vehicles, some honking etc would have been cool - if you were in the wrong lane. :D
@YSelf Tool, Yeah some other players also found it too slow. You can press Shift+2 to double the speed (and keep pressing it). You can effectively consider Shift+2 and Shift+3 as shifting gears, to speed up or slow down as you like.
Very neat idea. I had a hard time adjusting to going up or down instead of left/right. Crashing was fun too.
Amazing use of the road signs! Definitely minimal and resourceful :)
The speed up was awesome, felt like I was crushing other cars at hundreds of kph! Very fun!
Man, my Canadian english forced me to think twice a couple of times :D. Very original concept. I had a lot of fun with this one, and will definitely recommend it to some friends :).
Rules can be a bit confusing at times but I loved the actual inspiration behind the concept and the overall gameplay was pretty addictive.
Smart and novel idea. The graphical style is also very good and everything feels like a road sign.
It's interesting that you decided to let the player change the speed manually, I found this decision a bit weird
really awesome game. I love the whole British and American word thing. Really clever and fun
i'm an american that watches too much british telly for this to not be confusing. i do think an outrun style POV would have been helpful. but this was still fun
Simple solid game. I think I need a speed somewhere in between the normal and next higher setting, as the default speed was too slow, but I did portly the next speed up (might be because I am tired though).
graphics and gameplay fits the theme, first crash surprised me :)
Love the idea! Graphics are cool and audio was alright, though I would have liked a few more sound effects.
Wouldn't be fair to note "overall & fun" : as a non-native English speaker, I can't keep up. But I enjoyed the style of the game and its idea, both strange and interesting.
I think it's rather cool, but also quite difficult... quite unbelievable difficult where it should not be, actually...! ;)
I don't like it very much. It isn't the great game but it's funny.
Very nice game, I really felt the impact of the collision when I lost haha nicely done.
I was killed by fries on wheels! (score 291 on my first try) It's a very basic but fun game for 1 or 2 tries. Maybe you could make it so when you beat the main game it adds more countries!
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Educational, but fun.