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You control a car that auto-accelerates and you only have two-buttons to control it!
* Press Left Cursor to turn Left
* Press Z to toot your horn.
Wait a minute, that doesn't leave us enough buttons for turning right... Maybe a dedicated horn button was a bad idea? Well, I'm sure you'll think of something.
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 52% |
| Fun | 4.35 |
| #11 | Overall | 4.29 |
| #48 | Humor | 3.81 |
| #58 | Innovation | 3.99 |
| #124 | Theme | 4.15 |
| #127 | Graphics | 3.90 |
Comments
This is literally my favourite Ludum Dare game ever. There I said it.
Super fun game! Great pick up and play. Neat art style :)
AWESOME! The feeling of accomplishment after that last level was intense, amazing design with the different surfaces, really made for some good levels. Brilliant!
Hilarious use of theme, really tight controls and a surprisingly robust amount of content.
I love how all the little cars start to pile up as you keep dying. It was tough at times but luckily skillful use of the honk button got me through to the very end.
Everyone has to play this game. I love the silliness of the concept and the beautiful execution; the last level had me trying over and over until I beat it and it was so satisfying when I did. Amazing job!
BEST GAME EVER!!! It was just so much fun, and the graphics were great!
Managed to beat the last level, was sort of hoping for a stats screen in the end (I probably destroyed 100's of cars lol)
Not sure what the red goals did, but I hit most of them. Good challenge
You get my first 5 for humor, just fort the idea of a car where the two buttons 'are turn left' and 'toot horn'.
Game was a bit laggy for me (firefox/win) but very playable.
Amazing. So much fun and addicting. I like how different surface affect the car motion and add slipperiness. Very well done!
Frustrating, but in a good way. Also I like the levels that have hard mode exits; you don't get anything for them, but I gave myself some victory toots on the next level if I got it.
Going through the red/yellow gates means you'll skip the next level, but hitting them is much harder than the level you're skipping!
If you weren't tooting your horn every run, you were playing the game wrong.
Nice and challenger game. I could completed but it wasn´t easy. xp
I couldn´t understand is the difference between the red and black goal of the race. I imagined that it could be in the difference for going up to the next levels.
I think there could be some differences in the difficulty of the upper levels, because I felt that there was some levels more difficult before the ones that where before. I think is just changing the order.
Besides that everything was great.
Nice idea to use the horn x)
Super fun, but making me very aggressive after a while!
I love the way the crashed cars stay in the arena...
In fact this is a one-button game.
Another last-level loser here.
I think it's really fun and simple. Maybe you could get rid of horn mechanic and add a left turn instead. But I know, no time. Great job. Only thing changed could be colors and graphical style but not necessary.
Congrats for *1-button*-controlled game! Took me a while understanding that Left Cursor is located on the keyboard, and not on a mouse :-) Would be nice if the game was slower (or had brakes on Z instead of horn :-P)
Graphics are pleasant too!
Why was there only one horn? There should've been a horn on each button.
Great game ;) Last level was a killer, I couldn't do it, but lots of fun and looked good too. Nice one!
Fun, challenging little game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/G4-JCtlxKuU
Very fun, and I 100% agree with the design decision that honking a horn absolutely deserves its own button no matter what. NO MATTER WHAT.
Wow, great game! Controls are super solid, gameplay is really good, quick and to the point. Graphics do their job more than well, and in general it's a quite enjoyable experience! You should have a stat counter for how many times I pressed the right arrow just before crashing xD
Good job!
Fun & challenging! I really want to smash keyboard sometimes =) Good gfx sense. Breaking sound annoying at some levels where the distance to nearest obstacle is too short.
I totes beat it :D my index finger hurts, my eyes are crying from not blinking but i did it. :D
The best part is that this is practically a variation of Desert Bus.
Excellent, very original and entertaining, one of the best, well done :D
Really fun! And ONE DIRECTION! xD Really challenging too, nice entry.
Which level, exactly, was the hardest for you? :D - response for your comment on my entry.
Controls are very hard, but that and level design create the games challange
This has been my favorite Ludum Dare game so far. I enjoyed it very much!
I swear if this game didn't have a toot button I would have killed myself. I finally beat the game and I was surprised that my computer didn't start lagging from all the dead car carcasses lying around. I cannot say enough how great this is. Great use of the theme, great mechanics, great polish.
I... Can't stop playing this!! Every time it goes to a new level I feel like I have to beat it! I Incredible job! I have no idea how you made this much in the time frame. Best game I've played so far.
Brilliant game. I loved the last level. This game would work great on mobile.
This game is so hard, I played way longer than I thought I would. I hate you so good. Gj on the game. It was addicting.
Oh god, best game! I love how you wasted the second button on tooting a useless horn :D
My biggest criticism is that the horn sounds boring. I know you give it a button because it is a joke. But it needs a funny sound like a clown nose. Other than that I really like it!
- bob
Cool game! I really liked how the "dead" cars remain on the road with the wheels separated. I think that the screen shakes help you to get in the mood and not give up. But how hard would it have been to go to an actual car and record it's horn? the sfx was a waste of a button as it wasn't a horn. Also I like the cube based walls, did you place it manually?
Simple but challenging. There's a good variation in the gameplay even with such a simple concept. Great entry.
Wow, awesome mechanics. I don't like puzzle games, but this... this is something. Thx. 5 stars Overall
Wow, great entry! The progression of difficulty was really nice, up to the absolutely fiendish last level.
This plays like a demented version of Super Off Road - and that's a very good thing!
I liked this game, nice gameplay and graphics make a nice challenge.
it's a very simple and addictive game. fast to learn and hard to master. great!!!
All of the levels have sort of a good frustration/skill/reward cycle going except for the last one I feel, which is unfortunate because it now leaves a bad association instead of a good one for me. Good compo quality stuff with pixel-based levels and simple, but consistent look and feel.
Last level is so hard! Really minimalistic and fun. Yayifcations!
Tons of levels and variety of surfaces makes this game really great :) Great job.
Love it. Such a great concept build out so well. I instantly got it and was having fun at the same time. I would have loved about .5 seconds of delay longer between crash and spawn to avoid crashing my next car after adjusting too late. This game could easily be called Overcompensation the game. I cant tell you how many times I over-adjusted right into a wall right at the finish line. Awesome work.
Cool little game. The mechanics are really simple but deceptively challenging. Pretty fun stuff!
Really cool. Didn't expect the switches.. quite a puzzle game actually. Certainly very difficult, but I somehow made it to the last level. Great concept and well executed, and it seems we had a somewhat similar idea regarding the useless dedicated horn button.. :)
Is hilarious. Even my non-gamer friend from office got sucked into it.
Like the pacing, craziness, graphics. Great mechanic with different ground type.
Btw. to make it true 2btn you could have levels with gate that opens only if you horn at it.
Definitely will go back to play more.
Cool game! Frustrating and challenging! But sometimes hard to see behind walls.
Really well done! i loved the art and the tooting of the horn was a beutiful addition. gotta make it have two controls somehow! i tooted the horn way more then i should have.
Fun, addictive, with graphics that fit perfectly...
But where is the "Mood" category in the votes? Are you afraid of us being too aggressive after playing your game ;)
it don´t work i can´t press the left mouse button looks good
I feel like everything in this game is mocking me. and I can only toot to express my anger.
seriously, great game. really funny and entertaining mechanic. and you executed well on it. I even finished the last level, and yeah, that took some time... but I enjoyed it. a lot of stars for you
Thanks, everybody!
WERT Studio, it's left arrow (cursor keys) rather than left mouse button!
Omg...it gets super difficult after around level 6-7!1 Overall awesome game...would love to play this on the phone with one touch gameplay :P
Absolutely brilliant!
I adore the way you designed this game - very simply mechanic and a slow introduction of level elements that change the gameplay. Great job on the death game feel - made the constant dying sorta enjoyable :P.
Congrats! :D
"Yayifactions" indeed! Very fun, lost 15 minutes of time without noticing it. I hope you expand on this more!
Fun? haha suffering here! =)
Abandon last map!
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Loved it! One of my favorite entries so far! Very innovative too. This game pissed me off at times, which I like! Well done! c:
Cool game, nice mechanics and implementation. Lots a different grounds that provide a different challenge each time. It makes me think of super meat boy in a way !
Awesome game! love the levels and the graphics. Definitely one of my top 3 favourites!
Nice idea, and fun concept. I'm too bad for this kind of games, but well done !
Gosh, I love your visual design! The work on lightning is great, very nice particles too. The super meat boy feeling (up to the disseminated red bodies) got me in a motivating masocore mood :-)
Alright. This is the best game I've played so far, and DAMN the content is there too!
Amazing game, awesome idea, great execution. All kudos to you!
Great mechanics, love the different surfaces, and the later levels where more of a puzzle element comes in with the buttons.
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I made it to the last level but I have to give up before I snap. I hit both red switches and crashed it right at the end. Good game. Original idea and fun.