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A jam submission

Backseat DriverView game page

Created as a team project for wheeljam 2026
Submitted by Chrismakesthings, Shannon Peelor — 13 hours, 45 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
DOES IT WHEEL#233.5453.545
DOES IT LOCKPICK#251.0001.000
Overall#342.2732.273
DOES IT MOVE YOUR BODY OR MAKE YOU FEEL THINGS#362.2732.273

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted

it feels really hard to get any sense of control over the car, which i guess makes a lot of sense.

the environments are really cool!

Submitted

Slower feels like it has a multiplier on it? Bigslice->faster, smallslice->slower, and I’m going backward?

Submitted

I like the idea, but it is really easy to get stuck in walls.

Also it is a little hard to tell which options you have already used.

Submitted

I like it. Really encompasses the experience of telling someone what to do over the phone.
I think it's reductive to say that the physics system could use some work... I am glad that there isn't car damage on touching objects though.

Submitted

That would have been an awesome framing. And frustrating too.

Submitted

LMAO this is a hilarious nightmare of a control scheme. I love it.

Submitted

I think I've had nightmares like this?

Had some trouble controlling the speed and the steering, might be nice to have UI indicating the current turn/speed?

Developer

Yeahhhh that isn't working as cleanly as we'd like but we're working on the speed mechanic. It doesn't actually corelate to the size of the slice. We broke the template (somehow)

Submitted

The concept is a lot of fun! Genuinely interesting application of the wheel and a fun puzzle. Id love to mess around with this more if the movement felt more consistant.

Developer

Yeah we're planning on polishing it up, both visually and movement wise. Thank you for playing our game :D

Submitted(+1)

really neat idea, however it feels like the wheel is quite broken, as the sectors i choose don't correspond to the actual action being made, so it feels like it's being done at random :-(((

Developer(+1)

Yeah, I messed around with the wheel template so badly and made so many bugs with it I'm not sure what happened haha thanks for giving it a try!