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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #1220 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Enjoyment | #3268 | 3.208 | 3.208 |
| Artwork | #4348 | 3.125 | 3.125 |
| Creativity | #5008 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
| Narrative | #5593 | 2.250 | 2.250 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The main mechanic of the game revolves around your ever dwindling fuel level and watching it count down with every move.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
All assets are my own
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Pacific Dogwood or just Dogwood
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I enjoyed the cute, simple graphics on this one, very clean and effective. The sound effects are hilarious, and the car felt nice to drive. A simple game, but done well, and I could see it being expanded quite a bit. The main feedback I have is that the inverted camera took a bit to get used to, but I saw you already said that was an accident so no problem there. Good work!
Thank you!
The gameplay was really smooth. The game looks simple yet professional. I especially loved the engine sound effects.
Thank you very much! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Really smooth driving mechanics, the sounds made me chuckle constantly, artwork is simple but so pleasant to look at.
Thank you! I am glad you like the art style! It is super simple and I think it is pleasing due to colour palette selection :)
the sounds were amazing 😅
Chill game that's easy to understand and get into, but has a good amount of intricacies! The controls felt really good, except I personally would've preferred non-inverted y (or inverted idk whichever is the opposite) camera movement. The lack of shading does make it more challenging to see terrain, which could also be good, but I might prefer having shading.
Thank you for the feedback. The controls were inverted on the Y axis by accident! Sorry about that, but I hope it was not too much bother. I decided to leave the materials unshaded (with some fog and different terrain shades to help players see depth) as I really liked the aesthetic, but yes, the trade off is depth can be harder to tell!
Really liked it, cute simple graphics! I feel like the game could be fun from a hih angle looking down at the stage to better plan the routes, but third person works great too!
Thank you! That's a really good suggestion that I hadn't thought of!
This is awesome! I love the flat shaded art style, looks super unique. This is a great idea for a short puzzle game, well done!
the mouth engine sounds were very funny
Oh really nice, i found myself optimizing every turn and momentum of the car.
The only thing bugging me is the camera constantly rotating
Good job!
Thank you! I am really glad to hear that you felt that as thats exactly what I intended. Sorry about the camera. I didn't notice it was inverted until the jam was over!
Did you make the engine sound yourself lol?
Aside from the inverted camera issues, this is a nice simple puzzle game in disguise. The art style is also really clean. The audio is just chef’s kiss lol.
Taking the limited resource of count downs and applying it to an optimization problem was a really natural progression I'm surprised I haven't seen yet. Kudos for not only finding a niche but having a polished execution of it! I personally was limited by the difficulty that made each stage likely more grueling than intended. The simple art style serves the game well, keeping the focus on the route itself. Great work this jam!
Agghhh thats amazing, exactly what I was hoping people would feel from the game, and I put a lot of effort to make it feel polished (except the sound design which is very amateur). Thanks again!
Really cool game! The art style has a great look to it, and the sound design is genuinely funny.
Thank you very much!
The inverted mouse killed me ahah! Game looks and play nicely ! SFX are amazing ahaha, specially when going out of fuel :)
Thanks !
Very fun and cute, but the inverted mouse controls (y-axis) made it really disorienting. :(
PEAK sound effects!!! also the crontrolls of the truck felt really good!! nice done! sadly my mouse controls where inverted :(
Thanks for the comment and oh nooo! Could you let me know if it was inverted on the X axis or Y axis?
ye it was the y axis, but I am not sure if it is only on my device.
Thank you for letting me know. I hope it was not too much of a deal breaker!
Wonderfull art, and sound design on the truck fuel level! I liked this game! Well done m8!
Thank you very much!