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GMTK Game Jam 2021

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A jam submission

Traffic Jam NascarView game page

Don't crash! But do crash others!
Submitted by SephReed — 23 minutes, 2 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#14593.3823.382
Fun#18472.9122.912
Overall#21512.9612.961
Presentation#29462.5882.588

Ranked from 34 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?
Traffic!

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Piranha305Submitted5 years ago(+1)

this was an original take on the theme, it was also quite fun

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getSkooled
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aerlothSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

I like this idea a lot! It very nicely visualises how these traffic jams at the highways happen out of nowhere, it's like a wave that goes trough the cars that actucally has no solid reason. I enjoyed being the jerk and making other crash because of my braking!

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SPACELINKS
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SephReedDeveloper5 years ago

It's cut off on itch.io, but just below the play screen is some debug UI about the NPCs.  They have four modes:  ride ass, back off, break check, and escape.

I want to play around with this game a bit more to try to make it aggressively jerkish driving

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shearwoodgamesSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

Fun and surprisingly tactical, I'd love to see a multiplayer variant

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Blue Pelican Down
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SephReedDeveloper5 years ago

I finished 2 and 3 player modes about 10 min after the close.  Super easy, all one keyboard.  It's pretty fun for something so simple I think.

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Reitech StudiosSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

I must say this was really an interesting interpretation of the theme!

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PlatformBuddies
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SephReedDeveloper5 years ago

That's the one thing I felt like we nailed from a creative interpretation angle.

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UnixcornSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

I don’t get the point of the break pads status? And I can totally drain it?

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Snake Olympics
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SephReedDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

It never really panned out, due to time stuff.
But the hope was to make it so "riding ass" gave you brake speed, and using brakes reduced it.  In the game, if you drain your pads you'll barely be able to stop... but it was a last minute and incomplete addition.

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UnixcornSubmitted5 years ago

I like the idea

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pyramid955 years ago(+1)

Surprisingly deep and challenging for something so simple :)

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AvrijenSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

Title is fitting, but I’d have liked it to have been more than just “conserve your brakes and don’t explode”. Maybe like some steering involved as well and a health bar for your car.

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Gottlob's Loneliest Birthday
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bodzashSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

Unique and fun

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Battle Buddies
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NovaqSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

Simple nice game :D 
I couldn't win
I was last with AI and nothing happened :/ 

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Joined Cats
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SephReedDeveloper5 years ago(+2)

Yeah, I never actually made the win condition of "be the last of three cars".

But you did win!

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SkyballSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

This seems so simple at first, but it turns out that it can be quite hard not to crash into other people's cars ;-)

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Puzzle Matcher
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AlexioSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

Surprisingly challenging and addicting

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Dungeon Dancer
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kylebyteSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

I really appreciate any game that can be this fun with controls this minimal. Almost a little disappointed that when it was all NPCs that they didn't just all drive in harmony forever purely to mock me.

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Super Ball & Chain
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AsdarothSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

This has some interesting dynamics! Nice to see other cars reacting to your pace. The game is still rough but the idea is good

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Separation Anxiety
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SephReedDeveloper5 years ago

Thanks man!  Getting the AI to be at all decent took a lot more time than expected.

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SephReedDeveloper5 years ago (1 edit)

I made this!  With the help of Lucas and Misty, thanks for jamming you guys!

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