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I took some time to look into this. It seems the problem is that the lap timer starts/stops when the car crosses the finish line while the total timer starts as soon as the race starts. Since the car starts a few meters behind the finish line it takes a couple of seconds before the lap timer begins counting while the total timer is already running.

I used to start both timers at the same time before, but IIRC I had to change it because of a bug that allowed players to skip a large part of the track. I don’t know how to change this without breaking existing records. So I think I’ll leave the discrepancy as it is for now. Thanks for the comment, though.

I’m on the fence on this one. I feel like most racing games include the drifting mechanic and I honestly find it kinda boring. But several people have asked for it already so I don’t know… maybe I should just give in and implement it…

Wow, you’re right! I haven’t noticed that. That’s a huge bug. I’ll fix it as soon as I have time. Thanks for letting me know

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it

Also, I suppose you won’t have too much work verifying the runs given the game’s popularity. But if you want to add me as verifier I’m RichoM on speedrun.com. Thanks!

I wasn’t sure about the image sizes so I made 3 variants: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hro-449dTruaaXFU5UMy9-7ihjDzNTe5?usp=drive_link

Very cool! I like what you did with the rules for different game modes. I’m not familiar with speedrun.com, though. How are runs validated? Do you have to personally verify each one to make sure they are valid? Also, would it be possible to change the game’s cover image? I can make a new one with the correct size, if you want. Thanks, btw!

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it

Yes, go ahead. That would be great

Maybe it starts but I don’t have a device to test it, so I can’t be sure it runs properly

I’m sorry, the game doesn’t work on iOS

Yes, the best way to remove the warning would be to download and install the apk on your device. Thanks for playing!

Hi! I can show you some of the code I wrote to make the ghost car. I uploaded a simplified version so you can take a look: https://gist.github.com/RichoM/2b2856db3ae2e7f7fb4c0919eb9c00eb.

It’s actually very simple. The code that moves the player’s car will also store the player’s input for each frame in an object called Replay. Whenever a player beats its own personal record, I save its replay data so that I can use it later for the ghost car. Then, when running the ghost car, instead of using the player’s input I use the stored inputs from the replay. And I think that’s all there is to it. Let me know if you have any question.

I’m sorry but I’m still working on this game, so I can’t give the source code for this exact project. But if you want you can use an older version I made open source a while ago: Retro Racing 64. It’s not really the same, the physics are messed up, it has only 1 track, the tracks are built differently, there are no bots, etc. But it could be useful as a starting point. At least the camera code is mostly the same. And for the physics, the logic is actually really simple, I based the code on this article: Simple 2D car steering physics in games

Thanks for playing! I tried to make the car feel really fast but I think I may have exaggerated with the acceleration, I’ll try to tune that for the next version. Also, thanks for the suggestion about the map, I have that in the TO-DO list as well :)

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it!

Well done! It’s gotten really hard to get into the leaderboard. This is one of the first games I made, I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. Let me know what you think of the other games

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. Unfortunately, it’s true I’ve been too busy lately to work on this. I have a long list of TO-DOs apart from adding new maps. If you have any ideas or suggestions you’ll like to share with me please do. I can’t promise I will implement them but we can talk about it and see if they match my plans. Also, if you know how to program and would like to implement your ideas by yourself I can give you a hand to get you started.

Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad you like the game. And I see you have the world records on all the tracks, that’s very impressive! I want to publish a new version with more tracks but I didn’t find the time to work on it yet.

Yes, the difficulty needs a little tweaking. Snowy mountains is far too easy while Green Meadow is really hard. I’ll try to publish an update before december, and maybe add a few more tracks as well. Stay tuned!

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. I did my best to make sure it worked well on mobile :)

Thanks for playing! A friend of us drew the splash page and we thought it was cute :)

Thanks for playing! I’m glad you had fun :)

You’re the second person that notes stomping is easier than shooting. I think we might need to fix that because if you rely on stomping and never learn how to shoot properly you won’t get very far.

Also, I don’t know how you did it but the planet with the trippy effect it’s clearly a bug. And I can’t reproduce it!

Thanks for playing! Yes, the gravity mechanic is hard to master and there is a fair bit of luck involved. To tell you the truth, that shot in the “key features” gif was 100% luck and we were happy that just by chance we were recording the game :)

Hi, thanks for playing! I know the first waves are too slow so it’s easier to just stomp on them, but for later waves that strategy gets too risky. It’s not easy to balance the difficulty curve, though. We’re thinking about it.

You’re not the only one to dislike the aiming method. I guess the standard way would be to aim with the mouse, but I’m not sure how to implement that with joysticks in a way that feels fair. I’m interested to know your suggestion, even if it might not work for multiplayer (maybe we can find a way to make it work).

Very nice! I really liked this one. It feels super good to control and the art is awesome. I especially like the galaxy background, it looks really cool. The gameplay itself feels a little bit repetitive after a few stages but I guess it’s ok, since you’re working on improving this framework to later make an expanded version anyway.

Thanks for playing! We have some ideas about adding different types of galaxies with special planets but we didn’t have enough time to implement them yet. Thanks for the feedback.

Good point about the feathers in the arrows. I guess the aliens just buy stock arrows and it’s hard for them to find unfeathered arrows on intergalactic.amazon.com ;)

I’m glad you liked it. I made this project because I wanted to quickly generate random tracks for my game Retro Racing: Double Dash. It’s still a work in progress but if you liked this you might like that as well :)

It’s great that you’re making your own racing game. I’ve uploaded this project source code to github https://github.com/RichoM/racetrack-generator. It’s a little limited but feel free to use it, if it helps you get started. I just ask that you don’t use the car models, please.

For the car physics it took me a while to find something that feels good to control, I tried both the godot’s VehicleBody node and the popular sphere-based model but they didn’t feel like F1. Eventually I found this article, which describes the “bicycle model”. This is what I ended up using and it’s by far the best solution I found (it’s also pretty easy to implement, which is a plus).

Anyway, good luck on your game and let me know when you have something to show.

Thanks! I just added a windows export if you want to download it. BTW, how did you find this project?

Thanks for playing! I know what you mean about the arrows but I played so much that I learned to predict the trajectories of arrows going offscreen. Maybe I should add a small warning sign when an offscreen arrow is approaching.

Regarding the audio lag, did you by any chance play the web version? I think godot has some trouble in that area but I don’t know how to fix it.

Yes, we plan to improve the graphics eventually but we don’t have an artist working on this game yet so for now we focus on other stuff. I’m still not convinced pixel art is the way to go for this game, though. Thanks for the feedback!

We definitely need to add a short tutorial, you’re not the first to struggle with the controls. I played a similar game once that had a tutorial stage right at the beginning of the game, even before the title screen. I think I’ll add something like that. Thanks for playing!

Thanks for playing! And thanks for your feedback. As I told your brother, I’ll try changing the controls to allow aiming but I fear it would change the pace of the game. I also don’t know if it will control well using a joystick…

As for the map layouts the planets are mostly random. We haven’t put too much though into them but maybe we should tweak them a little to avoid unfair situations, especially when there are just 2 players. Good catch, thanks!

Thanks! It’s funny that you liked the slippery planets because I don’t and I was very tempted to remove them. I’m glad someone likes them :)

Thanks for your feedback about the controls. I guess I’m used to the “pendulum timer” shooting style because I don’t see it as a problem at all. I will change it to aiming with the mouse and see how it feels. I’m worried it will affect the fast pace, encouraging players to spend more time aiming for the perfect shot instead of just shooting. But I will try it and see.

It’s great that you played online, we put a lot of effort in making online multiplayer work reasonably well but since we don’t have enough players it’s usually hard to find someone to play with.

Interesting concept, although I found it kind of weird that the pidgeon cannot fly. Maybe it would be fun to add the ability of flying at the cost of some energy?

I like the idea but the controls are way too hard and the fire moves too quickly. I clicked on the button but couldn’t see any effect. Am I doing something wrong? Also, I like the idea of the speech bubbles telling you how to move and stuff but since the fire is approaching fast I don’t have enough time to read it. Maybe you could have like a tutorial stage where the player can learn the controls without any danger.

Nice game, kind of like mini-golf but with constant speed. I think the difficulty gets very hard quickly, I only managed to get to level 8 and I just skipped it out of frustration (level 9 was easier somehow). I had fun trying to solve the stages but I resorted too quickly to just trial and error. I think it lacks something to make it more engaging. I don’t know what, though. Maybe being able to control the force in which the ball is shot and have the ball lose some speed over time or after each bounce. Perhaps having more variation in the layout of the levels, like some kind of circuit instead of just a rectangle, or maybe put something in the level that affects the speed and direction of the ball.

Thanks for playing! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I fixed the online multiplayer panel by adding a close button, thanks for pointing it out.

I’m not sure about the art, though. It’s hard to add zoom effects to pixel art without it looking a little weird. I’m no artist so I don’t know how to fix it but I think maybe a different art style would suit the game better…

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. We put a lot of effort into the single player mode but still the best way to play it is with a couple of friends.

I like your idea about using the mouse, but I think aiming with the mouse could give you an unfair advantage against players with a joystick. I would try and see how it feels, though. Am I allow to change the game while the jam is ongoing?