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A jam submission

Wrong Way Down a One Way StreetView game page

Crazy Taxi inspired by the (Scottish) BAFTA award winning comedian, Limmy.
Submitted by Benmols — 6 hours, 14 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#913.9623.962
Gameplay#923.8083.808
Overall#2163.6153.615
Audio#2283.5773.577
Visuals#4153.7313.731
Theme#4903.3463.346
Innovation#5053.2693.269

Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
You are driving the wrong way down a one way street - inspired by the Limmy comedy sketch.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Vehicle physics is my modified version of the amazing arcade physics by Ash Devs. The tilt and tyre marks he gets full credit!

All models are from Unity Asset store (free, or already owned).

The radio station recordings and other character voices are all by the BAFTA award winning comedian, Limmy (permission given!)

Code is all mine.

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Comments

Submitted

I keep going broke😭

Submitted(+1)

Super fun controls! The visuals, the feel of the car, being able to stop on a dime, it all just feels really great. The only small thing I'd say (and maybe this is a skill issue on my part) is that it's a bit too punishing. I feel like a slight tap costing $5 feels a bit too much, and if I drive a little carefully I run out of money. But that might just be a me problem haha, really nice job on this!

Developer

I've just agreed with another comment who has said the same. Definitely need a bit more money at the beginning so you can get used to the mechanics - and less punishing for hitting obstacles since you're also punished on time

Submitted(+1)

Love this take on the theme! Reminds me of Snakeybus, if you've played that. I wish you had a little more money at the start to get going, but still a lot of fun

Developer(+1)

Yeah I agree, another £10 would help to get used to the hitboxes and obstacles on the first few streets. Also a little less, maybe only -£2 for hitting an obstacle - because you are punished both in time and money when you hit something.

Submitted(+1)

Fun game, congrats!

Submitted(+1)

Very fun but I don't get how it fits the theme. 

Developer

You’re driving the wrong way! And if anything goes wrong, you’re not going to make it on time! But thanks for playing and rating, finally got 20 ratings!

Submitted(+1)

The feel of that car. Mmmm. That's good. You nailed the car movement. Specifically turning. The goofy over exaggerated turn really works. Just all solid.

Submitted(+1)

really fun once you get a hang of the driving haha, also love the audio and general vibe of the game!!

Submitted(+1)

Wow, the driving feel is excellent and really fun! The camera changes and challenges along the way are also well thought out.

Submitted(+1)

The control is surprisingly easy to grok and the drift is nicely done. Very fun arcadey gameplay, love it!

Submitted(+1)

Ayyyy, great minds think alike ;) 

Took me a bit to get used to the controls and make it past the first section (before the first drop off). But once I got a hang of it I had a great time playing and trying to improve my score.

Developer

Thanks for the comment! Yes balancing for sure is an issue - victim of becoming too good at my own game unfortunately. But glad you stuck with it trying to get through - it's a lot shorter than people realise actually, I've had a few people give up with 2 streets left! 

Submitted(+1)

It's absolutely crazy to me that you got to have Limmy in this game! 

Well done, the physics felt really nice!

Submitted(+1)

I love the driving physics but i failed many times lol.

Submitted(+1)

Cool game ! I was scared at first that there might not be an ending. But overall, it made me laugh,  i absolutely love it ! <3

Developer

haha scared you would get tortured playing it forever? 

Thanks for the comment, appreciate it! 

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Was I supposed to play this 1000 times in a row and make little skill progress? Because I did. I need to stop playing it now. Love Limmy, love Crazy Taxi, love this game. (EDIT: I now read in the comments that there's an end! Will have to come back to it later then! Kept getting round the corner where two cars are heading towards you and that was it for me.)

Developer (1 edit)

hahah that’s exactly what I wanted to hear! Yes there is an end! But the idea of having to play it over and over to master the corners / obstacles was the plan! 

Please get to the end and submit a score, it’s only a few more streets after the double car street! Thanks for the comment, and I’ll give your game a go asap! 


There’s a YouTube video on the main page which might give you some tips! 

Submitted(+1)

You totally, absolutely nailed the driving physics! Good Job!

Developer

Thanks, I have to give Ash Devs credit for most of the physics. I've added it to my submission now so I don't take full credit. But I've been playing with their arcade physics for a few months and managed to get it tweaked just right, then by coincidence I'm making a taxi themed game, so I already had a good basis to work off!

Submitted(+1)

It's so hard! I really like the driving physics though

Developer(+1)

Will be a little bug patch coming in the next hour, will hopefully make the driving / pick up / drop off feel a bit more intuitive. The hit boxes were a little bit off! 


Thanks for your comment, it was meant to be challenging, the whole course only takes 1min30s if you manage to avoid obstacles - but I've had a lot of feedback about it being difficult. I think it's the curse of being a solo jammer and getting too good at my own game! 

Submitted(+1)

Yeah, it's so hard to balance difficulty alone!!! I'll come back and play it again later today :)

Submitted(+1)

It was really fun thank you ! Loved the ambience. I finished the game but couldn't enter my name, when I typed R it restarted the game :'(

Developer(+1)

OH NOOO!! That was one that didn't come up in my frantic 4am bug hunting mission! Sorry about that, I'll put a warning on the page!

Developer(+1)

I submitted your score for you... I hope it's close to what you got! 

Submitted

Thanks a lot 😂

Developer(+1)

I just spotted that I have 48hrs for bug fixes! So I will get this fixed