Really cool game. Like the other have said this is a throw back to the first Mario Kart game on the SNES. Good stuff! Two things that could be improved imho:

• The engine sound was a bit too much for me. You should think about using something else for that
• It felt like the enemies were just randomly faster then me. Like when I would drive in a straight line at max speed there were enemies that would overtake me. Since they slowed down shortly after that I still managed to win but that felt a bit weird.

But really cool entry. Had a lot of fun with this one! Good job :)

Very nice! Mode7 is cool.

My fastest time was 13 seconds.

Very fun game but your AI drivers are way better at it than I am ;-) I would have liked to know what position I finished, not being the last one does not count as losing in my book! :-D

Fun game but man those bots are so greedy haha. They never left any coins for me! :'( I wasn't very skilled at turning so I couldn't manage to overtake anyone and lost in last place haha.

Cool little mario kart clone. Has a nice retro vibe that works together well with the visuals, sfx, and music. Cinematic intro is really nice also. I like the strategy element of collecting gems to permanently boost your speed, but it's also kind of unfair because if you start towards the back you're guaranteed to lose since the first couple of rounds the bots will collect all the gems before you can reach them. Would be nice to have some kind of balancing elements like maybe gems are better if you're farther behind or something.

Nice devlog btw, very informative and interesting!

Great game! I kind of suck at it though. One thing it could use is a rubber-banding effect like in Mario Kart games. 

Love it! Really polished discrete game. Perfect for a game jam

Really cool! Music sounded really good with the space vibe and the race was fun! Just wish the top half was full screen with the bottom half being like a mini map kinda thing, besides that great job!

Wow this is awesome, I love what you did with the art, I also made a kart game and I'm jealous of some of the features you managed to add in the time! It's cool that the AI steer towards the coins, however maybe they do that a bit much, and it allowed me to overtake on a few turns. Really great though!

Cool game, really felt like Mario Kart, right down to the dual screens! My only issue is that the game has the opposite design structure to mario kart. In the Kart games, being in back gives you advantages to make the races closer. In this game, the players in front have the advantage that they get to collect all the gems, leaving the players in the back with nothing. This makes early leads very important and makes it so there's no point of really playing when you're behind. Overall really well done game though, definitely captured what it was going for!

Nice game, music was nice, driving was simple and effective.

Damn. Super clean. A side-effect of the car's engine hum (coincidental or not) was that staying at top speed gave a nice droning  base note in the music's key... Hmm... interesting subliminal feedback telling the player to stay as close to the "harmonizing speed".... 

What was I saying? Oh, yeah. Anyway, potential music racing game (for you to make out of this nice framework that you've made for yourself!) aside, nice work! The sprites fit nicely and it feels quite cohesive overall.

Nice game! I got SNES Mario Kart vibes. Won on the first try by the way :P

Very appealing graphically, you really captured the mode 7 look. Balance-wise, a little awkward that the racers in front get the lion's share of the gems, and as such can easily extend their lead. My first playthrough, I definitely suffered from this point, as I was placed in the back and watched as all the surprisingly competent AI stole all my gems away. Ah well, didn't hamper my enjoyment much. Great work!