Great game! The concept is really fun to play and the visuals are sweet. Took me a while to get used to the controls, I was really raging when my dude just loses balances out of nowhere. The music gets a bit repetitive too quickly and I would've loved some sfx (e.g: when you're close to falling off, at descents, when you change direction too quickly, etc..) to break the monotony of playing losing playing. Really nice entry!
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Rail Rider's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #9 | 4.188 | 4.188 |
| Overall | #22 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Aesthetics | #26 | 3.438 | 3.438 |
| Gameplay | #28 | 3.063 | 3.063 |
| Sound | #34 | 2.813 | 2.813 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Great entry! The visuals were really good, and combined with the music it definitely gave me the vibe of old PS1 sports games.
It sometimes felt a little unpredictable which direction the dude would lean; I'd sometimes be mostly balanced and suddenly jerk to the right or left when there wasn't a very strong curve. I think I might just not have the feel down yet.
It would be cool to see this extended with an infinite/procedurally generated mode or with bonuses or powerups you need to lean dangerously far to collect.
Great work for 72 hours!
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LuminaryHey thanks. I think you really hit the nail on the head with the unpredicatability... I have a build staged here which will go live on itch when rating ends and which does it's best to smooth out those rough turns.
I also think going procedural could be extremely powerful. And with some recent upgrades to the rail editor, I think this might be achievable in the near future.
If you are interested in doing any development for Rail Rider, please feel free to check out the github
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