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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| How awesome is this BASIC65 screenful program | #11 | 4.059 | 4.059 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Lovely! Go Blueberry!!
I can watch this all the time
with more code, this could be a great sim. nice work
Super-cute, the PETSCII-horse animation looks really good and the game runs smooth.
And from what I see it's doing quit some simulation magic under the hood.
Like it!
Lovely idea and solid programming ! It is this "just-one-more-time-kinda-game" !!!
Awwesome :-)
From my 6 y.o. daughter: "I wanted to give this 100 stars." :)
This could easily be extended to a proper game. Nice presentation.
i like the idea of a 'non-interactive' game :) nice presentation too!
10 races with 2 dead heats :) It shows that the RNG is not that good, Chewbacca won 4 times, while others had zero.
From what I understand, that's actually intended to happen. That is not a mere random race, it has a full simulation under the hood! Each horse has two parameters (some kind of base speed and stamina?), and a kind of exhaustion counter, which sometimes makes the horse loose a step. Very sophisticated! I wonder whether that is some kind of DND-standard? The base speed and stamina are compared against the throw of a D20, kind-a ... Toto, can you confirm this?
I also love how effortlessly Toto incorporates the photo finish. It's like a second mini race! He makes it look so easy! :-)