This is a really solid and somewhat challenging premise -not only do you have to connect all the points in a loop, but you also have to do it before the car reaches a disconnected end! well designed, and a nice challenge :)
Play game with cows
The Long Way Around's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1097 | 3.984 | 3.984 |
| Enjoyment | #1213 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
| Artwork | #1342 | 3.828 | 3.828 |
| Audio | #1830 | 3.266 | 3.266 |
| Narrative | #2965 | 2.547 | 2.547 |
Ranked from 64 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
It's about combining and separating roads to make a loop for the cars to go through
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See description for full credits.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Perapl (pear apple 🍐🍎)
Comments
Really original! Out of the road loop games I’ve tried so far, I think I like this one the best. It’s cozy, but I really like the time challenge you added with the cars, it makes the gameplay feel dynamic. Great sound and artwork. Well done!
The concept of creating/joining loop is of course obvious with loop theme, but you make it interesting with the differents interaction even early in the game (with the not joining + switching), the game is fairly difficult with the levels. I would have loved that the objective was to cause the crash instead of avoinding it haha. Great job!
The idea is super smart! This reminds me a lot of Poly Bridge where you are limited by the length and number of nodes! The art style also complements this game very well, especially the “congrats” and “fail” arts.
The game is very fun, but i got some problems. I don't understand how we split roads already looping. And i never knew where is my maximum length with the points linking tracks together.
The concept overwise is really cool and original ! I love your idea and art, it's new and good !
Amaz*boom*
I couldn't manage the level with the long train on the left and the donut lake, even after finding out that scrolling on the nodes disconnects them more reliably I still made a lot of cars go boom. Lovely take on the theme, I had a great time watching those cows ride backwards across lakes :)
Excellent game and choice of music! Enjoyable and chill, would reccomend.
So smooth and satisfying to control. Whoever chose the sound effects did a great job same for whoever set up the drag and drop controls. Not sure if it was a bug or not but cars could drive through trees. Regardless, I had such a chill time with this that I'm glad the hazards weren't too hazardous (if that makes sense). Thanks for sharing!
Fun and challenging game! I love the art style and the concept was unique too!
I really like the mechanical simplicity of reorienting platforms to create loops of traversable paths! Additional mechanics such as the requiring the vehicles to travel in a single direction also adds nicely to the puzzle designs. Overall a very interesting game, but some levels may require slight balancing as they could be a little too challenging.





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