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Mini Jam 101: Limit

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[Mini Jam 101: Limit] Tower DrifterView game page

An entry for Mini Jam 101

Submitted by lrozanski — 6 hours, 50 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Concept	#76	3.083	3.083
Enjoyment	#81	2.500	2.500
Overall	#88	2.583	2.583
Presentation	#89	2.500	2.500
Use of the Limitation	#100	2.250	2.250

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Software used
Unity, FMOD Studio

Use of the limitation
An original take on the theme was difficult for this one, because elements of tower defense introduce limits. I interpreted the additional limitation (which was control your environment) as being able to influence towers around you (within a limited range), possibly controlling them directly, but I had to cut down on the original vision.

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Comments

DaebakSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really enjoyed the drifting on the cars. In a way the simplicity of the visuals worked well since it was easy to keep track of which car was yours. If you ever flesh this out I think it could be really interesting with more mechanics. Good stuff!

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PhantomHistorySubmitted2 years ago

Fun game!

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Wizzy TicTac Boxes

HouseDevSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Your game is so fun and unique in its idea but it falls short when it coms to presenation so maybe work on it,other than that Great Job!

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Magnetic-Entanglement

rtnmanSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Great concept, but after around a minute all the cars stopped moving when they were out of range of my towers so I was essentially softlocked.

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Rolling Away 1.03

lrozanskiDeveloper2 years ago

Yeah, I heard multiple people mention it. Annoyingly enough it never happens to me, so I can't debug. Glad you liked it!

Blockhead ManiacSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

like the drifting. I was confused in the beginning because I didn't know what to do and what the player was but it was a interesting game

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lrozanskiDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thanks! I did put extra effort into making the drift feel nice :)

DenzilG2 years ago(+1)

I like how you've done the drift, very satisfying to go around the bends. A little more visual polish would've been nice but to be fair you got quite a lot in there especially solo! Would like to see what you'd do with it with a little more time on your hands

lrozanskiDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks!

DelightfulDevSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Tower defense + racing, really awesome concept! the drifting felt great!

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Werewolf Gardener

lrozanskiDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks! It took me way too long to get it right, but I feel it was worth it :)

JayaSubmitted2 years ago

For some reason it lags a bunch and the sounds just repeat and overlap. Can't really play it

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lrozanskiDeveloper2 years ago

Interesting, that never happened to me. What specs do you have? Also which OS / browser?

JayaSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I do have a potato laptop but it should still work since its strong enough to actually make games. I played on Chrome in windows

lrozanskiDeveloper2 years ago

There's a lot of raycasts under the hood to make sure the AI works and I wonder if that might have something to do with this. In that case "strong enough to make games" requires a clarification as to what kind of games. Most 2d games that don't rely on physics are not going to tax any system at all, but with enough calculations I can see how less powerful systems might struggle.

I have a pretty powerful desktop setup so it's always difficult for me to judge how it affects performance without having people test it. Sorry it doesn't run well for you :(

JayaSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I have made multiple physics based 2d games and they all work fine. My current project has hundreds of collisions over a few seconds constantly and it holds up just fine so I’m not sure why your game would run so badly on my laptop. Idk it’s just one of those things I guess

lrozanskiDeveloper2 years ago

Ah, thanks for clarifying. It's really weird, I have like 6 raycasts for each car every FixedUpdate, but that shouldn't be causing slowdown. At least I know to investigate now, so thanks for the constructive criticism! Could be some weird WebGL issue too.

JayaSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Yeah i have never messed around with WebGL so it might be that. I dont see why a few raycasts would affect performance. Anyway it looked like a cool game. maybe ill come visit it again when i upgrade to a more powerful computer