haven’t really seen any dedicated racing games yet this jam, so this was a fun change of pace! the abilities you’re given in the game are really cool, they make for some really neat gameplay i’ve never really seen elsewhere. seems like there’s a super high skill ceiling with them (judging by your unbeatable-by-my-standards hard mode racers :P), which is awesome! i’d love to see a multiplayer mode for this, and to see people go face to face with these mechanics in real time. i also liked the selection of characters a lot (malmos gang wya), they fit the game well! nice job!

Solid kart racer with some fun characters and solid music

Really fun game! While I didn't have the chance to play it with a joystick, the keyboard was super responsive! It's impressive the number of characters you managed to add to the game. Congrats for that!

Hell yes, solid racer. Only thing lacking for me in this game is in terms of the visuals. Some more particles to make the wheels on the road feel more tangible, some fuller backgrounds , maybe a bit more camera shake, and I think this will feel like a very fleshed out game.

Awesome job on creating a full racing game in such a short time! I loved the mode-switching and the responsive controls (even on keyboard!). The tracks designs are great but i wish there was more checkpoints. The art style and characters were adorable, and the music is bangin' ! Well done!

This is really fun, i like the variety of characters you've managed to include and the multiple maps

The only thing is i noticed i was holding down drift a lot, maybe an option where its down by default and pressing the button is release would be a nice addition

Really impressive making a full racing game for a jam! The controls felt pretty good on controller and I like the idea of switching between modes to maneuver around the map - the tracks do a good job of promoting that mechanic. Love the cast of characters and the art style gives the game some charm. I'm a Norman Feetus main ;) Would love to see this with polish in the track details, cart stuff, but you have a solid foundation. Nice job!

Great job! This is a wonderfully engaging and fun racing game, the movement and controls feel great! Nice work!

I think this this is a fun racing game with a good and varied cast of characters, pretty good music (I can tell that Bryce put a lot of effort into it) and nice and tight controls. In the case that you want to expand from this game, here are a few things that I noticed (please mind that I am playing on a keyboard):
The drifting didn't quite work sometimes. It would block the directional input sometimes and sometimes not get activated.
I didn't like that the environment sprites were facing the camera. I feel like it removes a bit of perceptive depth.
I think for any racing game, having hidden or hard to execute shortcuts is pretty fun and adds a higher skill ceiling.

Thank you for this fun entry to the game jam!

I love the 2D and 3D mashup style of this game. The movement is super intuitive and the karts have really solid movement.  I could tell the track designs were well-tested/planned out. My fav buddy was Malmos!!

I'm a sucker for games where everything has eyes. The billboard sprites in the 3d game really brought it back to old Mario Kart. Also it was very clever to record yourself for the AI, thats an awesome technique!

the images cover the how to play text:

happens in full screen as well

I’ve always loved Mario Kart so the controls felt very intuitive. Having a ghost to race rather than just a time to beat is great, and seeing a hard mode ghost let me figure out the “wiggle directions while drifting” tech (which is also in Mario Kart!). It’s a shame you couldn’t get more frequent respawn points working, perhaps some “offroad” terrain around turns and corners could reduce some of the brutal-ness of going off-track.

As others said, I too liked the usage of sprites in 3D. Especially the drivers looked super fun sitting in the 3D-modeled car when you get the full turnaround in the start. The diff drivingmodes felt meaningful and it was fun trying to find a balance between in using the modes and when to slide and boost or not.
Only one small issue: I coudn't turn left while drifting. It worked for WASD but it was hard to then use Q and E then so I drove with the arrow keys. Might be just my keyboard is bad. I'm sure its better with a controller though, didn't have one rn.

I loved the overall aesthetic of the game with the 2d sprites and 3d world. Clean UI too. Love the characters. The cart controls very well, still trying to beat some of the tracks on hard! Great job!

simple but charming i like the 2d sprites in a 3d environment

It's so cool to see another racer on here!!!  It looks like we actually had similar core concepts but went in totally different directions with the whole hover vs driving mechanics.

Your game has such tight controls.  I really like the way that you demonstrate the mastery that you can gain with your car with the LIVE ghost that you actually race against.  That is such a cool way to do difficulties in a way that actually lets the player know what is possible with the systems in your game.  I immediately jumped in against the hardmode cpu and got totally lapped haha.

It's also cool that everything reads so clearly with your animations.  I like the sparks to tell when you are drifting, the color shift when the boost is ready, and the different models for which mode you are in.

Graphically I'm a total sucker for some cute 2d art on billboards.  I liked how you really could tell what your guy was doin in the car from the little lean they did.

Great racing game!