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Fun!

Really well done! Fun game!

I like the concept!  Very cute art!

That's really fun!  Very stressful!  A 3d version of that would be crazy!

Thanks, I'm lucky I have a buddy that writes all my music for these things.  Here's the main song he wrote for the game.  (21) Switch B: Let There Be Light Original Soundtrack By Sid Chip - YouTube

Fun, I want more.

Haha, that was great!

I idea was that I wanted to make a 3d game with nothing but 2d art.    I have no experience making 2d games and I just said screw it, I'm going to make a dream project of mine.  I'm considering building an arcade cabinet for this.

Really fun idea!  I like the 2d mechanic.

Clever concept!

Well done!  Looks great and fin to play!

The distortion on the side of the road is just a result of the 2d technique.  I have an idea of how to fix it, I just ran out of time.

It was actually really easy.  There is an older Unity Standard asset set that came with a waypoint circuit system.  It had a waypoint tracking script that made it easy to make a vehicle chase along the waypoint circuit spline.  Basically, the cars are really dumb, it's like they're chasing a rabbit that running on a track in front of them.  I should make a You-Tube vid on it, It's a pretty useful set of scripts.

Rate Tropical Rush by Rexx Thunder for The GameDev.tv Game Jam 2023 - Free Course For All Submissions! - itch.io

Rate Tropical Rush by Rexx Thunder for The GameDev.tv Game Jam 2023 - Free Course For All Submissions! - itch.io

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Rate Tropical Rush by Rexx Thunder for The GameDev.tv Game Jam 2023 - Free Course For All Submissions! - itch.io

Here's my game by the way.  Rate Tropical Rush by Rexx Thunder for The GameDev.tv Game Jam 2023 - Free Course For All Submissions! - itch.io

The game jam was a great experience for me.  I'm really proud of what our team of 2 made.  How? do you feel about your game?  What issuesd did you have?  Did it turn out the way you expected?

Really nicely done!

Neat!  I like that you couldn't see some of the bad guys when they were coming at you.

Well done!

Thanks!  It was a crunch for sure.  Very fun though.

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Fun!

Neat!

Silly!  I like it!

Great stuff!

I like it!

Really neat puzzle game!

Really fun!  Great job!

Wow, you made it to the 4th race! 

Cute game!  Nice job!

You have to include the entire folder the build came in.

Here's the soundtrack again.  Tropical Rush Original Soundtrack - YouTube

Haha, if you ever play a game series called 8 Bit Armies, the death screams are me.  The sound guy was laughing so hard while recording that.

I'll tell Vee you liked it.  She had a lot of fun recording it.

Thanks.  For those interested I used two off the shelf assets for this.  I used the car system from the Game Jam Starter Kit and the Waypoint Circuit system from the Unity standard assets with A LOT of modifications.  All the rest of the coding is original.  The buggy was a free asset from Thingiverse that I made a capture script that rendered the buggy from all the appropriate angles.  The camara work was done through Cimiemachine.  It's totally worth learning to use if you haven't yet.  

For those who are interested I've posted the soundtrack on You-Tube.  Props to my buddy for making a really great collection of music for the game!  Tropical Rush Original Soundtrack - YouTube

It's nearly all MidJourney AI.  I made the roads and buggies are rendering of a free 3d print model got off Thingiverse.   I spent the last few months mining Midjourney for images for my job so I got pretty good at it.  Just use the propt, "Pixel Art, (subject) sprites, White Background" subject is obviously what you're looking to make.