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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #2 | 4.231 | 4.231 |
| Overall | #16 | 3.654 | 3.654 |
| Presentation | #17 | 3.615 | 3.615 |
| Use of the Limitation | #22 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
| Concept | #32 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
Nythless - nythless.itch.io, Luce - burggg.itch.io/https://soundcloud.com/lucehouse, Marilyn Baumer - spacebasssoft.itch.io
Software used
Godot Engine 3.2.1
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Cool! Great look and nice music. I got great joy out of crashing two cars together. Nice work!
Nothing like chaining up a bunch in a row and causing a 5 car pileup!
We've got a lot more than just cars, now!
And this gif is still using an old palette! Things are looking even nicer now. If you want to jump on our discord we'd be happy to chat! https://discord.gg/gA5FNY8
We're glad you liked it! We plan to start updating this game since it got such decent feedback, and we're already piecing together ways to make the pause genuinely needed. Stay tuned for more!
I want to send another thanks for the input! Since the jam version of the game we've added in a lot more things that make you want to hit that pause button, and even a couple things that require it!
We've been keeping up the great effort for good sound design, and we'd love to talk to you about it personally! https://discord.gg/gA5FNY8
Very neat game! Simple concept, but a very well done execution. I was surprised by the boss fight and found that I really enjoyed it. Only points of critique are that I didn’t find myself really needing to use the pause mechanic, I wish that I could cancel the pause early, and it would be nice if it told me in game something more like “Press X to pause!” as finding that button took me a bit. Also, not sure if you’re aware of this bug, but if you pause the game (actually pause) and then just wait, time will skip forward and you can even clear the level without doing anything
And after 4 different beta testers! Guess that still wasn't quite enough for all the bugs :P We're glad that you had a fun time with Hit the Brakes!
Thanks to you, we've patched out those bugs, and added in the ability to cancel a pause! Which wasn't even something I had considered before you brought it up, but after implementing it I find myself using it all the time, so thank you very much! We'd love to talk to you about what else we're adding. https://discord.gg/gA5FNY8
Excellent game!
The game had excellent user feedback because of the warning signs and sound effects, and I caught on pretty quickly for what I was supposed to do.
The changing music was very smart because I initially suspected the game to be an "endless runner" type game but realized that wasn't the case because of the escalating music. And boy am I glad I stuck with it because the tank boss fight was really fun and engaging!
The voice sound effects were a nice touch too.
The art was nice. The road, while plain, was going by so fast that it didn't matter. Only point of feedback I can give is to spice up the thumbnail, make it sell the game, because I probably wouldn't have even played this fun game if I hadn't checked it out from your comment!
Overall, excellent work though.
A superlative idea! I think I'll even start working on a new thumbnail now! We're so happy you enjoyed the game :D
It's crazy how much the thumbnail matters, I touched mine up and my plays went from 2 to 6 almost immediately!
Hello again! We've taken a great deal of community feedback while working on the full version of the game, and now we're excited to start talking to people about the game in more detail, especially with some other devs! https://discord.gg/gA5FNY8 You seemed to like the game more than anyone, so we hope to see you around!
I'm working on another game jam right now but I'll be sure to check it out once I'm finished!
Your game is fun, the music is ok and goes well with the rest of the game.
The art is nice but could have used a bit more definition, using more contrasts or borders maybe, to make things easier to see. A good example would be the obstacles.
Also I was under the impression that I didn't "die" even with 0 heart, maybe at -1 or -2, not sure.
I like the fact that we can see the cars that are outside of the screen, that's a nice touch!
About the pause, maybe it could have been more present, by reducing the cooldown. The pause didn't seem that useful to me.
The car's movement controls were enjoyable, but I didn't find the pause key convenient, maybe that's because of my keyboard though, it's not a native qwerty.
Overall it is a nice piece of work, good job!
We appreciate the input! I toyed around with the barricades a lot, but keeping them easy to see on the road was very hard, that's why I added the notifications for where they are off screen, but that still seemed to get a lot of people by surprise.
You do die at -1 hearts, I always liked games that give you the 0 life, but maybe here it was confusing.
If customizable keybinds didn't take so long, I'd have added that in, too!
We happy you liked driving fast from the law!
We took your criticism of the visuals very seriously, and our visual artist went through 2 entire palette overhauls to get things looking right. We really appreciate the feedback, as it helped the game look better than ever! That's not the only bit from your input we took, we'd love to chat some more with you about how the game's been updating. https://discord.gg/gA5FNY8
Gameplay is fun and its nice to have option to use controller. The graphics felt little flat but they werent bad.
We've done a big change to the colors and it adds a lot of depth to the graphics! We'd love to talk shop with you https://discord.gg/gA5FNY8
Pretty slick and fun to play. My only real gripe is that the barricades are a bit hard to see when they're moving so quickly. It might also be good to add some situations that make you feel more inclined to use the pause.
Thank you for the feedback on the barricades! Our artist took another go at them and I tweaked the time before they show on screen to make the notifications longer. We'd love to get into some more detail with you! https://discord.gg/gA5FNY8
Fun, but I would have added either a point system or level count system so the player feels like they're progressing. The sound effects and music are good.
A points system would have been brilliant! If only there were an hour more jam time... We're glad you liked it!
The game was fun! The game is very enjoyable and I loved the slow progression. I think that there should be a better use of the time pausing and maybe some differences in the environment.
We're so glad you liked it! And yeah, if there was more time there would have definitely been a wider variety in levels, and challenges that require the pause.