HYPER SPEED (Sports Jam SUBMISSION)

Arcade Global MakeCode Arcade Game Jam
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This is my submission for the Sports Jam! Though I did have some last minute trouble, making the online play unavailable, the game is quite good in both single-player and two-player local play.

How to play

This game is quite hard for beginners, so I’m going to do a quick run-through of the machanics.

In this game you are always moving. If you hit a wall, you must turn before you hit it again.

You turn at 90 degrees. Press Q to turn left, and E to turn right. When coming up on a turn, it is faster to take the turn tight, but be careful to not turn too early and hit a wall.

You can use A and D to strafe. This is very useful for taking boosts or yoinking orbs.

When you hit one of those green orbs, you will see that your car now has an underglow. You can then press W to shoot it in front of you, potentially hitting an opponent and lowing them down. S shoots them backwards.

This game is really hard to play (my fault) so the first person to provide proof of getting first place on the Twisty track will get a reference in my next big game!

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How many laps does it take to win a race?

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It depends on the track. On Original, it’s 4, but Chaos Circuit is a lot shorter and therefore takes 6 laps to complete.

I would like to note that this game is made for computer. The recommended controls are WASD with Q and E.

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I use zx

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the controls are really confusing - its basically impossible to use WASD and QE at the same time so i end up using the arrow keys and ZX

balance the difficulty then!!! im so fed up of games being uneccessarily difficult!

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Yeah yeah, the reason I didn’t is because the difficulty comes from the core concept of fast paced orthogonal movement. I thought about changing it so that the game was easier, but that is the thing that sets this game apart. To change it would be to throw away the games very soul. (And I had already spent a week trying to get it to work)