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Cart #34014 | 2016-12-23 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA
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Wave Race Legend

Hop on Jetski, catch some air, and smash your opponents!

POST YOUR HIGHSCORES IN THE THREAD BELOW!

Controls

  • Left/Right to move
  • X/Z/Down (while airborne) to smash opponents

Features

  • Real-time wave simulation
  • Tight arcade controls
  • Endless gameplay
  • Combo system
  • Dynamic 4 color palette
  • 3 new songs by Gruber_Music

Gameplay

Dev Log (expand below)

Version 1.1

  • New music by Gruber_Music (2 new songs + remaster of original song).
  • Proper in-game credits.

Version 1.0

Cart #32060 | 2016-10-30 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA
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  • Original Release

Version 0.6

Cart #31366 | 2016-10-21 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA
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  • New Logo (Font)
  • Palette swap is now tied to score rather than user selected (changes every time difficulty increases).
  • Added new Nightmare palette to 5th wave!
  • New PocketCHIP friendly controls.
  • Short tutorial during first enemy.
  • Added cool "floating text" to Press Start screen.
  • Remove flashing lights when scoring a point and replacing it with subtle camera shake.
  • Add water-splashing particle effects.

Version 0.5

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  • Significantly increased AI difficulty.
  • Difficulty ramps up as game progresses (more enemies every 5 points).
  • Highscore is now tracked saved.
  • Improved background and visuals.
  • New audio queuing system (more info: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=27899).
  • Added "Speed-Streak" particle effects.

Version 0.4

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  • Removed debug commands.
  • Added ability to cycle color palettes (right arrow on main menu).
  • Added music and sfx.

Version 0.3

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Final version for #GBJAM. Please play and vote here: https://itch.io/jam/gbjam-5/rate/90361!

Version 0.2

Cart #30433 | 2016-10-09 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA
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Added score, as well as winning and losing. Basic AI in place.

Version 0.1

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Initial submission.

Original


P#30265 2016-10-08 01:03 ( Edited 2017-02-05 18:10)

Pretty neat game, MHugson ! I can see it might be possible to make it a bit of an aggressive play with one skier jumping on top of another having bested a crest in the waves.

Might make that score or lose a life or something.

Might add particle effects to show the water spraying from behind. Water might have a moving pattern beneath too to emphasize vision of motion.

P#30269 2016-10-08 01:35 ( Edited 2016-10-08 05:35)

Nice physics! You could do a demake of Tiny Wings with that type of stuff maybe. Lots of possibilities with that type of action.

P#30333 2016-10-08 18:08 ( Edited 2016-10-08 22:08)

Loving the wave Physics, will have a play in the jam

P#30526 2016-10-10 07:48 ( Edited 2016-10-10 11:48)

Very nice game!
My highscore is 34!
Thanks

P#30572 2016-10-10 16:58 ( Edited 2016-10-10 20:58)

Yah, hopefully adding some more challenge to keep things interesting longer!

P#30732 2016-10-12 02:09 ( Edited 2016-10-12 06:09)

I'm trying 0.5 and can't score at all. I land right on top of the opponent and the game goes on like I completely missed.

Let me save a video.

??? Oh, okay, you have to push DOWN on the controller while in mid-air. That's not listed in the instructions. I got it now.

P#31091 2016-10-16 22:53 ( Edited 2016-10-17 02:56)

Good point! I meant to add instructions and totally forgot! I'll add it to the description at least.

P#31096 2016-10-17 00:15 ( Edited 2016-10-17 04:15)

I'd just like to point out as well that trying to use the up & down arrows in conjunction with the left & right ones is incredibly awkward on the PocketCHIP.
I'd suggest the O or X button instead. :)

P#31127 2016-10-17 18:59 ( Edited 2016-10-17 22:59)

Done! Thanks for the feedback Jeremy!

P#31136 2016-10-18 00:47 ( Edited 2016-10-18 04:47)

I can't stop playing this game, it's so simple yet so addictive!
I even reached the black palette, that's very difficult ( and it's a good thing :D).
If you want, it would be nice to have a death match between two players :)
Thank you, you have made me pass my long train travels to work!

p.s. 38!

P#32549 2016-11-16 06:59 ( Edited 2016-11-16 13:46)

Wow thanks @Baerius! That means a lot! I actually haven't made it to the black level myself since I change the difficulty a while back... :D Good to know it still works. What's your high score?

P#32570 2016-11-16 18:23 ( Edited 2016-11-16 23:23)

@mhughson 38!
At some point i started to bounce from head to head as the enemies appeared on the screen without being bouced on by anyone, until the black palette surprised me.. a bit of luck, a lot of training :)
Thanks again!

P#32581 2016-11-17 11:30 ( Edited 2016-11-17 16:30)

It took me a bit to figure out the strategy, but I found it really satisfying that I could trick the enemies by catching them while they were riding down a wave so I could get in the air first, and then start bouncing off them for combos... Really fun game. :D

P#32618 2016-11-18 23:20 ( Edited 2016-11-19 04:20)

This is a really fun game. Fun little mechanic and a challenging game built around it.

I can't help but feel like it's a little tooo hard, though. I scored 28 once, which was a blast since I was bouncing from man to man, but the vast majority of my plays I struggle to get 1 or 2 then i get stomped.

I realize that the game is kind of 'fair' right now, that is, your opponents have similar movements and movesets to you (bravo on the AI, btw). However, in the name of fun, might it be worthwhile to gimp them a little somehow? Like, maybe their stomps move slower than yours, or maybe they can't jump as high? They are all on a team, afterall, so this might be evening the playing field.

I don't want to just say "itz too hard," but the fun runs area reaaally good, but boring runs are... kind of blah, and there are so many of them. Just some thoughts.

Great game!

P#32888 2016-12-01 13:11 ( Edited 2016-12-01 18:11)

Connorses: Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to give feedback!

paloblancogames: Thanks for the feedback! I really struggled with that aspect of the game. It was really hard to make them easier without making the game super easy. The moment I nerf the AI at all, they seem to be really easy to knock off (eg. if they move slower than the player, all you need to do is constantly move away from them and they can't hit you). If I come back for a version 1.1 that will be one of the areas I look into!

P#32900 2016-12-02 00:30 ( Edited 2016-12-02 05:30)

High score of 25! Had a blast with this game, very fun!

P#32920 2016-12-02 16:49 ( Edited 2016-12-02 21:49)

Wow, this game is really fun + catchy – music is simple, but contributes to the arcade feel and is a good match. The color palette is also really nice. Really enjoying playing this game! I've looped through color palettes a couple times, though it seems a little inconsistent – description says I think that it changes palette when you score 5 its? But, if I chain combos I can get it to shift really quickly vs if I don't chain combos I can stay in the same palette for a long time – for instance, in my high score of 60, I didn't loop through all the pallets, just up through sunrise (bright red/orange?), didn't even make it to "midnight". Anyhow, lots of fun!

High score: 60! Again, thank you so much, this is a really fun catchy game! It would be neat if there was a little more sense of progression somehow, if you ever consider expanding on it... :)

P#33085 2016-12-05 16:04 ( Edited 2016-12-05 21:05)

You actually have to HIT a multiple of 5 exactly to get new palette. Meaning if you are at score of 3, and then get a 2 chain (worth 3) you will jump to 6 points and not move to next palette. It's kind of weird, and originally a bug, but I liked that it added a little meta to the game. Amazing you made it to 60 though!! Must have had a crazy big chain combo.

P#33091 2016-12-05 17:41 ( Edited 2016-12-05 22:41)

Ahh!! That makes a little more sense ~ definitely a bit odd, would have taken me a while to figure that out maybe, but it is neat. Yes, that was such an amazing run! I actually pulled it off again this afternoon too! It gets really intense when the screen gets crowded on palette swaps, and I was a little disappointed – I hadn't realized I had such a good score but also hadn't beaten my previous record!

Edit: Yeah, just chained a +10 combo in a row and got 63 without actually shifting palette more than the first pink palette (sunset?).

Anyhow, thanks this is a really fun game. Easy to pick up and play for a few minutes when I am taking a break, and I love the aesthetic. Definitely would be interested if you were considering expanding on the premise. I don't know if it would mess with the balance, but you might consider adding "power ups" that appear periodically, and maybe you can save up to 2 or something, and then if you use them they give you a short boost in speed – this might be useful in dodging under dropping skids.

P#33145 2016-12-06 21:46 ( Edited 2016-12-07 04:25)

I think you've created a perfect game. This is crazy fun and addictive, and it just feels so good to zip off waves and bounce off enemies.

Just about the only suggestion I can think of is to add a brief musical jingle for combos that increases in pitch as you get higher and higher combos. It would definitely make the game more fun for me.

P#34100 2016-12-24 15:07 ( Edited 2016-12-24 20:07)

@Maximimpanic: Ah, thanks! Great idea with the pitch changing on combos!

You might like another game I made too: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=28132

P#34105 2016-12-24 17:56 ( Edited 2016-12-24 22:57)

So addictive. 31 was my best score. Great game mhughson!

P#35327 2017-01-09 07:04 ( Edited 2017-01-09 12:04)

scratch that. 36 :D

P#35328 2017-01-09 07:10 ( Edited 2017-01-09 12:10)

High score of 35 (so far). It gets crazy!

P#37136 2017-02-04 10:04 ( Edited 2017-02-04 15:04)

My best is 17!

P#37176 2017-02-05 13:10 ( Edited 2017-02-06 02:13)

My best is 51! You reach a CRAZY number of enemies by the time the palette loops!

P#76655 2020-05-15 18:29

Mine is 9

P#76658 2020-05-15 18:37

Good, but the Ai is too hard.

P#80054 2020-07-28 20:53

Woah! This feels like a complete game, so good

P#80062 2020-07-28 23:49

Great game, my high-score is currently 22. About the AI, I think its fine, but its a bit unforgiving. Overall, a nice challenge. I feel like this would work great as a mobile game, lol

P#82509 2020-10-02 15:04

I got 64! So far. Think thats the best

P#90952 2021-04-22 18:50 ( Edited 2021-04-22 18:51)

I love this game so much! I would love to see a two-player implementation at some point! Amazing work!

P#105728 2022-01-27 06:26

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