Agameallaboutcollectingcoinsandbeingfasterthanyourfriends!
CanyoubethespeediestcatThereare32different"rooms"thatyoucanexplore.Withineachroom,thereisexactlyone(1)SPEEDCOINthatyoucancollect!Collectingthe32ndcoinwillimmediatelyendthegameanddisplayyourcompletiontimeandthenumberofdeathsyouhad!
Thecoinscanbecollectedinanyorder,souseyourcreativitytothinkofcreativeroutestogetthosecoinsevenfasterthenexttime!Or,youcouldattemptano-deathsrun!ShareyourhighscoresinthecommentsbelowtocompetewiththeSPEEDCATcommunity!
InSPEEDCAT,therearetwomodes:"NormalMode"and"HardMode".Theonlydifferencebetweenthetwomodesisthatsomeblockswillblinkonandoffin"HardMode",makingsomejumpsmoredifficultthanin"NormalMode".Otherthanthat,themodesareidentical.
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SPEEDCAThasbeenmy"pet"projectforthepast2.5years.Itstartedasanexperimentformyselftolearnmoreabouthowtodetectandresolve2dcollisions.WhenIstarted,Ididn'trealizeI'dbefinishingtheentiregame!
I'vetakenmytimeonthisgame.WheneverIfeltlikemyheartwasinit,I'dputsomeworkintothegame,andwheneverIwasfeelingburntout,Itookabreak!Sowhileit'stakenlongertodevelopthantheaveragedevelopmenttimeforagamethissize,IfeellikethisgameistheculminationofallI'velearnedthusfaringamedevelopment!
Neatlittlegame!Springhitboxesareabitannoyingbutit'sokay.Naileda8:35time(18deaths,fourorfivetothesamedarnspikeitwasn'teventhathardofajump)onNormal.
Nicelydesigned.Ilikehowthefirstfewroomsareonepuzzleperroom,andthenitexpandstoaquestionofnavigatingtheentiremap.MyfirstrunIthinkIgot31coinsin8minutes,andtherestofthetimewasfindingthelastroomthatIhadneverbeentobefore:
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Iknowthatyouareconfusedtoseeasmilehere,soyoumusthitthe[show]button.
Neatgame:)
JustimagineifsomeofthesegemswereavailablewhentheAtari2600wasout.Youwouldbesittingmightypretty.
Goldstartoyou!
Whatiswonderfulaboutthisisthatitshowswhatcanbedonewithlimitations.Ithasaverylimitedpalette,spritesandsounds.Thereareonly3controlsandafewrulesoftheworldtolearn.Andyouhavemadeareallyfungame.Welldone.Thisisreally,really,good.Acredittoyourmapdesign.