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A game by Matt Sephton

My entry into the DreamDisc '24 Game Jam

For Sega Dreamcast hardware or emulator

You can probably play it on your little emulation handheld

THIS IS

  • Single- or Multi-player
  • Arcade Driving
  • Coin Collecting
  • Power-up Packed
  • Arena Battle
  • Mayhem!

FEATURES

  • 1 to 4 Human players
  • 1 to 8 CPU players
  • 8x cars with unique stats
  • 4x game modes
  • 3x CPU difficulty levels
  • Pick your own car colour
  • Attract mode
  • Menu system
  • Cheat system
  • Dynamic sound effects
  • CD audio music
  • 60 frames per second 
  • Secrets!

CONTROLS

MENU

  • START = accept/confirm
  • B = cancel/back
  • D-PAD = change option
  • STICK+TRIGGER = change car colour

GAMEPLAY

  • A = accelerate
  • B = brake/reverse
  • D-PAD = steer
  • STICK = steer

DRIVING

  • Accurate driving model physics with momentum and drift
  • Each car has unique handling and speed stats
  • Turning is sharper at lower speeds
  • Reverse is useful!

POWER-UPS

  • MAGNET (7s) attracts nearby coins
  • GHOST (7s) pass through other cars
  • SHIELD (5s) protects from collisions & stuns
  • BOOST (3s) increases max speed & accel
  • THUNDER (instant) stuns & shrinks other players
  • SHROOM (instant) small immediate speed boost
  • OIL (instant) causes spinouts—avoid!

OPTIONS

  • MUSO—toggle CD audio
  • LOGO—alternate reality
  • INFO—in-game debug info (Y)
  • CARS—unlock expert cars

SECRET OPTIONS

  • FAST—faster cars
  • TINY—smaller cars
  • ZOOM—larger cars
  • ROAM—menu cars remain in play
  • EASY—no collisions
  • HARD—all CPU are hard difficulty

CHEAT CODE

  • ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️
  • Enter on menu, guide, credits, or options screen

TECHNICAL

  • 100% Lua using ANTIRUINS Engine
  • Initial test version ~700 loc
  • Game Jam release version ~3900 loc
  • Pre-rendered car sprites
  • Palette-based graphics to fit lots into VRAM
  • ~2000 frames of animation per car
  • Modular so new game modes can be added easily
  • In colour with transparency and scaling
  • Sprite sorting so crashes look more convincing
  • Screen wrap with sprite draw edge wrap
  • No loading after the menu appears
  • Sit back and watch the CPU play itself
  • Silky smooth 60fps

CREDITS

  • Music by watson@MusMus
  • Some sound effects by Sound Effect Lab
  • Everything else by Matt Sephton

UPDATES

  • Future versions of the game will be paid
  • I am a full-time indie developer
  • Thanks for your support!

Download

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DREAM_RIDE.cdi.zip 21 MB

Development log

Comments

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just bought your game, hope you develop it further. it reminds me of a race game i really  "loved" on andoid called skidstorm , but was removed/changed. just needs some short rallcross style tracks. or mabe some mashup ps2 gameplay trying to knock other cars off  track to get elliminated.  thanks. had to get those wishes out.

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Thanks! I love hearing requests like this, so thanks. I can’t promise to fill all your requests exactly, but I am working away on gymkhana/challenge and track/race modes. I’ll see if I can find out more about the Android game you mention. I have played and enjoyed Mashed PS2 so I get you. More soon!

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Really nice, complete feeling game. Would just love to see more of it! Maybe some different environments, modes with a different vibe like racing etc, or some sort of career mode that keeps me hooked in. Good job!

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Absolutely agree. I’m working on it :)