Retro Racing 64

Retro Racing 64

This is a simple F1 racing game for the 32bit jam 2022. 

It works on the web as well as on mobile, and it includes a leaderboard to keep track of the world records.

My thoughts

I've been wanting to make a low poly racing game for a while now and the 32bit jam seemed like the perfect opportunity to give it a shot. 

I don't usually do 3D games so I treated this project as an educational experience. I already had made a very basic prototype a few years ago but the car physics was awful, it didn't work on mobile, and it didn't have leaderboards. So I decided the rewrite it from scratch, fix all those issues, and add more features. 

My initial goal was way more ambitious than what I ended up submitting. I wanted to have procedurally generated tracks, several locations, and car customization. However, for personal reasons I didn't have as much time as I expected, so I had to cut a lot of that stuff and ended up settling for a single handmade track and a single car with no customization. Being realistic though, even with the full two weeks I probably wouldn't be able to meet my goals anyway. 

Despite my unreasonable expectations, I'm happy with the results and I had a lot of fun working on this.

Credits:

• Programming by Ricardo Moran
• Music: HexaPuppies Synthwave 80s Retro Music Pack by DavidKBD
  
• Countdown SFX: Countdown by Destructavator
• Engine SFX: Car Engine Loop by qubodup
• New record SFX: Ta Da! by Mike Koenig
• Fonts: CATV 6X12 9 by HolyBlackCat
  
• Fonts: Tomorrow by Tony de Marco and Monica Rizzolli
• Fonts: UniCons by Juergen Krausz
• Fonts: Super Mario 256 by fsuarez913
• Onscreen Controls by Kenney
• UI Theme: Kenney's UI Theme by azagaya (and Kenney)