I REALLY wanted to like this game. I really really did. This game started out so strongly and ended so flatly. I was so pumped by the beginning and the buildup of this game but the final sequence was SUCH an exercise in frustration, and some serious bugs required multiple restarts as if you don't get the ending sequence right the first time it gets jammed in a way that you cannot escape without quitting and reloading.
hey! I really appreciate the feedback. I totally agree that the latter half loses steam and for the full release, I’ve actually reworked most of it entirely already (not in the current build here tho!) Re: bugs - would you be down to explain them more in depth either here or ya can email me toxton at gmail.com? I’m going ham on fixing all that I can but as a pretty inexperienced dev, it’s a struggle to find them. Either way, glad you gave it a chance and took the time to give feedback!
This had everything we love: synthwave, retro games, horror and Lil Beef loves racing. The objectives were easy to understand and the story was very complete for a demo. The pacing was excellent and the mood was perfect with the 80s feel combined with a slow build to horror. Fantastic work! The slugs cartoon was awesome.
I didn't know what to expect going in but this was one of the most violently uncomfortable experiences I've had in a while, great job! (PS. I'm a Henry stan, i love that guy and his apples)
hell ya! thanks for posting - excited to watch tonight :) haha definitely buggy! But the full release should see a significant reduction of bugs/technical issues! Id love to say a complete reduction but i aint a miracle worker.
really cool game so far, sadly i couldn't finish it as i was un able to interact with anything after henry buzzed in. the door wouldnt open so i was suck in my room!
Was really enjoying the game but had a bug where I could not interact after the second character was at the door- tried buzzing in, tried leaving the apartment. Eventually after trying to leave the apartment a few times, I could not interact with anything at all. Would love to see a patch so I can finish this game!
Very interesting game for sure. I wish we saw more effects of the infection that is going around in the world you created. But for what it is, it's really good.
Races were raced, and switches were flipped. All in all a good time was had. The only bug was when you go to let your friend in the building. I looked out the window twice and the game bugged.
I was watching someone play it, and during the whole time I couldn't shake of the feeling of deja vu. So I have to ask, is it inspired by some type creepypasta ? 'Cause I swear it's familiar.
I finally found it, in case it interests you, it's "Psychosis".
It's not exactly the same, but your work gave me a similar feeling of dread, enough to bring it back from my memories after years of not thinking about it.
Its absolutely wild you found that because while it *did* hugely inspire me - I completely forgot it did. When I first started learning game dev 3 years ago, I remember reading that story and loving how simple it was at conveying the feelings of being trapped inside (which, during early 2020 when I first started was...slightly relevant) and how subtle the descent into insanity is. I read it like, 10 times in a week and wanted to make a game with a simmilar vibe that took place in a simple inside setting. But then I moved on many different game ideas and forgot all about it. When i finally came back to the "simple, inside, spooky" idea earlier this year - i had long since forgotten where it began.
im rambling but, im thoroughly impressed you made that connection and very happy that it came back around - and evoked that same feeling. 2020 tim would be damn proud.
I don't know when you're able to do it exaclty, but at some point after you get the controller you are able to go through the initial dialogue to get it again, and once you finish it you seem to glitch above the apartments with, weirdly, inverted up/down mouse movement and left/right walking only. Oh and another thing, which might not be a bug, but at one point of coming back into my apartment the spooky poster with the guy staring at you seemed as though it was ripped off the wall. At first I thought this was a difference between Patch 1 and 2, but then later the poster reappeared on the wall normally. Oh and I have never gotten a right arrow in the minigame.
these are great things to report! Thank ya! I *hope* i removed the console camera bug. The posters are supposed to be removed! (not added back...but thats for another patch!) and so weird! I have no reasoning for that - its an array of 4 different rotations, all with equal chance to be pulled. Ha your game is a statistical anomaly! regardless, seriously appreciate the bug reports :)
Holy crap this was amazing! Everything from the storytelling to the top tier visuals, this is one of the best games I've played this year, no cap. Can't wait for the sequel!
This was really good! Really enjoyed this throughout the whole experience especially with how you can play on the video game console, that was a nice touch, and the graphics were pretty good too. Made a video on it.
Ive watched this like 10 times since you posted it and smile ear to ear the whole time. cant thank ya enough taking the time to play, record, edit, and post about this. watching ya notice and appreciate all the small details is really *REALLY* special. thank ya.
i fell instantly in love with this game. it's got a unique eerieness to it that i adore in horror games but that i unfortunately don't see much of. i'm so excited to see what else you create in the future. (and here's to hoping that you continue the unusual but fantastic story with this one)
i liked this one!! really fun sound design and modelling, i could feel the passion in that synthesiser :)
i particularly loved that minor dream sequence towards the start which perfectly emulated those strange "game dreams" i had a lot when i was a kid after playing games for too long, where it was like i was INSIDE future racer 2000... really just so much fun, nice work!
ahhhh! This is so frickin cool! Watching someone else play this is a real trip - can’t thank ya enough for both trying it and posting this. Beyond cool.
If you don’t mind - if you’re feeling inspired, what are like 3-5 things you felt worked or you liked and what are 3-5 things you felt didn’t work well or didn’t like?
honesly I thought the phone calls were creepy! I loved them. The atmosphere was awesome and Just the errie-ness of the game was perfect to me. I didnt like the the arrows for the racer game. Thats just me being lazy and not wanting to mess up haha. I totally enjoyed the game and I do hope you have other things in the works bro!
oK, I want to love this game, but it has frozen on me 3 times. Right after i beat the first racer game and had to answer the phone it froze. So i had to restart and beat it again. it froze again when leaving the apartment i belive the second time. It froze again when I reset the power and turn around to the creepy guy. Now I cant get out of the service tunnel. I hit F and im now clicking left mouse button to see better. I cant get out lmao! I do like the concept so much and I want to add the video to my channel today!
Goddamn! I have no idea why it’s freezing so much - I’m sorry! I’ll have to dive in further. I can only assume it’s just poorly optimized.
In terms of the tunnel - at the end is a vent. Turn off the eye thing and you can travel through.
Again - I’m sorry it’s bein such a pain! Seriously appreciate ya trying it out - and 3 times no less. I’ll go into it more today and see if I can problem solve it.
Thanks for the tip with the tunnel! I hope you can get it fixed cause it really is awesome! I will now try to complete it and get the video up on my channel! Thanks for the awesome game
Ok question- when you say it froze, do you mean like the game literally froze (as in crashed) or you were unable to move (but the sound was still normal etc) Trying to fix all these dang bugs and I can’t seem to get it to crash. But I CAN get it to freeze your movement.
lMAOOOO, damn, ngl, computers should be free no matter the build in this day and age, if they're already looking for better advancements, current age computers shouldn't even have a monetary value.
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What a cool little game, never played anything like it. Good work and I hope to see more games in the future :)
画质很棒，剧情也是很完整的游戏DEMO！游戏中还能玩游戏，赛车游戏到后期真的挺难的呢！可能我需要一些劲舞团类游戏的鞭打哈哈哈。在朋友可能已经“变异”的情况下，是救还是不救，是很艰难的选择。从一些选项看，这游戏应该是多结局的。非常期待正式版的游戏！同时，游戏文本较多，希望会有多语言。【喵玛】门外的人看起来都不正常，我要不要开门救朋友？恐怖游戏《Future Racer 2000（未来赛车2000）》DEMO
Amazing game! Made a review.
best game of the century
Amazing pixel art work and aesthetic on the actual "Future Racer 2000" very spooky game with a good concept overall.
https://www.indiegamesjam.com/future-racer-2000-indie-horror-game-review/
This was an excellent experience! The music, retro nostalgia, the comedy and the horror elements were all on point!
I REALLY wanted to like this game. I really really did. This game started out so strongly and ended so flatly. I was so pumped by the beginning and the buildup of this game but the final sequence was SUCH an exercise in frustration, and some serious bugs required multiple restarts as if you don't get the ending sequence right the first time it gets jammed in a way that you cannot escape without quitting and reloading.
hey! I really appreciate the feedback. I totally agree that the latter half loses steam and for the full release, I’ve actually reworked most of it entirely already (not in the current build here tho!) Re: bugs - would you be down to explain them more in depth either here or ya can email me toxton at gmail.com? I’m going ham on fixing all that I can but as a pretty inexperienced dev, it’s a struggle to find them. Either way, glad you gave it a chance and took the time to give feedback!
WHAT IN THE TARNATION IS THIS GAME?. IT FREAKED ME OUT THATS ALL I KNOW. LOL
(PS. I'm a Henry stan, i love that guy and his apples)
Great game! A little buggy, but definitely an awesome experience!
hell ya! thanks for posting - excited to watch tonight :)
haha definitely buggy! But the full release should see a significant reduction of bugs/technical issues! Id love to say a complete reduction but i aint a miracle worker.
really cool game so far, sadly i couldn't finish it as i was un able to interact with anything after henry buzzed in. the door wouldnt open so i was suck in my room!
uploading a fix as we speak!
also thanks for the heads up!!
Was really enjoying the game but had a bug where I could not interact after the second character was at the door- tried buzzing in, tried leaving the apartment. Eventually after trying to leave the apartment a few times, I could not interact with anything at all. Would love to see a patch so I can finish this game!
i added an accidental bug in my last patch! uploading a fix as we speak :)
awesome, excited to check it out this week!
also appreciate ya letting me know!
Very interesting game for sure. I wish we saw more effects of the infection that is going around in the world you created. But for what it is, it's really good.
Here's my channel for other games I have played. https://www.youtube.com/@Levont
Races were raced, and switches were flipped. All in all a good time was had. The only bug was when you go to let your friend in the building. I looked out the window twice and the game bugged.
I really liked this!
FUll Play NO Commentary
Responded on your video :)
tim, you have impecable timing, i listerally just encountered the bug where you get stuck in the apartment and now im playing the patch, thank you!
ha dont thank me yet...let me know if it helped!
The jumpscares in this game are insane!!! This is one of my favorites on Itch right now!!! I hope to see more of your future projects!!! 10/10!!!
hell ya! Thank ya thank ya! Ill def watch your video later tonight :)
I was watching someone play it, and during the whole time I couldn't shake of the feeling of deja vu. So I have to ask, is it inspired by some type creepypasta ? 'Cause I swear it's familiar.
there absolutely could be a story out there that’s similar but as far as I know, it’s a story by your truly.
I did a Reddit post awhile back with the same diseases but that was the only overlap.
Well, if I ever do find it i'll let you know
I finally found it, in case it interests you, it's "Psychosis".
It's not exactly the same, but your work gave me a similar feeling of dread, enough to bring it back from my memories after years of not thinking about it.
Thank you for that.
I totally forgot to respond to this apologies.
Its absolutely wild you found that because while it *did* hugely inspire me - I completely forgot it did. When I first started learning game dev 3 years ago, I remember reading that story and loving how simple it was at conveying the feelings of being trapped inside (which, during early 2020 when I first started was...slightly relevant) and how subtle the descent into insanity is. I read it like, 10 times in a week and wanted to make a game with a simmilar vibe that took place in a simple inside setting. But then I moved on many different game ideas and forgot all about it. When i finally came back to the "simple, inside, spooky" idea earlier this year - i had long since forgotten where it began.
im rambling but, im thoroughly impressed you made that connection and very happy that it came back around - and evoked that same feeling. 2020 tim would be damn proud.
I don't know when you're able to do it exaclty, but at some point after you get the controller you are able to go through the initial dialogue to get it again, and once you finish it you seem to glitch above the apartments with, weirdly, inverted up/down mouse movement and left/right walking only. Oh and another thing, which might not be a bug, but at one point of coming back into my apartment the spooky poster with the guy staring at you seemed as though it was ripped off the wall. At first I thought this was a difference between Patch 1 and 2, but then later the poster reappeared on the wall normally. Oh and I have never gotten a right arrow in the minigame.
these are great things to report! Thank ya! I *hope* i removed the console camera bug. The posters are supposed to be removed! (not added back...but thats for another patch!) and so weird! I have no reasoning for that - its an array of 4 different rotations, all with equal chance to be pulled. Ha your game is a statistical anomaly! regardless, seriously appreciate the bug reports :)
wow man i LOVED this! great job!
thanks brudda :)
I hope the music is not copyrighted. 4/5
haha it is not! it's by me, and i aint making any takedown notices. excited to watch later :) appreciate the video and the review!
Thank you. :)
I love this future game!!Nice:)
hell ya! Thanks for posting! i cannot read or speak japanese but im still gonna watch the hell out of that later. thanks again for sharing!
love it thank you
fuck ya! excited to watch later man, thanks for sharing!
Holy crap this was amazing! Everything from the storytelling to the top tier visuals, this is one of the best games I've played this year, no cap. Can't wait for the sequel!
as i said on ya vid, this is so awesome. thanks again man :)
Made an itch.io acc just to comment on how cool/unique this is :) love shit like this. Keep up the great work!
pebblething, youre a treasure. thanks :)
This was really good! Really enjoyed this throughout the whole experience especially with how you can play on the video game console, that was a nice touch, and the graphics were pretty good too. Made a video on it.
hell ya!! so excited to watch later tonight. Really appreciate you taking the time to create and post - and the super kind words of course.
Ive watched this like 10 times since you posted it and smile ear to ear the whole time. cant thank ya enough taking the time to play, record, edit, and post about this. watching ya notice and appreciate all the small details is really *REALLY* special. thank ya.
Very weird and bizarre game.
hell ya. Thanks for playin, recordin, editin, and posting it here. It’s still surreal to watch someone else play it.
whatchu think? You’re a Roman emperor. You puttin that thumb up or down?
A very unique and weird experience (in a good way), congratulations
thank ya! Means a helluva lot. And thanks for playing :)
i fell instantly in love with this game. it's got a unique eerieness to it that i adore in horror games but that i unfortunately don't see much of. i'm so excited to see what else you create in the future. (and here's to hoping that you continue the unusual but fantastic story with this one)
ha! This makes my day. Seriously. Thank ya. I’m hoping to continue it too! I’ll keep ya updated :)
great jobs scary
Thankyathankyathankya for playing. Seriously. Watching ya play it is pretttty wild.
saw this through a playthrough since i have horrible reflexes. great design and sense of humor!
I’m working on a story mode that removes the race failure conditions :) so there’s still hope!
i liked this one!! really fun sound design and modelling, i could feel the passion in that synthesiser :)
i particularly loved that minor dream sequence towards the start which perfectly emulated those strange "game dreams" i had a lot when i was a kid after playing games for too long, where it was like i was INSIDE future racer 2000... really just so much fun, nice work!
Ha exactly how I intended it! When ya played so much, its all your brain is kickin around. So, perfect response :).
thanks for the kind words and for playin!
here is my playthrough! Awesome game
ahhhh! This is so frickin cool! Watching someone else play this is a real trip - can’t thank ya enough for both trying it and posting this. Beyond cool.
If you don’t mind - if you’re feeling inspired, what are like 3-5 things you felt worked or you liked and what are 3-5 things you felt didn’t work well or didn’t like?
honesly I thought the phone calls were creepy! I loved them. The atmosphere was awesome and Just the errie-ness of the game was perfect to me. I didnt like the the arrows for the racer game. Thats just me being lazy and not wanting to mess up haha. I totally enjoyed the game and I do hope you have other things in the works bro!
oK, I want to love this game, but it has frozen on me 3 times. Right after i beat the first racer game and had to answer the phone it froze. So i had to restart and beat it again. it froze again when leaving the apartment i belive the second time. It froze again when I reset the power and turn around to the creepy guy. Now I cant get out of the service tunnel. I hit F and im now clicking left mouse button to see better. I cant get out lmao! I do like the concept so much and I want to add the video to my channel today!
Goddamn! I have no idea why it’s freezing so much - I’m sorry! I’ll have to dive in further. I can only assume it’s just poorly optimized.
In terms of the tunnel - at the end is a vent. Turn off the eye thing and you can travel through.
Again - I’m sorry it’s bein such a pain! Seriously appreciate ya trying it out - and 3 times no less. I’ll go into it more today and see if I can problem solve it.
Thanks for the tip with the tunnel! I hope you can get it fixed cause it really is awesome! I will now try to complete it and get the video up on my channel! Thanks for the awesome game
Ok I finished it, Creepy game too bro! Going to edit and upload now!
Ok question- when you say it froze, do you mean like the game literally froze (as in crashed) or you were unable to move (but the sound was still normal etc) Trying to fix all these dang bugs and I can’t seem to get it to crash. But I CAN get it to freeze your movement.
Damn, that file size is HUGE bruh.
HUGE TECHNILOGICAL RACING ADVANCEMENTS REQUIRE SACRIFICE (AND HUGE FILES)
lMAOOOO, damn, ngl, computers should be free no matter the build in this day and age, if they're already looking for better advancements, current age computers shouldn't even have a monetary value.