Bigmode Jam Kart 2023

Made for https://itch.io/jam/bigmode-2023/entries

Please activate full screen mode for the best experience, and play with a controller if possible. See the How to Play section on the title screen for the controls. Your first goal while playing the game should be to not fall off the sides, and the second goal is to master the boost mechanics so that you can beat the Hard Mode rivals. To beat the Hard Mode rivals you must also master swapping in and out of HoverKart Mode to maximize your speed at the price of maneuverability.

Last month I was playing a lot of Mario Kart with my family and having a blast, so for the Bigmode Jam 2023 I decided to make a Kart Racer.

The awesome Menu and Fidget Acres music tracks were custom made by Bryce with Rice, many thanks to Bryce and sorry for butchering your meticulous recordings in the scramble to get the game released. The raw music tracks are even more amazing than the clips I edited down to include in the game.

All Rival race data was recorded live by myself, so when you're racing against the rivals you really are racing against my ghost.

I was hoping to have unlockable characters featured in the game but I ran out of time, so all characters are unlocked by default. I also wanted to add more respawn points so that racers did not always reset to the Starting Line after falling, but I was running into too many issues to get that working in time.

Thanks for playing! Please share any feedback you have but keep in mind this was made in 18 days. As I type this description, it is 1 hour until the Jam submission deadline and I need some sleep.