Working on developing an accessible retro racing game – feedback welcome

I love the idea, but I've found it a bit hard at first. A tutorial to start with going over different sounds and what they mean, and what to do would be good. I'd love to continue testing.

I also love the idea for this game. If you haven't done so already, another community you could reach out to is www.audiogames.net. Under the forum section of the site, there is a play testing page for developers who would like to request feedback on games they are developing.

I also love this idea, but so far can't figure the game out. I think it needs a tutorial or a demo video so we can understand what the sounds mean and how to play. I run out of lives before I can even start to get an idea of what to do.

I'm curious what games inspired this project. I remember some of those old Tiger LCD games, but don't think I remember any like this one. This may send me down a rabit hole. lol

I tried to redeem the code but It said code invalid.

I downloaded the game around half an hour ago and can boast a high score of 26. Am i assuming correctly that there are 3 lanes?

The new tutorial helped a little bit. I love the game now that I've figured out how to play. Those alotted plays for the day sure disappear fast! lol

Since it looks like the game has leaderboards, I wonder if it could support the new challenges that Apple added last year. From what I've read, there's supposed to be a way to create challenges for single player games like this. It deserves some friendly competition! So far my high score is 127.

I was browsing some of the leaderboards yesterday and noticed there was a leader board for the mac. If there is a Mac version for the game, will this also be made accessible? If so, I'll be grabbing it.

Glad you like my idea. I just thought chalenges would be cool since they added them in iOS26. What kind of challenges do mainstream games have?

The code says it's invalid for me, but maybe that's because I'm running the test flight version?

I am ashamed to admit how much I have been playing this. My one suggestion would be to have the option for haptics only identification of being in a safe lane, because sometimes the extra sounds can be distracting when the speed gets crazy fast. I am very interested in the progress of the Apple watch app as well.

A really great game, truly addictive. But perhaps one small suggestion. Instead of the voiceover announcing the speed increase, I think it would be better if there was haptic feedback. Personally, I find it distracting when the voiceover suddenly starts speaking.

I am really loving the game, and can now boast a high score of 153. Regarding the safe lane changing option, perhaps it could be toggled to either sounds or haptics. I find the sound cues for the lanes and the cars extremely helpful. I am glad a mac version is coming, and I really appreciate your dedication to making this game accessible for us to enjoy. I also thought of another suggestion, where extra lives could be awarded at various points of the game, for example, when a player scores 200 and 500 points, as was the case with some retro game and watches in the 1980s. Keep up the great work, and I look forward to future updates.

I just played again, and achieved a score of 384. I turned the in-game announcements off so Voiceover was not interrupting me during gameplay. I am Appleman42 on the leaderboard if anyone wants to attempt beating me <grin>

Congratulations Appleman, you've overtaken me. I'm Hepo75.

I remember that game! I believe it was PlayStation who released a more three-dimensional racing style version of that game came out some years after it's original, same concept with the James Bond motif, but the visuals were more 3D racing and such. It was quite a fun game, for its time.
To the OP, this sounds very intriguing, when I have time I will give it a play through. 🙂

Kroni, you are also doing quite well with your high score. I managed to beat my high score twice today, now at 503.

Danny, I'm pleased extra lives will be added in a future update.

I was discussing the game with a sighted work colleague today, who downloaded it straight away and gave it a go. She scored 90 in Rapid mode. I tried Rapid Mode and scored 16 <lol> For now, I'll stick to Cruise mode.

I submitted an app store review, and gave the game 5 stars.

I just gave a 5-star rating. I'm also looking forward to the new update. @David, great work. It's going to be tough for me to get that far. It's a mystery to me how the leader has over 8000 overtakes...respect!

Hi Dani, thanks for the quick implementation of the haptic warning when increasing speed...it's great. I've also tried the lane change warning, but I don't think I personally need it. Maybe a silly question, but what exactly does the "big cars" setting do?

I really do like the idea and the game, but however, I think there should be more tutorial videos to actually demo how to play the game before you go straight to the actual game. The tutorial information are helpful, but it’s better if you have a demo tutorial for people to play with so they can get better on practicing. Also, I feel like there should be a self voicing added to the game. I had found that using the voiceover it’s not fast enough to respond. So if you can create a self voicing for this game, that might be another way that you can try to approach with it. Thank you.

I really do like the idea and the game, but however, I think there should be more tutorial videos to actually demo how to play the game before you go straight to the actual game. The tutorial information are helpful, but it’s better if you have a demo tutorial for people to play with so they can get better on practicing. Also, I feel like there should be a self voicing added to the game. I had found that using the voiceover it’s not fast enough to respond. So if you can create a self voicing for this game, that might be another way that you can try to approach with it. Thank you.

The speed during gameplay for cruise mode is gradual. I think if anyone tried hard enough, they would beat my high score, which is now 692.

Hi Dani, ah ok, then this setting has no effect for me as a Voiceover user.

Love the game, I have a suggestion though. Can we have some sort of sound for the car that’s actually racing? Also, instead of the sounds showing us what lanes were supposed to be in can the sounds be used to tell us what lanes not to go in? This game is awesome, reminds me of an old game I had when I was younger. Keep the updates coming, looking forward to them.

I have tried the watch app, and have experienced a few issues. I find I need to disable Voiceover whilst playing, which isn't a big deal. I change lanes with the digital crown, which is not a problem. However, after a certain period of time, the watch will lock in the middle of a game. When I enable Voiceover, I am not always returned to the app. Sometimes, I will be on the home screen, and at other times, the watch face with my complications will show. When I select "finish" on the watch, the game will still play.

I do not have Test Flight, and I am not sure if the app is available in the mac app store as yet. If it is, could you please provide the link? I would love to play on the mac as well as the phone and watch.

The car that is racing that Jeremy refers to is the one we're steering, and I'll build upon that idea as I was also thinking of that one. Having said that, can we have the option to just tilt the device instead of swiping right or left so that we have an experience closer to that on game controllers, even if we don't have one? Below are some other suggestions:

1. You might consider adding stereo panning with two modes: topdown and first-person. In topdown mode, the three lanes should always be heard where they are regardless of which one the player is currently on. In first-person mode, the stereo positions should change relative to the player position. So if I'm on the right lane, I should hear both the left and middle lanes on my left. You might even implement 3-D/spatial audio with the other cars passing by from front to back. This last one might even urge you to add an entirely new arcade mode with redesigned mechanics, including bonus items like speed reset or extra lives. You might consider adding more interesting items like audio/swipe reversal where the directions may be swapped or the player may have to swipe right to move left and vice versa. The player should then get another one of those items or collide with a car and sacrifice a life to continue playing the game normally.
2. Since you can now specify the intensity/volume and frequency of haptic feedback, why not let the player get indicators for his/her car or other cars passing by through haptic pulses, or perhaps even continuous vibration for his/her car and/or fading vibrations to indicate other cars passing by (approaching and then moving away)? You may also add haptic feedback for bonus items or collisions in arcade mode, and I can contribute some great sound effects./li>
3. You should change the notes for the three lanes from C, E and G to C, D and E. And then you can even add more difficulties with morr lanes (C, C#, D, D# and E for five lanes).
4. Add narrow paths where the player loses the game if (s)he tries to move right or left until the path gets wider again, and the player should instead counter falling objects while staying in the same horizontal position (left-to-right). Since the player cannot move while crossing the narrow paths, (s)he should use different gestures (two-finger swipes, either in the same direction or the opposite) to counter the objects approaching from different directions and are indicated with a descending tone. The tones may all start at the same pitch/frequency this time, in which case the player should rely solely on the stereo position/direction to make a move to counter them. You can also decide whether the player should catch all the objects before they drop or evade/break them by activating some sort of shield/barrier.

Oh, I was about to forget to list my high scores:

• Cruise: 520
• Fast: 208
• Rapid: I may have to work on it for quite a while :)

And this reminded me of something else: The settings that let me change the audio cues for safe lanes and those indicating I'm on one, don't take effect as expected.