Bumpy Ride is a simple game for mobile devices: In it the player controls a bumper car out of control as it cruises the roads. In its way, he will find obstacles, ramps and other cars that will try to stop him. As the game progresses, the difficulty increases, spawning more and more difficult oponents.
Enemy cars are controlled by 3 types of AIs:
- Aggressive which will try to collide with the player
- Passive which will mind it's own business, playing as any other player would
- Coward which will try to stay as far away from the player as possible
There's three cars to choose from, only one of which is paid.
The game is really easy to learn and can be played either by touch control or by using the device's accelerometer. It was made using the Cocos2d-x engine, being ported from Cocos2d (the iPhone exclusive framework). Players can also share their score on Facebook and Twitter.
Challenges:
- Integrating Social Frameworks
- Adapting to different density displays (iPhone, iPhone @2x and iPad)
- Migrating from Objective-C code to multi-platform compliant C++
The game is available for free:
- Minisite: http://regulusgames.com/app/bumpy-ride/
