Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vroomies/id6465789264 Vroomies Alex Taber Vroomies is a racing game tailor made for touch controls! Using simple swipes and taps, you’ll race your Vroomie to vict… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsVroomies is a racing game tailor made for touch controls! Using simple swipes and taps, you’ll race your Vroomie to victory against your adorably fierce competition! Championship Mode - Put your racing mettle to the test in 6 Championships! Race to the top of the standings, unlocking Upgrades and Challenges for a fresh experience every time you play. It'll take a good strategy and quick thumbs to make it to the top - do you have what it takes? Global Leaderboards - See where you stack up against the fastest Vroomies in the world! Play Your Way - Experiment with 12 unique Upgrades and 3 Vroomie Types to create the perfect build for each Track Information Seller:Alex Taber Genre:Racing, Sports Release:Feb 16, 2024 Updated:Apr 05, 2024 Version:1.3.1 Size:67.3 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,443 1,069 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #2 Anotherkellydown, Mar 12, 2024 Surprisingly fun game. Deeper than my initial impressions. And totally free as far as I can tell. Alex Taber and sebgo like this. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 613 228 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #3 sebgo, Mar 14, 2024 Last edited: Mar 14, 2024 Yes, it's definitely fun! Very pleasant art style, fast reaction mechanics and such an encouraging instructor (I'm their favorite student)! (⌐■‿■) This needs ads (and ad removal IAP, of course)! Edit: For a few minutes in which I was completely offline (I'm always on mobile data), I went back to play it and now, even though championships appear unlocked, my first place and times in the "Chill" category/AI speed are gone. I set the difficulty/AI level to Legendary and then to Normal, just to check how difficult the game becomes and... wow, it's pretty hard; maybe because I'm only at level 6? Nonetheless, the game is fun and modifiers make it more challenging and interesting. Update history says more stuff is in the works, so I'm really looking forward to what the dev adds. Alex Taber and Anotherkellydown like this. Alex Taber Member Mar 11, 2024 7 5 3 Male #4 Alex Taber, Mar 15, 2024 Vroomies dev here I appreciate the kind words! This being my first published game, I'm thrilled that it has found an audience (over 12k installs within the first month, well beyond anything I'd hoped for)! Yeah you are! Yup, no monetization! I might consider creating an IAP to unlock the more ambitious bits of my roadmap once they're done, but my intention is to keep the base game completely free and without ads. Oh no! That should definitely not happen, all of your results are stored locally on your device. If you don't have a data connection, it should queue those results to be uploaded the next time you open the game (unfortunately you have to fully close/reopen to trigger this, one of my todo items is to improve this syncing function). I'll take a look and tighten up any issues that could lead to results disappearing. As far as future updates, my immediate roadmap consists of Vroomie Editor (coming in the next update). Your customized Vroomie will also appear next to your results on the leaderboard. Leaderboard entries will also have more details, like what level the player was when they recorded their time. Adding more championships! Instead there being one rookie/pro/all star/expert championship, each tier will have multiple championships. Beating any one of them unlocks the next tier. Improve feedback to distinguish between "perfect" and "good" inputs Individual track leaderboards Improve the post-race UI Add scenes with your coach after winning the all star and expert championships Considering rolling up aero/engine power/braking into a single "speed" stat for simplicity Revisit the between-race component upgrades (those a pretty half baked at the moment) The more ambitious items are Track editor/access player created tracks A procedurally generated endless mode A career mode? Multiplayer? ste86uk, djstout, ShinHadoukin and 1 other person like this. Rocco SE Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2020 251 231 43 Male Modern Mime Artist Austria https://silentrocco.net #5 Rocco SE, Mar 15, 2024 This is such a fantastic little game. Absolutely love its vibe, the minimalist yet stylish presentation, all those unique gameplay ideas and the great touch controls. Really a wonderful release through and through. And that this gem is completely free is totally bonkers to me. Reading about a possibility for a randomly generated endless mode makes me very excited. Looking forward. Alex Taber likes this. djstout Well-Known Member Jul 21, 2011 2,673 99 48 Sportscaster & football (soccer) coach Taiwan & Japan #6 djstout, Mar 15, 2024 Downloading right now to support you anc will happily pay for iap if you add anything. Alex Taber likes this. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 613 228 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #7 sebgo, Mar 15, 2024 This definitely is craving for some multiplayer support. Racing against GameCenter friends' ghosts would be a good start or even sufficient for some bragging rights. I found out what was "wrong" with results. Turns out the game treats playing with modifiers ON as separate events (which totally makes sense) and I hadn't noticed. After disabling all modifiers, I got my results back. I now feel like such a bad student. ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽ With that out of the way, I can continue playing it without worries about potentially losing my progress! Alex Taber likes this. Alex Taber Member Mar 11, 2024 7 5 3 Male #8 Alex Taber, Mar 15, 2024 AH thank you, that really means a lot! It's relieving to hear someone else would be interested in an endless mode, I've been known to add features that are a bit self-servingly niche. The modifiers and legendary difficulty, as examples - about 2% of players have touched either Alex Taber Member Mar 11, 2024 7 5 3 Male #9 Alex Taber, Mar 15, 2024 Thank you so much I hope you enjoy it! Alex Taber Member Mar 11, 2024 7 5 3 Male #10 Alex Taber, Mar 15, 2024 Oo yeah, being able to race against ghosts of your friends is a great idea! Adding that to my list, thanks for the suggestion! I'm glad it was only my confusing UX that tripped you up and not a bug! The UI could definitely be more explicit that leaderboard times are specific to whatever combination of modifiers are enabled. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 613 228 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #11 sebgo, Mar 16, 2024 Congratulations, @Alex Taber ! This is definitely my "game of the week". Alex Taber likes this. Alex Taber Member Mar 11, 2024 7 5 3 Male #12 Alex Taber, Mar 16, 2024 WHOA this is wild! I'm honestly lost for words, what a great review MetaGonzo Well-Known Member May 7, 2009 1,442 257 83 #13 MetaGonzo, Mar 16, 2024 This is such a little gem. Really looking forward to a way to give you some money! sebgo and Alex Taber like this. andreadeda Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2013 170 39 28 #14 andreadeda, Mar 18, 2024 Same here, a nice little gem like this deserve to make some money to his creator; really looking forward to see how the game will grow in time Alex Taber likes this. Alex Taber Member Mar 11, 2024 7 5 3 Male #15 Alex Taber, Mar 19, 2024 Update 1.1.0 just launched! Features You can now Vroom in style with the Vroomie Editor! There is more i'd like to here, such as adding more patterns and unlockable animations for celebrating/spinning. But I felt it was important to go ahead and get this initial version out there. Changes Update Leaderboard UI to include players' customized Vroomies next to their leaderboard entries Rename AI Speed -> Difficulty Rename difficulties to Chill/Normal/Challenge/Champion/Legendary Remove Push Mode upgrade, now replaced by the Vroom Mode skill Add Vroom Mode skill. This works the same as Push Mode, but is now unlocked after beating any Championship on Champion difficulty, after which it is always available. Legendary difficulty is also now unlocked after beating any Championship on Champion difficulty Add Vroom Mode tutorial Compress music for smaller bundle size Race Start timing is no longer variable. This is because the best players were grinding to get impossibly good launches by restarting the Championship over and over. While it may be much easier now to anticipate the lights going out and getting a perfect launch, it's now more of a skill than a luck element. Accordingly, AI race start reaction time has been adjusted. At higher difficulties, the AI will react faster. Equip "Slow Down Time" upgrade by default for new players. Hopefully this smooths the learning curve at the start of the game a bit more. Fixes Fix issue where Landing Nodes would trigger hit sound after the race is over Next on the roadmap is adding content - more Tracks, Championships and Upgrades. I've really appreciated the positivity and feedback in this forum, let me know if there's anything you'd like to see! sebgo likes this. andreadeda Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2013 170 39 28 #16 andreadeda, Mar 19, 2024 I have been playing some more and wow. This game is really good. I still can’t believe is totally free? Alex, are you crazy??? You should have at least charged 1 or 2 bucks, it’s definitely worth more than that! If you’ll ever do a career mode or expand on the base game it would be even more of a gem than it already is. Please put some way to at least donate something as I feel guilty playing it for free! Alex Taber likes this. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 613 228 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #17 sebgo, Mar 19, 2024 All this time I've been blaming myself for "not getting the timing right" at the start of a race. Currently downloading the update; will give it a go later. Thanks! Alex Taber likes this. Alex Taber Member Mar 11, 2024 7 5 3 Male #18 Alex Taber, Mar 19, 2024 Thank you!! I've been wrestling with this, I could see a few options for monetization (that don't involve ads, which I'd like to avoid): go full Dwarf Fortress and just keep pushing endless updates to my free game cut off this version of vroomies as the free base game, and move future development behind an IAP don't release any major new features, save it all for a potential Vroomies 2 and look for a publisher Of those options, honestly the 1st sounds like the most fun for me. It feels good to provide something that people are enjoying that is as accessible as possible! I may change my mind someday - I've been playing around with keyboard/controller control schemes that work surprisingly well, so perhaps a paid Steam release in the future. Yeaaaah, that's my bad I think Vroomies does a decent job of incorporating some elements of real racing that are interesting, but it should have been more obvious to me that variable race start timing was a source of confusion rather than fun. Thanks so much, I hope you like it! andreadeda Well-Known Member Mar 6, 2013 170 39 28 #19 andreadeda, Mar 19, 2024 I appreciate your view. There is a fourth road that will not make you much money but still… go for option one but add a donate button and leave it to the good will of the people to donate you something if they think it’s worth it. I don’t have myself much hope for humanity but still, maybe some good soul would decide to pay for the fun they had. I know I would. Cheers sebgo and Alex Taber like this. sebgo Well-Known Member Dec 26, 2010 613 228 43 Male 95% leisure. Somewhere in a town amidst the Amazon jungle. http://www.google.com #20 sebgo, Mar 20, 2024 Last edited: Mar 20, 2024 I find randomizing elements a fun thing in videogames. Maybe, as a suggestion in order to keep the random start, you could make red lights act as a cue, which is what I actually thought was the point for getting it right: I was counting to 4 using the red lights' "beat" as a guide before start; it only worked once, though. So, have the red lights countdown act as some sort of metronome and make the tempo the random element. And for people who like it simple, let them keep a regular countdown. This could be treated as a modifier! As for monetizing, andreadeda's suggestion is excellent. That way you won't be forcing people to pay for benefits such as ad removal and at the same time you'll get gratitude, beyond praise, in the form of financial support, even if it's not your main goal right now. Also, you get to keep your dwarf fortress, with a few "cracks" big enough to let some coins pass through. You can put that money in a piggy bank with the title Vroomie2 on it, "Next year's grApple developer license", or whatever project you may have. Keep in mind you created something of high quality, FOR FREE, that's a lot better than average "free" games on the AppStore. You're quite a humble person in my opinion, which is great and I can comprehend how you feel... but, apparently, we don't seem to fully understand (or care?) about how you feel towards monetizing and some of us want to give you a buck or two, or maybe more (big whales lurk in the shadows), for what you've created. Give it a thought! ☆〜（ゝ。∂） Alex Taber and andreadeda like this. 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Yes, it's definitely fun! Very pleasant art style, fast reaction mechanics and such an encouraging instructor (I'm their favorite student)! (⌐■‿■) This needs ads (and ad removal IAP, of course)! Edit: For a few minutes in which I was completely offline (I'm always on mobile data), I went back to play it and now, even though championships appear unlocked, my first place and times in the "Chill" category/AI speed are gone. I set the difficulty/AI level to Legendary and then to Normal, just to check how difficult the game becomes and... wow, it's pretty hard; maybe because I'm only at level 6? Nonetheless, the game is fun and modifiers make it more challenging and interesting. Update history says more stuff is in the works, so I'm really looking forward to what the dev adds.
Vroomies dev here I appreciate the kind words! This being my first published game, I'm thrilled that it has found an audience (over 12k installs within the first month, well beyond anything I'd hoped for)! Yeah you are! Yup, no monetization! I might consider creating an IAP to unlock the more ambitious bits of my roadmap once they're done, but my intention is to keep the base game completely free and without ads. Oh no! That should definitely not happen, all of your results are stored locally on your device. If you don't have a data connection, it should queue those results to be uploaded the next time you open the game (unfortunately you have to fully close/reopen to trigger this, one of my todo items is to improve this syncing function). I'll take a look and tighten up any issues that could lead to results disappearing. As far as future updates, my immediate roadmap consists of Vroomie Editor (coming in the next update). Your customized Vroomie will also appear next to your results on the leaderboard. Leaderboard entries will also have more details, like what level the player was when they recorded their time. Adding more championships! Instead there being one rookie/pro/all star/expert championship, each tier will have multiple championships. Beating any one of them unlocks the next tier. Improve feedback to distinguish between "perfect" and "good" inputs Individual track leaderboards Improve the post-race UI Add scenes with your coach after winning the all star and expert championships Considering rolling up aero/engine power/braking into a single "speed" stat for simplicity Revisit the between-race component upgrades (those a pretty half baked at the moment) The more ambitious items are Track editor/access player created tracks A procedurally generated endless mode A career mode? Multiplayer?
This is such a fantastic little game. Absolutely love its vibe, the minimalist yet stylish presentation, all those unique gameplay ideas and the great touch controls. Really a wonderful release through and through. And that this gem is completely free is totally bonkers to me. Reading about a possibility for a randomly generated endless mode makes me very excited. Looking forward.
This definitely is craving for some multiplayer support. Racing against GameCenter friends' ghosts would be a good start or even sufficient for some bragging rights. I found out what was "wrong" with results. Turns out the game treats playing with modifiers ON as separate events (which totally makes sense) and I hadn't noticed. After disabling all modifiers, I got my results back. I now feel like such a bad student. ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽ With that out of the way, I can continue playing it without worries about potentially losing my progress!
AH thank you, that really means a lot! It's relieving to hear someone else would be interested in an endless mode, I've been known to add features that are a bit self-servingly niche. The modifiers and legendary difficulty, as examples - about 2% of players have touched either
Oo yeah, being able to race against ghosts of your friends is a great idea! Adding that to my list, thanks for the suggestion! I'm glad it was only my confusing UX that tripped you up and not a bug! The UI could definitely be more explicit that leaderboard times are specific to whatever combination of modifiers are enabled.
Same here, a nice little gem like this deserve to make some money to his creator; really looking forward to see how the game will grow in time
Update 1.1.0 just launched! Features You can now Vroom in style with the Vroomie Editor! There is more i'd like to here, such as adding more patterns and unlockable animations for celebrating/spinning. But I felt it was important to go ahead and get this initial version out there. Changes Update Leaderboard UI to include players' customized Vroomies next to their leaderboard entries Rename AI Speed -> Difficulty Rename difficulties to Chill/Normal/Challenge/Champion/Legendary Remove Push Mode upgrade, now replaced by the Vroom Mode skill Add Vroom Mode skill. This works the same as Push Mode, but is now unlocked after beating any Championship on Champion difficulty, after which it is always available. Legendary difficulty is also now unlocked after beating any Championship on Champion difficulty Add Vroom Mode tutorial Compress music for smaller bundle size Race Start timing is no longer variable. This is because the best players were grinding to get impossibly good launches by restarting the Championship over and over. While it may be much easier now to anticipate the lights going out and getting a perfect launch, it's now more of a skill than a luck element. Accordingly, AI race start reaction time has been adjusted. At higher difficulties, the AI will react faster. Equip "Slow Down Time" upgrade by default for new players. Hopefully this smooths the learning curve at the start of the game a bit more. Fixes Fix issue where Landing Nodes would trigger hit sound after the race is over Next on the roadmap is adding content - more Tracks, Championships and Upgrades. I've really appreciated the positivity and feedback in this forum, let me know if there's anything you'd like to see!
I have been playing some more and wow. This game is really good. I still can’t believe is totally free? Alex, are you crazy??? You should have at least charged 1 or 2 bucks, it’s definitely worth more than that! If you’ll ever do a career mode or expand on the base game it would be even more of a gem than it already is. Please put some way to at least donate something as I feel guilty playing it for free!
All this time I've been blaming myself for "not getting the timing right" at the start of a race. Currently downloading the update; will give it a go later. Thanks!
Thank you!! I've been wrestling with this, I could see a few options for monetization (that don't involve ads, which I'd like to avoid): go full Dwarf Fortress and just keep pushing endless updates to my free game cut off this version of vroomies as the free base game, and move future development behind an IAP don't release any major new features, save it all for a potential Vroomies 2 and look for a publisher Of those options, honestly the 1st sounds like the most fun for me. It feels good to provide something that people are enjoying that is as accessible as possible! I may change my mind someday - I've been playing around with keyboard/controller control schemes that work surprisingly well, so perhaps a paid Steam release in the future. Yeaaaah, that's my bad I think Vroomies does a decent job of incorporating some elements of real racing that are interesting, but it should have been more obvious to me that variable race start timing was a source of confusion rather than fun. Thanks so much, I hope you like it!
I appreciate your view. There is a fourth road that will not make you much money but still… go for option one but add a donate button and leave it to the good will of the people to donate you something if they think it’s worth it. I don’t have myself much hope for humanity but still, maybe some good soul would decide to pay for the fun they had. I know I would. Cheers
I find randomizing elements a fun thing in videogames. Maybe, as a suggestion in order to keep the random start, you could make red lights act as a cue, which is what I actually thought was the point for getting it right: I was counting to 4 using the red lights' "beat" as a guide before start; it only worked once, though. So, have the red lights countdown act as some sort of metronome and make the tempo the random element. And for people who like it simple, let them keep a regular countdown. This could be treated as a modifier! As for monetizing, andreadeda's suggestion is excellent. That way you won't be forcing people to pay for benefits such as ad removal and at the same time you'll get gratitude, beyond praise, in the form of financial support, even if it's not your main goal right now. Also, you get to keep your dwarf fortress, with a few "cracks" big enough to let some coins pass through. You can put that money in a piggy bank with the title Vroomie2 on it, "Next year's grApple developer license", or whatever project you may have. Keep in mind you created something of high quality, FOR FREE, that's a lot better than average "free" games on the AppStore. You're quite a humble person in my opinion, which is great and I can comprehend how you feel... but, apparently, we don't seem to fully understand (or care?) about how you feel towards monetizing and some of us want to give you a buck or two, or maybe more (big whales lurk in the shadows), for what you've created. Give it a thought! ☆〜（ゝ。∂）
