Licar
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
Licar is a public domain 3D stunt racing game made completely from scratch (including the 3D rendering engine, 3D physics engine and all assets) and programmed in a relatively minimalist way. The game is written in C language without the use of any third party libraries (not even using floating point or standard library functions), thanks to which it achieves extreme portabity and efficiency: Licar runs with less than 1 MB of RAM and works even on embedded devices without a GPU. As much as it is a video game, it is also a technological manifesto of a sort, a demonstration of what can be achieved with very little.
In the menu use left and right to change pages. Controls on the PC are: arrow keys, ESCAPE, RETURN.
web browser version (low quality and without some features): http://www.tastyfish.cz/licar.html
git repo: https://git.coom.tech/drummyfish/Licar
maps and replays can potentially be shared here: https://git.coom.tech/drummyfish/Licar-content
There is no need to pay or give tips, the game was made as a selfless project and no rewards are expected, please feel no pressure, the game is free and gratis for everyone! If you still decide to leave a tip anyway, PLEASE, first download the game and try if it works on your computer! Thank you :)
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downloaded, unpacked, don't know what to do :(
I'm not a programmer, where I need to click to start the game?
I'm using windows
Thanks for the comment, I forgot to add the .exe extension to Windows executables, should be fixed now. Also remember to extract ALL the files into a single directory and run the game in that directory. If it still doesn't run after clicking, then running it from the command line (should be easy to look up) could at least reveal it if writes out any errors. I am not a Windows user and don't have any Windows machine at hand, so it's hard for me to test and debug this, it is also possible that your antivirus is preventing it from running or that the newest Windows versions already don't support it, in which case I can offer little help sadly, but at least there is the web browser version.
Thank you! Now it works :)
No problems, no errors, and that's on famously shitty win11
Nice. I really like the theme. Controlling the car is way more fun than I thought it would be. It has that good balance of not accelerating too hard to be uncontrollable but still being pretty speedy. I wish there were some extra features though, like coming back if you fall off the track, or being able to flip yourself over if you are upside down. Those feel kind of essential I think.
Differences between high and high_b builds?
So much endless fun I've had playing this. It's a game that anyone of any age can pick up and play. It's both addictive and easy to put down. Hard to master, but simple to enjoy. Basically the Tetris of racing games.
I know you're not a big fan of promotional crap, but I ported the 3D model of Licar to SuperTuxKart and it can be downloaded from the official add-ons in game. It's the first 3D anything I've ever done so it was a bit of a learning process and maybe it isn't perfect - but it's still there. Maybe a few SuperTuxKart players will see it and end up finding Licar itself.
Oh, thank you so much, such a sweet comment :) And thank you for the STK add on as well, I'm absolutely fine with it, I only hesitate to force my stuff too much myself, but if someone else shares it, I'm very happy. You made my day really <3
I really enjoy this game. I wonder if making a wide gate checkpoint in addition to the diamond checkpoint would be a nice idea. That way you could make levels that are easier for driving fast like a maniac. This engine is pretty cool, I like how it looks. I like to imagine it could be utilized for something else, like a multiplayer version of Anarch with a bunch of custom levels that people could make.
For a tech demo, it's quite well done. But it is too clunky for me to call it a game. Nevertheless, good job drummy :3
thank you kitty :D <3
Maybe I was a little too critical in my comment, but I actually think this game is amazing! :3
You're welcome drummy, maybe I'll send you an email soon!
No it's fine and you're right kitty :D It's not what most people expect from a video game -- it's more of a hacker's toy than a ready to consume package of entertainment. I really don't anticipate wide appreciation, but it's exactly how I intended it, there are thousands of normal racing games, but none like this, although it's hard to explain why it's valuable to a typical "gamer", and that's fine. I have found that I enjoy the game with the TAS mod (I recommend you try it if you're interested), I have now spent hours and hours making precise TAS runs and this is actually the only game I enjoy right now, I've been literally unable to enjoy games and even force myself to play commercial games, and now the only game I finally enjoy is the one I made, so I am very glad I made it even if just for myself, and I am sharing it in case anyone else would too, but I don't aim for popularity, but you probably know that :) I know my games aren't great by game design, that's not my thing, but I made it so that anyone can easily improve the game -- it really is kind of a glorified tech demo, but the point is it's ready to be made into a good game by anyone willing to. I want to challenge the concept of games as a consumer product, the idea that I own the game, that I am the maintainer delivering entertainment and that people come to me with criticism and I as an "owner of the game" am here to fix it so that it appeals to them -- no, the game is here for everyone and everyone now owns it equally, everyone can fix it or make it a completely personalized game. I think you know what I mean, it's the same idea as with Anarch, but I'll leave this comment here for everyone to get an idea what I aim for. Anyway, I'll be glad to read you email :)
Very easy to flip a car upside down, and the only way to "fix" it is to restart the level.
Also camera seems to clip into the car at some angles (or at least, some faces disappear)
Features, not bugs.
Thanks :D <3
I think this is a valid criticism. When playing the game I rely on luck when I try not to flip the car upside down, which makes me mildly frustrated.
This game is a ton of fun. Thank you.
Woah, I was just playing Anarch and I found this had been released just hours prior! Really woah!