Loose Bolts
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Loose Bolts is a casual racing game with accessible controls, cute cars and quirky handicaps.
Current content
Loose Bolts v0.3 contains the following game modes:
- Single Player:
- Time Trial
- Police Chase. Get to the safehouse unseen!
- Multiplayer:
- Standard race. Race in split-screen to get the fastest time around the lap
- Head to head points. First one to get 10 points wins. Points are won by leaving your opponents far enough behind. Think of this as the "Micro machines" mode.
There's currently 5 cars in the game. Their handling is identical, but you can customize them by selecting a range of different colors and paint types (glossy, matte and metallic)
Handicaps
Handicaps are things that affect a single player to provide a fun extra challenge. The game currently features the following handicaps, and you can select none, any, or all of them:
- Inverted steering
- Bouncy Suspension
- Drunk Driver
- Top heavy car
- Only Drive backwards
- Only Steer Left
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When in trouble, press R like a madman. Best feature, do NOT remove, 10/10.
Hahaha, oh boy! I even used this while I was developing the police chase mode, but forgot to put a simple cooldown on the reset function :).
5 Cars in this game:
1. 1969 Chevrolet Camaro
2. 1965 Ford Mustang GT
3. 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1
4. 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
5. 1969 Police Chevrolet Camaro
v_0.3 seems to be broken on Mac :(
Thanks for letting me know. I'm on vacation right now, but I'll take a look next week!
Good news! The bug's been fixed, and 0.3 works for mac again. I just uploaded it, so feel free to try it out. Enjoy!
This is simply awesome work!
Well, I'm 42 and I remember MM series a lot from my youth, but this is better. Playability of LooseBolts is something I haven't tasted for a very long time. The physics is a perfect balance of pure fun and difficulty. Simple to learn, but a great deal to master. And it has a splitscreen too!
And I adore the atmosphere of the game. Cute cars with apparently lots of love put to the creation of the game is a very rare mix these days. Even less so in the native Linux world.
This is pure joy that radiates positivity all around it, thank you very much for all the effort that went into this gem!
You just put a smile on my face that'll last me the rest of the day 🙂. Thanks, I'm glad you like it. I'm currently looking for ways to make the single player experience more fun. That'll probably be the biggest change in 0.3 😁
Hehe, that's the least I can do :) I'm eagerly waiting for 0.3!
OMG NEW UPDATE!! Your game are great!
Thanks! You can expect a few more updates in the future. At the very least, I want to make some more tracks and cars. But I'm currently experimenting with ways to make single player more exciting. If you want to be kept up to date, follow @GamesByPeter on twitter 😁
good game! you did a great job
Thanks! I'm glad you like it so far :D