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Hello I'm Chris the creator! For the past year I've been working on Geo Racers, a free to play web game where you have to race from one side of the world to an

by pattle 8mo ago

Hello I'm Chris the creator! For the past year I've been working on Geo Racers, a free to play web game where you have to race from one side of the world to another just using public transport. It's inspired by the BBC show "Race across the world". It's early stages but any feedback on the game it's greatly recieved.

maeln 8mo ago
I had a lot of fun :) . Cleaning up the leader board would be appreciated though. Seeing adolf hilter everywhere is ... something. There also seem to be a bug where the game doesn't always spawn you where it should. Selected Galeway to Roma and was put in scotland with only euros and no banks around. Probably how some people manage to get was seems to be impossible score
rathboma 8mo ago
So cool! Couple of minor bugs - I can click banks / hotels and use them without being near them, also many hotels in ex Paris do not show up as usable, neither does the Paris metro. Still, super fun to play.
- rathboma 8mo ago
  Some other features I'd love to see: - Ability to check transit timetables without going there - Metros / Tubes / Subways for in-city transit Hit a wall going to Plymouth when I should have gone to Portsmouth, but had no way to check which one had the ferry I needed.
  - emzo 8mo ago
    In BBC's "Race across the world" you aren't allowed a mobile phone to check timetables, so I guess this is in the spirit of that game.
    - pattle 8mo ago
      Yeah I didn't implement that as in the show they don't let you look anything up but quite a few people have mentioned it would be useful. I think I will add - A minimap to all the timetables that show visibly where the transport goes - A tourist information center in town and city centers you can use to find out other information
      - rathboma 8mo ago
        That'd be cool! Or maybe just going to any train/bus station gives you the timetables for all of them, so you don't have to add another thing. Def ran into issues on my second play - there were no trains from Waterloo, nor any boats from Plymouth or Portsmouth. Shows a lot of promise. Can't wait for it to improve some of the core systems just a little, will be very addictive.
JKCalhoun 8mo ago
My wife thinks it looks like stress. – Checking/unchecking some items does not appear to toggle their visibility. (Safari, MacOS). — As another pointed out, walked to a hotel, could not enter hotel (too far off road?).
JKCalhoun 8mo ago
I do wish I could do some in-game research—like show just train/bus stations that have international lines. Perhaps identify hotels with general affordability (€, vs. €€€).
xd1936 8mo ago
This rules! What a fun idea. I couldn't get the "Walk Here"/"Taxi Here" tooltip pop-up to stay open on Firefox when clicking on a train station, but it's working in Chrome.
- pattle 8mo ago
  Sorry about that. Should be fixed now
wazoox 8mo ago
Too bad apparently you can't ride bus and metro in London, Paris, etc.
butlike 8mo ago
Really like the game so far. Here's what I noticed and what I'd like to see after my first play though: 1. There should be an 'easy mode' where your money goes into the red, but you're still allowed to spend whatever to get to the end. It would be nice to see I'm $-14,952 in the hole, but I made it (with the ultimate objective to get to the destination while in the black). 2. The bottom overlays overlap. I was taking a ferry from Dublin, and tried to queue up walking to the hotel. The hotel overlay popped up under the "Skip this Ride" message. I don't really care if I can queue up actions, but the stacked overlays were unsightly. 3. I would say LEAVE THE SURPRISES. It was enjoyable to get blind-sighted by having to change my currency in the UK and the fact I lost an hour due to time zone changes. Good work. Keep it up.
- Nextgrid 8mo ago
  I think the "limited budget" mechanic should be scrapped - instead make the budget unlimited but rank the submissions based on the lowest budget.
  - parkersweb 8mo ago
    One of the best constraints of the TV show is the limited budget (along with the lack of mobile phone). It's frequently the case that teams panic spend in order stay ahead, but are hurt by those decisions later in the race. Over the series people have also developed strategies within those constraints - so it's quite frequent to see teams earning money in the penultimate leg and taking the time hit in order to splash out in the final leg. It's a great show if you're able to get hold of it.
- vessenes 8mo ago
  Well, my run-through had no banks in the UK that I could find, so that was tough.
  - RobotToaster 8mo ago
    It's realistic then ;)
- 8mo ago
gallamine 8mo ago
Hi! I got stuck in London. I walked around to a bunch of train stations at around 10PM on Monday night and there was nothing showing up in the timetables. Same for the next morning. I then walked to Portsmouth and the Portsmouth harbor also showed no boats. The API call was https://geo-racers.com/api/boats?from_id=43128&time=07:02&day=3 https://geo-racers.com/api/boats?from_id=43128&time=07:02&da... seems odd to me?
4ndrewl 8mo ago
I love this, but I'm thwarted. Apparently there are no trains from London Waterloo (one of the UKs busiest railway stations) at 1902. I've been stuck there waiting for trains for so many years I can tell you that's not the case :)
- thinkingemote 8mo ago
  there were no trains from Waterloo at 19.02 because of a "major disruption" https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2170277/waterloo-trains-live-london-south-western-railway-clapham-junction https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2170277/waterloo-trains-li...
  - 4ndrewl 8mo ago
    I'm not sure that's what the article says (there was disruption on some lines because of a problem further down the line.) There certainly would have been trains leaving some platforms. But, interesting that the game is based on live transport info, not schedules. Adds a new twist to it, thank you!
Asooka 8mo ago
No hotel accepts cash nowadays, there is absolutely no need to exchange currency basically ever. I would remove that part of the game.
canpan 8mo ago
Would love to be able to change to a transit map. The map display is in "car mode", which makes it hard to use. There is no rail diaplay at all. In apple and google maps I normally use the transit mode. Worried it gives the wrong impression that using trains is hard, when it's super easy in real life. I am actually sitting in a train right now. Or if you want to double down on making it harder, you could use a satellite image view.

by pattle 8mo ago

maeln 8mo ago

I had a lot of fun :) . Cleaning up the leader board would be appreciated though. Seeing adolf hilter everywhere is ... something. There also seem to be a bug where the game doesn't always spawn you where it should. Selected Galeway to Roma and was put in scotland with only euros and no banks around. Probably how some people manage to get was seems to be impossible score

rathboma 8mo ago

So cool! Couple of minor bugs - I can click banks / hotels and use them without being near them, also many hotels in ex Paris do not show up as usable, neither does the Paris metro. Still, super fun to play.

rathboma 8mo ago
Some other features I'd love to see: - Ability to check transit timetables without going there - Metros / Tubes / Subways for in-city transit Hit a wall going to Plymouth when I should have gone to Portsmouth, but had no way to check which one had the ferry I needed.
- emzo 8mo ago
  In BBC's "Race across the world" you aren't allowed a mobile phone to check timetables, so I guess this is in the spirit of that game.
  - pattle 8mo ago
    Yeah I didn't implement that as in the show they don't let you look anything up but quite a few people have mentioned it would be useful. I think I will add - A minimap to all the timetables that show visibly where the transport goes - A tourist information center in town and city centers you can use to find out other information
    - rathboma 8mo ago
      That'd be cool! Or maybe just going to any train/bus station gives you the timetables for all of them, so you don't have to add another thing. Def ran into issues on my second play - there were no trains from Waterloo, nor any boats from Plymouth or Portsmouth. Shows a lot of promise. Can't wait for it to improve some of the core systems just a little, will be very addictive.

JKCalhoun 8mo ago

My wife thinks it looks like stress. – Checking/unchecking some items does not appear to toggle their visibility. (Safari, MacOS). — As another pointed out, walked to a hotel, could not enter hotel (too far off road?).

JKCalhoun 8mo ago

I do wish I could do some in-game research—like show just train/bus stations that have international lines. Perhaps identify hotels with general affordability (€, vs. €€€).

xd1936 8mo ago

This rules! What a fun idea. I couldn't get the "Walk Here"/"Taxi Here" tooltip pop-up to stay open on Firefox when clicking on a train station, but it's working in Chrome.

pattle 8mo ago
Sorry about that. Should be fixed now

wazoox 8mo ago

Too bad apparently you can't ride bus and metro in London, Paris, etc.

butlike 8mo ago

Really like the game so far. Here's what I noticed and what I'd like to see after my first play though: 1. There should be an 'easy mode' where your money goes into the red, but you're still allowed to spend whatever to get to the end. It would be nice to see I'm $-14,952 in the hole, but I made it (with the ultimate objective to get to the destination while in the black). 2. The bottom overlays overlap. I was taking a ferry from Dublin, and tried to queue up walking to the hotel. The hotel overlay popped up under the "Skip this Ride" message. I don't really care if I can queue up actions, but the stacked overlays were unsightly. 3. I would say LEAVE THE SURPRISES. It was enjoyable to get blind-sighted by having to change my currency in the UK and the fact I lost an hour due to time zone changes. Good work. Keep it up.

Nextgrid 8mo ago
I think the "limited budget" mechanic should be scrapped - instead make the budget unlimited but rank the submissions based on the lowest budget.
- parkersweb 8mo ago
  One of the best constraints of the TV show is the limited budget (along with the lack of mobile phone). It's frequently the case that teams panic spend in order stay ahead, but are hurt by those decisions later in the race. Over the series people have also developed strategies within those constraints - so it's quite frequent to see teams earning money in the penultimate leg and taking the time hit in order to splash out in the final leg. It's a great show if you're able to get hold of it.
vessenes 8mo ago
Well, my run-through had no banks in the UK that I could find, so that was tough.
- RobotToaster 8mo ago
  It's realistic then ;)
8mo ago

gallamine 8mo ago

Hi! I got stuck in London. I walked around to a bunch of train stations at around 10PM on Monday night and there was nothing showing up in the timetables. Same for the next morning. I then walked to Portsmouth and the Portsmouth harbor also showed no boats. The API call was https://geo-racers.com/api/boats?from_id=43128&time=07:02&day=3 https://geo-racers.com/api/boats?from_id=43128&time=07:02&da... seems odd to me?

4ndrewl 8mo ago

I love this, but I'm thwarted. Apparently there are no trains from London Waterloo (one of the UKs busiest railway stations) at 1902. I've been stuck there waiting for trains for so many years I can tell you that's not the case :)

thinkingemote 8mo ago
there were no trains from Waterloo at 19.02 because of a "major disruption" https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2170277/waterloo-trains-live-london-south-western-railway-clapham-junction https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2170277/waterloo-trains-li...
- 4ndrewl 8mo ago
  I'm not sure that's what the article says (there was disruption on some lines because of a problem further down the line.) There certainly would have been trains leaving some platforms. But, interesting that the game is based on live transport info, not schedules. Adds a new twist to it, thank you!

Asooka 8mo ago

No hotel accepts cash nowadays, there is absolutely no need to exchange currency basically ever. I would remove that part of the game.

canpan 8mo ago

Would love to be able to change to a transit map. The map display is in "car mode", which makes it hard to use. There is no rail diaplay at all. In apple and google maps I normally use the transit mode. Worried it gives the wrong impression that using trains is hard, when it's super easy in real life. I am actually sitting in a train right now. Or if you want to double down on making it harder, you could use a satellite image view.