Slowdrive Demo

Most people have to deal with a long way home after a hard day at work, and it doesn’t really matter if you have to drive or use the public transport. Spending time on a bus or in your car is rarely a pleasant experience, especially since you could use the time to relax, eat, or anything else that has a positive effect on your life. On the other hand, there are many ways to make a bus trip fairly pleasant.

Slowdrive is an arcade racing game in which your goal is to make your way to the end of each level as quickly as possible, while trying to avoid all sorts of obstacles along the way. You play the role of a sleepy sloth, which means that the car moves about as slowly as you can image. Each stage has three time targets that can be challenged, although you can still move on even if you fail to get any stars.

The levels are not too tough at first, but they gradually get more difficult as you manage to complete them. Simple roads turn into mazes after a while, and various other obstacles make an appearance along the way, including ramps and gaps you have to avoid. It’s also worth mentioning that there is usually more than one way through the mazes, so the replay value is decent as well.

The car is not difficult to control, but then again it’s very slow, which complicates things every now and again. Cornering is pretty straightforward, but you still need to apply the brakes sometimes to avoid colliding with the walls or falling off the platform and into the water. There are also ramps that can help you get to your destination faster, although it’s a pretty risky move considering the vehicle you are driving.

The colorful, low-poly graphics are exactly what the game needed to be complete, since it’s both funny and enjoyable enough not to be a burden on the eyes. You can even change the camera view to drive the car from a first-person point of view, although sometimes that can cause you to not notice some of the obstacles.

When it’s all said and done, Slowdrive can easily keep you busy throughout the levels, but it needs more content at the moment. Thankfully, the developers are already working on it, and it’s great to see an original concept for a change.