[p]After a long and winding road with many bumps, twists, turns and crashes âŚ
BACKSEAT DRIVERS HAS ARRIVED!!! [/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Weâre beyond excited and proud to share with you an (almost! Read on⌠đ)
fully realized 1.0 version of the game, featuring:[/p]
- [p]The full journey through a campaign of 8 levels, taking you from the mundane to the interdimensionally insane[/p]
- [p]2 geriatric drivers and 3 impish passengers to choose from[/p]
- [p]Dozens of unlockable car cosmetics strewn about allllll over the place[/p]
- [p]2 game modes and 1 more on the way!![/p]
[p]Weâre launching with a
temporary 20% discount, so go get it before it drives away.[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Since Backseat Drivers is a co-op only game, as initially planned, weâre launching with
Friend Pass. That means you can buy one copy of the game and invite one friend to endure the madness with you in the 2-player
Story game mode.
BUT!!! As
not initially planned, weâre also launching with the highly-requested 4-player
Carpool game mode, in which the driver suffers through a full contingent of 3 bickering children breaking and throwing things and yelling conflicting directions.[/p][p][/p][h2]WE WANT YOUR BUGS + KNOWN ISSUES[/h2][p]We are ravenously hungry for bugs and need you to feed us. If you encounter any, wipe them off your windshield and send them to us using the âReport a bugâ button on the main menu. That also goes for any visual glitches, or other issues and feedback on how we can improve. Please, our grandchildren are hungry.[/p][p][/p][p]B-T-Dubs thereâs currently a known minor issue related to tapes that affects clients (i.e. anyone but the player hosting the session) â after a couple of engine stalls or switches, tapes that fly into the clientâs mouth might float a little weirdly and be removable by said player with said tape in said mouth. Weâre in the shop trying to get the mechanic to fix this right now.
In the meantime, sorry for the convenience.[/p][p][/p][h2]WHATâS NEXT?[/h2][p]Weâre not done with Backseat Drivers yet! The observant among you may notice the locked
Race button next to
Story and
Carpool.
Race is a work-in-progress game mode while we use grampaâs
trouser press to iron out some creases, but when itâs done, 2 cars and 2 passengers will be pitted against each other to beat a level fastest â and can employ dirty tactics to sabotage their opponents en route. More details on
Race mode soonâ˘! We may also be working on other Backseat Drivers stuff upcoming ⌠but- HNGHK I hjafve a tape ing my mghouth an I caghnât shay angy morhe rfjhiht gnow.[/p][h2][/h2][h2]THANK YOU[/h2][p]Weâre incredibly proud of what our tiny team of 8 full- and part-timers has achieved in releasing our first major title as a studio at GhostJam Games (and for coming to the end of our longest development cycle!). This wouldnât have been possible without the teamâs hard work, their immense creativity through long hours and sacrifice, nor the endless patience and generosity of our family and friends ⌠and neither would have it been possible without all of the hilarious content creators and streamers sharing the Backseat Drivers demo and with the full game so far, or our dedicated group of closed beta testers who caught a million bajillion bugs weâd missed,
our wonderful Discord community for posting their best times and feedback, and, of course, weâd most likely have given up months ago without seeing all the millions of demo players have such a âfun-stratingâ time with the game and tell us about it. Seriously â you inspired us to keep going. And last but certainly not least, we wouldnât have been able to physically finish the game if we didnât have the help of
Foulball Hangover and their developer fund, which got us over the finish line. Huge thanks to Max + the team for your help and support these past months![/p][p]
[/p][p]Thatâs all for this post, but stick around and weâll come pick you up when itâs time for the next one. đbeep beepđ[/p]