Rat Race

Devlog

• Game Jam
  November 19, 2025 by mrpineapplegames#Game Jam, #Cute

  From Tuesday the 11th until Sunday the 16th, development on Rat Race was paused to work on the Games Now Game Jam. The theme for this Jam was "Cute". To be honest, I wasn't super excited about this th... Continue reading

  
• Vertical Slice - Cormac
  November 06, 2025 by mrpineapplegames#art, #animation, #explode

  In order to get the game looking ready for the vertical slice, a few things needed to be added. First, a proper fall animation for Ricky. The jump and fall animations take cues from long jumpers, with... Continue reading

  
• Prototype 5 - Cormac
  November 01, 2025 by mrpineapplegames#Art, #Animation, #Mouse

  With Ricky Rat's main animations close to finished, it was time to go back and add some more animations to Martholomew Mouse, the main enemy of the game. Martholomew fortunately lacks the more complic... Continue reading

  
• Prototype 4 - Cormac
  October 22, 2025 by mrpineapplegames#Wall, #Art, #Climb, #Animation, #Rat

  For this week, I wanted to finish off Ricky's main gameplay animations by adding one for his final ability, the Wall Climb. This one was difficult to begin with, as I had trouble trying to get the han... Continue reading

  
• Prototype 3 - Cormac
  October 22, 2025 by mrpineapplegames#Float, #Art, #Animation

  The third week of animating was mainly focused on trying to workshop a good animation for Ricky Rat's ability to float. Since this is not a thing rats can do in real life, it was somewhat difficult to... Continue reading

  
• Prototype 2 - Ryan
  October 14, 2025 by Lyanair

  For this prototype I wanted to add and refine some additional movement abilities and refine the movement from the first prototype according to player feedback. First of all, I adjusted the jump streng... Continue reading
• Prototype 2 - Cormac
  October 07, 2025 by mrpineapplegames#animation, #art, #mouse, #rat

  For this week, I continued working on art and animation for the game, but with a greater emphasis on showcasing Ricky Rat's "unique" personality. I also added in a new character: Martholomew Mouse. Ma... Continue reading

  
• Prototype 1 - Ryan
  October 01, 2025 by Lyanair

  Added basic character controls for the player. The player can move left and right and a variable for changing the walk speed. The player can jumps with a variable for the jump force and has coyote tim... Continue reading
• Prototype 1 - Cormac
  September 29, 2025 by mrpineapplegames#art, #animation, #rat

  For the first prototype of Rat Race, I decided to focus on the art of the game - specifically the main character Ricky Rat. My first goal when making Ricky was to clearly show what he was supposed to... Continue reading

  
• Project Goals
  September 22, 2025 by mrpineapplegames#first, #goals

  Project by Ryan Loughran and Cormac Barrett In this game, we want players to experience the thrill of racing against a CP U, while also dealing with the anxiety that comes from losing in racing games... Continue reading