Do not miss our new Live Action Trailer starring, well, us, Alain, Aline and Aymeric, the whole “AAA” team behind the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjVSxgFcfug
What do you think? Aren't we pretty as hell?
And so now is the perfect time to buy this incredible game we made ! Kidding (or not :p).
If you'd like to support us as we need, please share the video and spread the word on every possible social network.
The Fate of BAFL is in your hands!
Demo Contest: Keys Are For Winners
First of all we would like to thank all the players who downloaded and (hopefully!) enjoyed our demo this weekend.
The competition has been fierce on our Time-Attack Contest.
Congratulations to MileyRoseHarisson who hits the top of the leaderboard with a time of 33.562, very very close to the beta testing World Record (33.386) on the Brake Lagoon track.
The Top 10 is completed by
- Thiga (34.688)
- SpaceCowboy (34.754)
- MyShock (34.847)
- Kr0nic (34.993)
- Yermin5000 (35.106)
- Cerberus (35.203)
- Roxoror (34.467)
- AlexKontok (35.567)
- Ayyronni And Meatball (36.399)
Good job pilots!
Winners are now invited to accept the friendship invitation from GanBAFL who will PM you with your full game key.
We are now two days away from the final release. We cannot be more excited than now. Please think about spreading the word about us!
And add us to your wishlist if not done already :)
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more incoming events, and remember, Brakes Are For Losers!
Free Demo Available & Time-Attack Contest Week-End for everyone!
BAFL is coming to PC/Steam next Wednesday, October 18th. But we are so excited to share our hard work with you that we decided to release the demo no later than today!
This free demo offers you a small tour of BAFL. It includes 1 track for Time-Attack or Perfect Race and a 3-track championship for up to 4 players (instead of 8 in the full game).
Give it a try today and get an exclusive preview of BAFL before its release.
And if you feel confident with your skills (and we bet you do, haha!), you can join our Pre-Release-Time-Attack-Demo-Week-End-Contest-With-Cars-And-NO-BRAKES!
The challenge is quite simple: climb up to the top 10 of the Time-Attack leaderboard and you will win a free key for the full game.
Competition starts now and ends on Sunday, 11:59PM Pacific Time (GMT-7)
Winners will be announced here on Monday.
Have fun with BAFL this week-end, and spread the word!
Feel free to also post your BAFL couch parties on Twitter or Facebook.
And add us to your Steam wishlist!
Thanks!
Grab your wheel, BAFL is bringing back good old arcade fun on October 18th!
We are thrilled to announce that BAFL - Brakes Are For Losers will be released here on Steam on October 18th !
BAFL - Brakes Are For Losers is a good-old arcade style top-down hectic racing game. With cars. !
It offers 10 unique tracks inspired by the pop culture of the 80’s and 90’s and full of funny details and surprising events. Each track takes you to a different setting, from peaceful caribbean island to hellish underground, from fabulous Las Vegas all the way to the Moon!
Here’s a short gameplay footage featuring “The Brake Lagoon” track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN6gVfVfpzE
BAFL is all about pure arcade fun. Challenge your friends, pick a funky car and outrun them thanks to your driving skills or dirty tricks. Ram them out of your way or pick up bonuses to wreck them.
Gather up to 8 people on the same screen, compete in championships, upgrade your cars. And break friendships.
BAFL also offers a challenging solo experience with championships against fierce AIs and special modes such as Time Attack or Perfect Race. Train and compete against the best players worldwide thanks to the global ghost system and make your way to the top of the world leaderboards!
BAFL is a simple invitation to dive in a state of the art old-school epic racing game. With no freaking brakes!
Old-School Top-Down Action
10 Unique Themed Tracks
8 Funky Cars
Local Multiplayer, up to 8 Players
Solo and Multiplayer Championships with Car Upgrades
In-Race Events and Dirty Tricks
Time Attack with World Ladders and Ghosts
Badass Soundtrack
No. Brakes.
BAFL - Brakes Are For Losers will be available in 10 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Portuguese/Brazilian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
It will be sold at a price of 9,99€ / 9,99$ on Steam.
Remember to add us to your wishlist!
And you can find more about BAFL - Brakes Are For Losers on its Official Page, Facebook or Twitter.
Warm-up Lap #6 - Jurassic Brake!
Lap #6 : Jurassic Brake! Inside this well-known dinosaur park, you'll have to deal with the comings and goings of the visitors' monorail that randomly cross the road during the race!
What's new:
New track: Jurassic Brake! Don't disturb the dinosaurs nor the visitors in this track 65 million years in the making!
Cash pick-up now appears on top on the car which pick it up to avoid confusion
If you keep getting "Wrong Way" in tracks with crossings (such as Hell or Space Station) an arrow will show you where to go
New and updated sounds for various map events
An audio manager has been added in the options of the pause menu!
Changes:
Due to an update, the flag's counters may have been reset. To get your flags back, you'll just have to visit each race circuit once & the unlocked flags will be instantly added back as they were before.
The warm-up race comes to an end, we're now heading to the final sprint that will be the time for polishing all the content already implemented in the game.
Now more than ever, your feedbacks are greatly appreciated to improve the game until the official release!
We're rambling on a little but please don't forget to wishlist us & follow us on social medias!
BAFL is at GamesCom 2017! We're only in the business part of the convention, though, but if you're there, come and meet us in hall 4.1, E14-06!
Due to our presence at the convention, there won't be a Beta update this week. But don't fret, we're back next week with a brand new track for you to grind your teeth on!
Here's a very challenging clue for you to guess the theme of the new track:
See you next week!
Warm-up Lap #5 - Night of the living brakes!
Lap #5 : Night of the living brakes! In this spooky graveyard, avoiding bonks will be the key to maintain a perfect curve around this gloomy mansion!
What's new:
New track : "Night of the living brakes!". Race inside a grim old cemetery and watch out for the mist!
You can now change the default car appearance for the main menu and the challenges by going in the pit stop on the main screen.
Changes:
Time Attack: you now only get the goat cheer if you really sucked
Fixed: Pixelisation pick-up persists after the end of the race
Don't forget to wishlist us & follow us on social medias!
Lap#4 - Brakes don't hit back! Discover Okinawa, birthplace of Karate (& Master Miyagi)! You'll have to be careful of weapons left on track during training!
What's new:
"Brakes don't hit back" New track: discover Okinawa, the birthplace of Karate (and Master Miyagi)!
Final scores are displayed in the end of championship sequence. Let us know what you think about it.
Experimental Mac OSX version. This hasn't been tested much so any feedback on it would be really appreciated!
Fixes:
The game should now run smoothly on any aspect ratio (from 4:3 to widescreen 21:9)
Numerous reported bugs. Keep them coming!
Talk to you next week for the Warm-up Lap #5!
Warm-up Lap #3 - Second Update!
Lap #3 - In space, no one can hear you brake! Deal with portals to teleport ahead & be careful with the crossroad!
What's new:
New track: Space Station! A relatively easy track with a crossroad and a portal! You'll find it early in the championship and in the first screen of the challenges.
Better lights for Ice track by night
Pixelisation pick-up: the area around the car which picked it up is not affected anymore
Support for chinese/japanese/korean and cyrillic characters
Various bug fixes
Talk to you next week!
Warm-up Lap #2 - First Update!
Lap #2 - Fresh new track: Winter is braking! You'll have to slide your way through an icy road while your Adhesion stat is ignored. Stay frosty & manage your drifts to master this race circuit!
What's new:
- New "Ice" track! Challenges for this track can be found in the hard part (the third part to the left) of the main menu (you'll have to unlock it first!)
- New explosion animation
- Skid marks now take the color of certain elements you pass through (e.g. oil, grass, ice)
Fixes:
- Fixed: in Time Attack, before the race starts, the ghost car sometimes appeared ahead of the start line
- Fixed: left-hand keyboard controls now can be used in menus
- Fixed: cars can no longer get stuck in the borders of the track (hopefully :P)
- Fixed: various UI issues
- Fixed: leaderboard used to freeze if there were no entries
- Fixed: in Perfect Race, boosts are no longer displayed above the car. You can still use them as much as you want, though it's not recommended if you don't want to hit the track. ;)
Known issues:
- Sometimes when playing a Time Attack, the car just stops. We're still hunting that one down. If you encounter it, please report it with as much detail as you can.
- Car choosing screen/shop is broken when playing on a 4:3 screen (but who does? :P)
Stay tuned for more updates, and see you on the tracks.
