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2024 · Arcade · Racing

Nightmare Kart

Nightmare Kart is a legally distinct racing game that features 20 racers, 16 maps, a full campaign mode with boss fights, and VS Battle mode!

Released
31 May 2024
Platforms
Windows
Genres
ArcadeRacing
Developers
—
Publishers
—
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action
Languages
English
Time to beat
2hmain story2.5hwith extras4hcompletionist

About

Nightmare Kart is a 2024 kart racing game developed and published by Lilith 'b0tster' Walther and Corwyn Prichard under the company name LWMedia. The game uses a low poly art style inspired by the original PlayStation.

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Gameplay

Nightmare Kart takes place in the Victorian steampunk city of Miralodia, with heavy inspirations taken from Bloodborne.

The game contains various game modes, such as a full campaign, boss fights, and a VS battle mode. Players can choose from 13 karts and 15 maps. Players can perform driving techniques such as drifting and jump-tricks in order to build up a boost, they can also pick up power-ups to fight against other racers.

Development

Nightmare Kart initially started out as an April Fool's video created during the development of Bloodborne PSX but was eventually turned into a real product shortly after the game's release.

During January 2024, LWMedia was contacted by Sony over unauthorized use of the Bloodborne intellectual property, which caused the game to be slightly delayed in order to remove all references. This also caused the game to be renamed from Bloodborne Kart to Nightmare Kart.

Reception

Nightmare Kart received generally positive reviews, with reviewers praising the game's unique retro artstyle and relatively large size for a project made by an indie developer. However, there were issues about the game's AI being poorly balanced on some races.

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PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows31 May 2024Worldwide

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