‘Doodle Kart’ Review
With everything that is being doodled nowadays thanks to doodle jump, It is no surprise that karts have now been doodled. Doodle Kart allows you to race against the CPU for an all out battle for first place. You are also allowed to pickup and use an arsenal of different weapons to help get you across the finish line first. Also, you can choose to race solo by yourself.
Doodle Karts offers two modes: Single Race and Championship mode. Single Race is where you just play one race on any track that you want as long as you have unlocked it. Championship is the mode that lets you unlock race tracks to play on and earn gold medals. Each race requires you to finish a number of laps and you are given 3 retries before the game is over and you need to try again. The game is divided into 5 stages, with each stage having 5 different tracks for you to race on.
Another feature in this game allows you to change your cars characteristics to match your liking. You can configure your cars speed, acceleration, handling, weight, and items that you pick up, as well as choose from a few different colors for your car. You can also turn off the items in the options if you don’t want to use or be distracted by them.
The game comes with onscreen control options for you to control your car with and it comes with a tilt option that you can also use for controlling your car. Another available option is to have the gas always on and run itself or use the onscreen button for gas. The game also lets you play in portrait mode or in landscape mode, so you should be able to find an orientation and control that you are comfortable with.
The graphics are made to look like doodle drawings, hence the name Doodle Kart. So if you like doodle graphics, then you will be pleased, but if you don’t like doodle graphics then you might be disappointed. One nice effect that this game has is when your car starts sliding sideways, you will see a neat drifting effect that can be used to your advantage if you use it correctly. Music is also included in the game and can be turned off if you don’t like it. Doodle Kart also includes statistics to let you see your best times in each level and to submit your scores online at a later time if you didn’t automatically submit them. OpenFeint is also integrated with the game to give online leaderboards. If you like racing games and doodle graphics, then this game is for you!
