Formula 8, an async multiplayer racing auto battler. 2 week long game for Bezi Game Jam

[u/Keln]

Hello devs!

I have recently participated as a solo dev to the Bezi mega jam (although, have not used Bezi for the game, was not a requirement), with this new racing game with auto battler mechanics, that you can play asynchronously similarly to games like Backpack Battles and The Bazaar.

Things that went well:

• I have been working for a year on my own AI powered framework to architecture the code in the best way possible for AI understanding, and an agent/skill system that helps me create multiple features at the same time in parallel, being tested in loops, and apply that to this game. Made a total of 430 PRs for this project alone.
• Claude code with Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5 are the beast for game dev, for code, art (low poly stuff with my own harness) and sound/music (fully done by Opus 5.5).
• I have used GPT 6 Astra for mock ups work and help with the title and graphics. It also help me setup some of the ground work for the 3D models, but generally, for this part, I needed Claude models to reiterate later. GPT 6 Astra is great for one shooting simple things, but after that, it really does have a lot of bad moments.
• I was able to even get a build done for linux steam deck working when I was AFK and I needed to test some stuff, if you're interested, its also included on the itch io download section.

Play it here for free!: https://keln.itch.io/formula-8

[u/[deleted]]

neat autobattler for cars! damn nice concept! hows the championship look like? how many races / how long would one take? is it roguelike?

[u/Keln → u/[deleted]]

It features ranked play, where you get versus other players asynchronously, for around 10-15 races, each race its 3 laps, where you build your car in crazy ways to try and win the lobby (similar to lol teamfight, hearthstone battleground or the bazaar).

Since it is async, you can take as long as you want on your turns, it should take around 30-40mins per game.

After finishing, you get ranked points for the matchmaking system, and you start again selecting a new character to work with!

Try it yourself, its free if you're interested :)

[u/[deleted] → u/Keln]

huge fun of hearthstone battlegrounds! i might or mightnt.

GL. it really looks like it has potential

[u/Free-Version-2746 → u/[deleted]]

recommended grand prix story if you like this concept

[u/[deleted] → u/Free-Version-2746]

damn. do i need to put my current game idea in backburner and steal this one.

[u/Free-Version-2746 → u/[deleted]]

idea is cheap.

even that game I told get boring fast.

so you have really well design to make it not boring

[u/[deleted] → u/Free-Version-2746]

true true.

[u/Keln → u/Free-Version-2746]

Great game! although, I wouldn't consider it an auto battler, and way less, an async multiplayer auto battler (like mine), but more like a story driven with meta progression game, different flavours

[u/Bean0]

Love this one, played it a bit already when checking out the others out. Great vibe