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Hey all, I'm the author of this game. I didn't expect to see it on HN! I wrote it to add some fun to all the conversations happening in the local forums about this roundabout. They've been heated at times. And, yes, this roundabout is right next to the Kirkland Costco.

I definitely agree with all the critiques of the gameplay - and I have about 100 more. I cut it down to the bare essentials to get it done while it's still relevant in the community. I wouldn't even call it an MVP. I probably won't update this unless there is some greater need. Though using Godot with Claude Code was a blast so I'm motivated to do new stuff there. I've been building solutions on Unity/DX/Unreal for over a decade - Godot was such a breath of fresh air!

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Do this one! https://maps.app.goo.gl/wmwjQctXpRtXAdKS7

The playlist is hilarious and really helps nail the feeling of driving around in circles! Love it!

My "solution" was to treat every roundabout like a stop sign.

This would work, except that it exposed flaws in the controls/ etc and also sometimes the other cars would not yield. But not my fault! :)

For bonus points, tackle Tumwater next!

https://www.google.com/maps/@46.9995932,-122.9095898,279m/da...

This thing is a nightmare of newly constructed, but with poor signage, rapid lane changes required at times, and "wait, which roundabout?"

I raise you The Magic Roundabout https://maps.app.goo.gl/1Mj8tSvKNBnQMu8V7

Too easy. In the UK there are far more torturous roundabouts, for example, Five Ways in Birmingham, notable because you have to inch forward up a hill, always in traffic, typically with a manual gearbox, to finally get to the roundabout where the three lanes of traffic seems to already be doing 50 mph, meaning that you have to channel your drag racing skills to just get on there, without slipping backwards, damaging the clutch or coming a cropper.

London has some specials too, including the traffic around Hyde Park Corner, which is like a roundabout in vacuum form. Should so much as a square foot of tarmac become vacant then it will magically suck in four taxis, two double decker buses and a dozen UberEats delivery guys, making any progress tough.

Chiswick roundabout, where the M4 motorway, gateway to the West, begins is also not for those lacking testicular fortitude, my mum got stuck going round and round that one, we weren't quite dizzy by the time we got off, but it was getting that way.

All is nothing though. You have got to do France, Arc de Triomphe. Cobblestones, many, many lanes, every car with dents in it and priority given to those entering the roundabout rather than those on it already. No American in an American vehicle would be able to make it through that one!

Tumwater. What you get when you put the wrong tablet in your denture bath.

and really it’s tumwata anyway. waterfall

I assume a 'tumwata is a bottom-bottom-water; im underwata wit de missile; a submarine.

Just adding a pause in the game would be huge! I'd like to pause and come back to it while waiting for a prompt to finish!

You can kind of do that with the Quit button. Cancel it and the game will resume.

As someone who grew up about 400 feet from that interchange, this is such a weird thing to see.

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