This is a game I`ve been making in my spare time since july of 2012. The real development time is around 15 days though.
The core idea of the game has been brewing for years already and I though it was mature enough develop it further. The game is planned to be simple enough so I can make it on my own - I consider it as my skill test in every possible game development field.
Brief overview:
RGP (will find a proper title later) is a fast paced single player racing game where player is a pilot of ultra fast, hovering race vehicles. Game setting takes place in a distant future, or a fictional universe on various distinct planets around the galaxies. I plan to keep the overall style close to retro futurism - vivid, minimalist and smooth.
For a full GDD (game design document) look HERE all of the content there is a subject to change and will form up in further development of the game. Actually for now it is more like a verbal sketchbook of ideas and concepts not a proper GDD.
Also for more detailed development process and frequent updates check my dev-blog HERE
development phases:
the realization process is split up in following phases:
planning & preperation (done)
sketching and concepting - developing game core mechanics
developing graphics & shaders
developing game art - developing sound, graphics & effects- putting all together
alpha release - debugging
current development phase: sketching and preperation
during each of the phases I will publish pre-alpha releases showing the features developed.
Later I will create a more specific roadmap for milestone releases.
Downloading now. Hopefully it runs smooth on my old laptop…
Edit: I’m guessing I’m using the wrong version of Blender (2.65a) because the entire thing is a bit of a mess. When I hit “w” the camera zooms in past the ship and the particle trail is on the front of the ship. o.O It also runs at 3 fps and I think it could be going a bit faster even though my laptop is old… What version of Blender are you using?
zymn, well the game is meant to run at stable 60fps
game logic and physics timestep is calculated based on fixed 1/60fps frametime so lower or higher framerate leads to complete mess…
I will fix that at one point. Also 3fps seems really too low, try 2 things -
disable shadowmapping from the “Sun” lamp
disable “Color management” in Render tab under “Shading” - this helped me a lot when I was on lower end PC
I cant download the game from my PC/Mobile :(Could you use some LED lights in the racetracksLike those in the Solar roadshttp://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml
Very cool. I really really enjoyed it. Even though its so early in development the game mechanics are quite nice, and the graphics style looks like its heading in a great direction, especially with the filter. Good work as always!
Hey I have a question. Is it possible to use your code for the racer and add it to a character, but have it only activate when a button is pressed? I really suck at Python so I don’t know. o.O
why would you need this for a character?
Adjusting this code for other project would be quite hard. You would also have to disable Bullet physics for your character as it uses a custom physics system, there are no collision detection yet.
Well I wanted a smooth controlling speed boost to go with a character in a game and I was trying to think of ideas of how it would work. Controlling like a futuristic racer was an idea because it’s fluid and easy to control.
Just saw/played your game. You are certainly very talented. Kind of depressing that your Realtime things are looking better than my cycle renderings
Regarding the game I really like the visual style (retro, but really nice).
Keep up the good work!
@martinsh This is awesome! I saw your concept sketches and thought they were great but I did not see you have the game concept up and running as well! Its great!
And you hit hard on the nail with the style and rendering and gameplay.
In my eyes the great thing about games like wipeout is the smooth insane velocity racing with loong smooth tracks so you can get the speed up. The style of the game is not as important. Yet when that is said i love the colors and atmosphere of your game. Its very like your sketches!
Anywhere we can read about or can you tell about your future plans…? Any specific areas you want to get help?
EDIT martin.hedin Thanks for clearing the name confusion, Sorry