Survey Says...

By Mike Daly
September 4th, 2009

So here are the tallies to the poll I took last update, including the votes of some people I talked too offline:

  • Mario Kart: 6
  • Release Connexus: 3
  • Skills of an Artist: 2
  • Release Orbital: 1
  • Comic Game: 0
  • Slack off: 0

Therefore, I will begin working on a Kart racing game soon. Stay tuned to see how things are progressing.

Morning Hair

sometimes when I wake up in the morning my hair is very poofy. Sometimes I take pictures with my crappy digital camera. It's no spinning beard picture but it's still pretty funny to look at:


It seemed a lot crazier at the time


Opus 17

I sat down with MUSAGI again earlier this week and wrote up a new piece of music. Please enjoy Opus 17 (if you can).

Oh yeah, it's also my birthday. I'm now 27. This will be my last birthday that is a whole cube number for a while

Comments

Wesley (as guest)
September 8th, 2009 - 10:35 pm

dude, connexus is a winner with some polish! FINISH HIM! FATALITY!!! you get 3 gold, end turn. Now in regards to the hair, awesome.

Karma Riot

By Mike Daly
September 27th, 2009

I've been trying to think of a good title/theme for the Mario Kart clone recently and the one that I like so far is KARMA RIOT. Mainly because it's an anagram for Mario Kart. It also gives me some options for the theme. I've worked on it about 18 hours total over the past few weeks, and I think I'm making pretty good progress on the functionality. It helps a lot that my friend Pawel is pitching in as well.

I haven't really started on any of the art, so visually it's going to look completely different once I get to it, however many parts of the game are already in place:

  • Analog steering, gas, breaking
  • Data driven track physics parameters - different surfaces (as authored by MS paint) can have different traction and drag
  • Loosing traction allows you to powerslide
  • Lap counter and recognizing game over
  • Multiplayer and split screen support
  • Traction meter

Here are some screenshots for you to enjoy:


We tested the simulation with a top-down renderer


Then just recently added the perspective rendering with proxy art and AI


I like the idea of super-deformed ATVs rather than go-karts. This is my mockup


This is the spinaround of my test sprite

Well, that's it for now. The other bit of news is that (the aforementioned) Pawel got married. Congratulations to Pawel. I wish I could post a picture of the wedding party (I was in it), but I don't have one handy and Pawel is currently living it up in Hawaii.

Comments

Mummy (as guest)
October 16th, 2009 - 08:52 am

Very cool!