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JoeJoeJoeJoe1 year ago(+1)

It's probably around 15% done. It'll be a while, probably a few more years off and on to finish it. Here's my todo list at the moment, and I'm sure this will grow.

  • Track stops rendering after a few transitions
  • Enum-ify track names so tracks can be added/removed/shuffled without breaking things
  • Options menu
  • Balance, balance, balance
  • Render & export more cars
  • Boss fight AI
  • 3 bosses per zone
  • Boss map graphics
  • Show boss on the map
  • Map preview on relevant screens (treasure, shop, etc) to inform decisions
  • Make battle maps feel better - new battle map only enemies?
  • Fix aiming on shots
  • Music
  • Pause menu
  • Ascension system
  • Progress tracking & saving
  • Multiple starting cars
  • Car select screen
  • Fix engine audio
  • More SFX
  • More weapons?
  • Bigger bullets for player
  • Performance improvements
  • End of race / battle UI element (like drop-down starting lights)
  • Player taking damage, potential to actually lose runs
  • More relics
  • More mystery nodes
  • Decide if I should bump from 3 to 5 acts?
  • Secrets - secret act?
  • Improved cheat menu
  • Improved glossary
  • Better writing - descriptions on relics, mysteries
  • Map screen - ability to read descriptions of stats & relics
  • Credits
  • Manual - digital and printable
  • Box art
  • Cart art
  • Itch.io graphics
  • Better title screen
  • Attract screen
  • Victory / end of battle screens / etc
  • Game over screen
  • More tracks
  • More battle maps
  • tutorial / driving school
  • Improved HUD
  • Improved map screen
  • Transitions between screens
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Mega +RyeGuy+1 year ago

Impressive!  Well I like the direction it's going in.  The theme reminds me of a really fun arcade style racer my wife and I used to play.  It was called "Gas Guzzlers - Car Carnage".  Used to be on Steam.  Not sure if it's still around.

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JoeJoeJoeJoe1 year ago

Looks like it's still there, looks pretty cool. While it's a driving game, oddly enough I would say my inspirations right now are largely the modern run based card games or games adjacent to that: Slay the Spire, Monster Train, Peggle, FTL, Power Chord, etc. I thought "Why not combine one of those with Mario Kart?"

The visual style and visual theme is mostly me leaning into what I think the Genesis is good at, plus what I can get done myself. I can't do sprite art, so I figure why not pre-render a lot of the content?

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Mega +RyeGuy+1 year ago

well, the pre render gives it a pretty unique look.  I think it's working for you.  How do you enjoy working with the Sega Genesis so far?  It seems like you are tapping into the speed of the console.

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JoeJoeJoeJoe1 year ago

SGDK really makes it easy and fun to work with the Genesis. It takes care of a lot, and I'm really excited about the recent support for Tiled, I'm hoping to use that in future games.

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