Update 0.12 - Foundations

Thank you!

We would like to thank everyone for all of their feedback and for playing our game, we really appreciate every player and everything they have to say about our game <3

Since The Ludum Dare version of the game we have been hard at work changing the game based on our own and more importantly our players feedback - 3 days did not leave us a long time to properly play test and get to know where the game didn't feel great.

We received so much great feedback but a few themes were present - the car did not feel good to control, the AI was dumb and the second track was boring. 

Update Notes

In this first proper update we have:

• Cleaned up all of the crazy "jam code" - that last minute "aaaah make it do this!" code is almost fully removed.
• Added limited gamepad support - you can drive, pause etc but no support for navigating the menus yet.
• Added Gamepad rumble to start feeling those crashes and drifts.
• Improved the camera and added different modes (currently near and far) - we know this is not perfect yet, but hopefully a step in the right direction.
• Look back camera - you can no look back and see the cool stuff behind you ;)
• Screen shake - feel those explosions that you have caused!
• Completely new custom car controller - Updated Engine, Brakes, suspension, tires and handling in general.
• Added a handbrake.
• Added a basic HUD that  shows you speed, current position, lap time and best lap time.
• Updated track 2 to be shorter and more focused.
• Updated the death race game mode - all cars now take damage every 5 seconds - with every new lap the damage increases, complete laps to get a full heal - try to outlast the competition!
• Updated the AI waypoint code and update their controller to use the new car controller - we know we still have areas to improve here.
• Updated the car physics to allow more jumps, flips and shenanigans!
• Lots of other small tweaks and changes!

We are very excited for everyone to play this version as we feel it gives us are really solid base to build off of. We look forward to any new feedback and comments you all may have :)

Coming Soon

Over the next few weeks we will be working mainly on the AI foundations to improve them and adding some learning capabilities via a genetic algorithm (watch out for that blog post).

Also look forward to seeing

• A score system to benefit from all that cool stuff you are doing on the track
• Full controller support
• Race customisation UI
• More race modifiers
• Nitro boost :D

We hope you have fun and enjoy this new version :)

Stay speedy and go race now!