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[leegamestudios]

 

 

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- Development Blog -

 

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_speed_ is an adrenaline fuelled top down racing game set in 2100, the turn of the century where the worlds first anti gravity racing league is taking place. Pilots are put in state of the art crafts in which they race against each other or the clock using various weapons and power-ups all at over 400MPH.

 

Upon release _speed_ will have an arcade mode and career mode. Arcade mode will contain every track, craft and feature unlocked from the start, here you can practice your skills or compete for online and personal records. In addition to this _speed_ will also ship with a career mode where you will participate in race events from around the world to further unlock events and points to upgrade your craft.

 
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_speed_ is currently in alpha and because of this not all the planned content is in the game yet, upon release I would like to have the following modes and features in!

 

I am getting close to having all of the game modes into the game, at the moment there is standard race, time trial, head to head and endurance apart from this all I need to implement is eliminator mode and design a lot more tracks as I currently have three. All six power-ups are currently in the game and working along with arcade mode.

_speed_ contains 12 countries that each have their own unique craft with different statistics.

 

 

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Planned Features;

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Game Types:
 - Career Mode
 - Arcade Mode
 - Challenge Mode
 
Arcade:
Everything will be unlocked, all tracks, crafts, craft variants, mode etc will all be available to play. What you do in arcade mode will not effect Career mode.

Career Mode:
Career mode will set you up with a map of the world with countries and continents offering multiple race events for you to earn commendations which can be used during your career. The use of commendations is yet to be decided.

Race Modes:
 - Standard Race (just a simple race )
 - Time Trial (Beat a certain time to earn certain medal tiers)
 - Head to Head (1v1 race)
 - Endurance (Using each teams prototype craft, starting at the slowest speed and each lap the speed increases, race finishes when craft is destroyed)
 - Eliminator (No lap limit, first to x ship kills wins)

Power-Ups
 - Leach Beam = Attaches onto enemy craft for a short while draining their shield and adding it to yours.
 - Missile = Fire at a enenmy craft and it will guide it's self to the target and explode.
 - Rocket = Dumb fire three rockets in a spread pattern which explode on contact.
 - Mines = Lay down three mines behind your craft for an unsuspecting opponant.
 - Shield = temporarily protect your self from enemy fire and collision damage.
 - Boost = Give your self a sudden speed boost to charge ahead of the crowd

_speed_ Alpha v8 Change Log

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- New lighting
- 6 new countries
- All 12 countries have had craft designs
- 1 New track
- Results card re-design

 

_speed_ Alpha v8 Bugs

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- Track Stanza has trouble playing over 40FPS

 

Near future to-do

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https://trello.com/b...bd60e875e0003f0

 
Download Archive

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Alpha Release 8 - https://dl.dropboxus...d_ alpha v8.zip (LATEST)
Alpha Release 7 - https://dl.dropboxus...d_ alpha v7.zip
Alpha Release 6 - https://dl.dropbox.c... alpha v5_1.zip
Alpha Release 5 - https://dl.dropbox.c...lpha v5_1.zip
Alpha Release 4 - https://dl.dropbox.c...a_v_0.0.4.6.zip
Alpha Release 3 - https://dl.dropbox.c...a_v_0.0.3.1.zip
Alpha Release 2 - https://dl.dropbox.c...a_v_0.0.2.7.zip
Alpha Release 1 - https://dl.dropbox.c...a_v_0.0.0.1.zip

 

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 Latest Youtube Video

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Controls
- W = Accelerate
- A = Steer Right
- D = Steer Left
- S = Reverse
- Control = Break
- Space = Use Power-Up
- Shift = Destroy Current Power-Up
 
Credit
Aidan Lee - Programming, Art
Tim "CoLD SToRAGE" wright - Music
 
Links
Development Blog and Webiste
Personal Twitter
_speed_ Twitter
CoLD SToRAGE Bandcamp

Edited by leegamestudios, 23 May 2013 - 05:41 PM.

[chance]

I think this has some potential. I like your use of 3D here, with the top-down view. And from the menu, it looks like you're planning lots of new features.

However, the graphics themselves aren't visually stimulating since the environment has no texture. And the race cars look rather primitive and flat, against the 3D structures that surround them. So you might consider giving them some 3D characteristics as well.

My only real problem was with the controls. The left/right arrows seemed overly responsive, so it was hard to make the turns without completely spinning out. Personally, I'd also prefer the "speed" control to be a separate hand from the "direction" controls. So for example, <space> instead of up-arrow. That way, one hand could be focused on controlling the turns, while the other hand controlled the speed. (Just a personal preference.)

But overall, this is a good start. With a bit more work and some options, you'll have a polished game here. +1

[BattleRifle BR55]

I really liked the menu, but the game was hard to control. I figured the turning would be pretty sensitive after reading chance's post, but I wasn't expecting to pull 720's with just a tap of the key!

I couldn't play for long because of that issue. Is there a reason you can spin so fast, so easily?

[integrate]

I look forward to updates to this game. The potential is definitely there.

It isn't really playable at this stage, as turning your craft is more about how fast you recover than how well you steer.

[leegamestudios]

Thanks for the feedback!

• The steering on the current craft is one one of the highest settings however next week I plan to have the craft customiser added as well as different hulls meaning each one will handle differently.

• I'm planning on adding teams and sponsor posters on the side of buildings to breakup the blank textures, I'm also planning on adding weather effects such as snow and rain. I was thinking about adding a lighting engine to add to the neon look but I'm not sure if it would be too distracting.

• I've got fully rebindable controls in the works so you can have whatever key you want to accelerate and steer.

- Aidan

[integrate]

Thanks for the feedback!

• The steering on the current craft is one one of the highest settings however next week I plan to have the craft customiser added as well as different hulls meaning each one will handle differently.

• I'm planning on adding teams and sponsor posters on the side of buildings to breakup the blank textures, I'm also planning on adding weather effects such as snow and rain. I was thinking about adding a lighting engine to add to the neon look but I'm not sure if it would be too distracting.

• I've got fully rebindable controls in the works so you can have whatever key you want to accelerate and steer.

- Aidan

1 vote for neon!

[leegamestudios]

UUUUUUUUUUUUPDATE TIME!

_speed_ Alpha Release V 0.0.2.7

New alpha build v0.0.2.7

https://dl.dropbox.c...a_v_0.0.2.7.zip (6.5mb)

Features;

- Functional menu
- Single race mode
- Single track
- 18 Different Craft
- Fully working race positions
- No more horrid bright blue buildings!

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=JUpC7nw9gUc








Controls;

Accelerate = Up Arrow
Steer Right = Right Arrow
Steer Left = Left Arrow
Reverse = Down Arrow
Breaks = Control
Use Powerup = Space
Destroy Powerup = Shift

Requirements;

- Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
- 6.5mb Disk Space
- 512 MB RAM
- 128 MB Graphics Card/Chip
- 1280x720 resolution or higher


This week's to-do;

- Add AI using power-ups
- Add AI hull damage
- Contact CoLD SToRAGE to see if I can use some of his free tracks in my game (http://coldstorage.bandcamp.com/ What he creates is amazing)
I have included an FPS display if you test the game could you tell me how well it ran and what your computer specs are. Mine are as follows;

- 2nd Gen Intel i3 @3.1GHZ Dual Core (+two threaded cores)
- 4GB DDR3 RAM
- Asus GeForce GTX 560ti SOC (2.7GB VRAM)
- Windows 7 64bit

http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=561550

http://www.indiedb.com/games/speed

http://leegamestudios.tumblr.com/


While creating my IndieDB page I decided to do some "re-branding" as they require banners and poster, I think they came out well.

 

- Aidan
 

Edited by leegamestudios, 20 April 2013 - 07:22 PM.

[leegamestudios]

Tim "CoLD SToRAGE" Wright has kindly let me use music from several of his albums for _speed_

_speed_ Tracks to race by contains 13 electronic adreneline fuelled tracks by Welsh video game composer Tim Wright. Tim also know as CoLD SToRAGE has created music for several videos games including; Lemmings, Colony Wars, WipEout and Gravity Crash.

_speed_ Tracks to Race by contains;

- Lost in Music
- Pencil Neck
- Wiped Out
- Blique Noir
- Rombobo

All of his music can be purchased as well as listened to from Tim's bandcamp page over at : http://coldstorage.bandcamp.com/
For those interested in listening I will post the tracks below and what album they belong to;

CoLD SToRAGE HD
- Pencil Neck

Android Child
- Rombobo
- Blique Noir

MELT
- Wiped Out (Probably my favourite from the lot)

Tim keeps a record of all his old tracks he has created at http://coldstorage.org.uk/ and has kindly allowed everyone to download them for free.

- http://twitter.com/CoLDSToRAGE
- http://www.facebook....ST.RAGE?fref=ts

While I'm linking to twitter pages and the like I have created a official twitter page for _speed_

- http://twitter.com/_speed_game

Assuming everything goes well I hope to release a new development build by tomorrow I'm just finishing off the sound system at the moment.

Edited by leegamestudios, 15 December 2012 - 11:04 PM.

[leegamestudios]

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPDATE!

_speed_ Alpha Release 3 (v 0.0.3.1)

This week not much new has been added gameplay wise, however _speed_ now features music from CoLD SToRAGE
and sound effects have started to be added along with this AI craft damage and weapons have also been added
but not finished.

http://youtu.be/yFGg4CRLgxk







https://dl.dropbox.c...a_v_0.0.3.1.zip

Controls;
- Accelerate = Up Arrow
- Steer Right = Right Arrow
- Steer Left = Left Arrow
- Reverse = Down Arrow
- Breaks = Control
- Use Powerup = Space
- Destroy Powerup = Shift

Requirements;
- Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
- 6.5mb Disk Space
- 512 MB RAM
- 128 MB Graphics Card/Chip
- 1280x720 resolution or higher

This week's to-do;
- Add AI using power-ups
- Add AI hull damage
- Add graphical effects to add some spit and polish

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http://www.indiedb.com/games/speed

http://twitter.com/_speed_game

Edited by leegamestudios, 17 December 2012 - 09:57 PM.

[leegamestudios]

Seeing as there has been a lack of updates and news recently due to me being away for the holidays I thought I'd explain my process of creating tracks!

1) I sketch a rough out line of the track that I want to create.



2) The track is then created in the GMS editor and position markers (Purple lines) placed and then recorded on the above piece of paper. (Numbers from 1 - 12)



When placing the markers it is important to place them on corners to allow the position finder to get the most accurate positioning.

3) Add the markers to a new script and run that script when the track room is started.



4) ???

5) PROFIT!?!?!?

Development should resume on Monday with seeing how _speed_ likes HTML5 as the export option is currently 50% off!

[leegamestudios]

Development is back in full swing with several changes being made to allow new game modes and craft skins.

To start with I have completely re-organised some controller objects to allow code execution based on game mode meaning time trials and other modes will arrive soon.

I have always been somewhat unsatisfied with the current craft selection menu so I have decided to completely re-do it along with craft patterns. Craft will now have three layers which will not be limited to single colours. This will allow full coloured flags on the craft along with designs for exclusive crafts.



The first 6 rows in section one will contain the county team craft, section two will contain craft from other teams which will not be a country. Section three will contain exclusive craft designs which will be gained outside the game, for example there might be a design which I will only give out to certain people or people of a particular community.

The update in craft colours and layers will allow more detail on each craft to easily distinguish it not to mention the amount of pattern combinations that will be available when I get around to re-doing the craft customiser.

I have also half added a lap timer now which is another step closer to time based game modes!

[leegamestudios]

_speed_ development is back on track with lots of new things to start the new year!

Changelog

Changes

• Lap timers
• New track
• sounds for countdown, boost and collision.
• New track pieces (narrow sections and diagonals)
• Added new end of raace score screen
• 25% more damage on wall collision

Bugs

• Fixed track colour and music not randomising between startups

Video http://youtu.be/ORquR3qD4cM

Windows Build https://dl.dropbox.c...a_v_0.0.4.6.zip







http://www.indiedb.com/games/speed

http://www.youtube.c.../leegamestudios

https://twitter.com/_speed_game

http://forums.tigsou...p?topic=30454.0

[leegamestudios]

Development Log for 2nd Feb 2013

Change Log
- AI craft collisions
- Started working on a new track
- Posters decorate the buildings
- Every craft has a new design
- Underground areas have been introduced
- New craft selecting menu
- All steering DRASTICALLY reduced (about 1/4 of what they use to be)
- All damage has been increased

Bug Fixes
- Should have fixed all depth issues.

Gallery

- http://i.imgur.com/3tK3mWu.png
- http://i.imgur.com/ZmpKM2C.png
- http://i.imgur.com/zUbrzLq.png
- http://i.imgur.com/tBNhqHX.png
- http://i.imgur.com/ZHD0s9f.png

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This week's to-do
- Pause menu
- finish new track
- Start adding options to the options menu

[leegamestudios]

Development Log

I would have a new build out however the latest version of Game Maker Studio broke some things and I don't know when they're going to release a fix.

Change Log

• Added banners and signs to eventually replace posters on walls.
• Added new track "Stanza" (Based on Wip3out's Stanza Inter)
• Basic pause menu
• key binding (Broken due to update)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed lap timer not counting miliseconds

Gallery

• http://i.imgur.com/iM3lC8Uh.jpg
• http://i.imgur.com/BSapt8Hh.jpg
• http://i.imgur.com/JiwLqIsh.jpg
• http://i.imgur.com/Qg43h4Xh.jpg

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This week's to-do

• finish new track
• Start adding options to the options menu
• Add stats to craft selection screen
• Finish the banners and signs

http://www.indiedb.com/games/speed

http://leegamestudios.tumblr.com/

https://twitter.com/_speed_game

http://forums.tigsou...p?topic=30454.0

Edited by leegamestudios, 09 February 2013 - 04:59 PM.

[leegamestudios]

I was hoping to get a build out this weekend but I've decided to delay it till next weekend so I can polish up some things such as controls and settings.

It's also half term so I have a week off which I plan on using mainly to get a lot of things done.

Change Log

- Finished two maps (Downtown and Stanza)
- Selecting tracks from the menu
- Pause menu
- Key binding
- Started to change some speed values of player and AI craft

Bug Fixes

- No idea lost track

Gallery

- http://i.imgur.com/lW6yY1Wh.png
- http://i.imgur.com/ZfIQ7qkh.png
- http://i.imgur.com/GXaFQG8h.png
- http://i.imgur.com/tQ2o1agh.png
- http://i.imgur.com/FkVcuGOh.png

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This week's to-do

- Add time trial and endurance mode.
- Start adding options to the options menu
- Add stats to craft selection screen
- Finish the banners and signs

I haven't received any feedback recently so any comments would be appreciated.

[Mailas]

I haven't played the game yet but from the screenshots it looks epic.

Edited by Mailas, 16 February 2013 - 08:35 PM.

[leegamestudios]

Development Log

Lots have been added this week and I'm extremely pleased with the progress being made. Also I'm happy to be able to release a **new build** of all the new features from the last few weeks!

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NEW BUILD

This build's features

• Two Tracks
• Two Game Modes
• 18 Different craft
• Varying levels of AI difficulty
• Varying speed classes

Video

- http://youtu.be/_Fw8C1bU_Gs

Download

- https://dl.dropbox.c... alpha v5_1.zip

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Change Log

- New game mode Time Trial
- Craft stats redone
- Removed keybinding options (Working on a new method since GMS's new progressive case scan broke my current method)

Bug Fixes

- Again no idea

Gallery

• http://i.imgur.com/woQdxwph.png
• http://i.imgur.com/5Z3qIg2h.png
• http://i.imgur.com/xmEuI9Yh.png
• http://i.imgur.com/Ub0hTzIh.png
• http://i.imgur.com/oE9ifNBh.png
• http://i.imgur.com/xPdVgEah.png

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This week's to-do

• Endurance mode
• Motion blur
• view zooming
• some options

WANTED

If anyone has a Mac and is able to export GM Studio projects I'd be interested in someone creating a Mac version of _ speed _

Edited by leegamestudios, 24 February 2013 - 01:47 AM.

[Daddio]

I am liking the game and I reeeeaaallly WANT to like it, especially since you are putting so much work into it.

It's just that the handling is still 200% too fast. Even on the lowest handling ship, I'm spinning in circles. No real reason the ships should be able to do that. I picked a level 1 handling ship and was spinning out so much I just rage quit after 1 lap. I didn't feel like learning to handle it. Not really what you want your players to do.

So. Cool game. I want to play it. But the controls make me not want to play - can you make a change? For me? You can put a yellow frowny face on the car.

[leegamestudios]

Changed!

Turns out I can only decrease the turn variable so far until I have to start to change the turning code.
All turning has now been cut in half and I can decrease it more if necessaries.
changed the link to v5.1

- Aidan

Edited by leegamestudios, 24 February 2013 - 02:11 AM.

[Daddio]

Ah, that makes it easier - much thanks!

Best of luck with this. It's off to a great start and can only get better from here.