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- | Still early pre-planning. Just tossing around some ideas and concepts. These are proposals I have come up with so far. --- // | ||
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- | == Gameplay == | ||
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- | The basic gameplay can be described as: arcade racing with top-down perspective. I think there won't be a lot discussion about this because it is a pretty straight forward idea. As far as I see the only question is how camera movement should be handled - does the camera rotate with the player vehicle or not? To both add some depth and make the game a little more unique I suggest to introduce a set of special items similar to those e.g. to be found in Mario Cart. I really like that system for its simplicity. Of course key would be to find some interesting triggered abilities. | ||
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- | Further I think this needs to be multiplayer. Network play seems to be necessary. Split screen would be possible from the perspective of gameplay but I consider it as nice-to-have but not required. We have to discuss how many players should be supported. AI drivers would be neat - e.g. two player games get more fun with some additional moving obstacles. However I have no idea what it would take to implement this. | ||
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- | == Technical tasks == | ||
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- | - physics | ||
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- | - sound | ||
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- | - camera | ||
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- | - network play | ||
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- | - some kind of gui style | ||
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- | - controls | ||
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- | - gameplay stuff like special items etc. | ||
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- | - AI(?) | ||
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- | - split screen(?) | ||
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- | == Media tasks == | ||
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- | - how to use shaders | ||
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- | - tracks | ||
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- | - cars | ||
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- | - additional objects and effects | ||
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- | - gui elements | ||
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- | - sound effects | ||
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- | - sound track(?) | ||
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- | == Design tasks == | ||
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- | - more detailed work on background, try to incorporate it into our Oddbeat universe | ||
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- | - design a special item system | ||
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- | - consider different or modified modes of play (that could be added without much work) besides the classic "first who finishes wins" | ||
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- | == My personal wish list == | ||
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- | - use shaders and produce a " | ||
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- | == Concept images == | ||
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- | {{car_concept_01.png|}} | ||
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