Highway Sprint [Rapid Prototype] - Page 3

DamienD · 22 July 2018, 12:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by earok

Cheers I'll probably steal that for when I publish to my own site. I may need to do one or two further changes before the 'official' publish though (some minor bugs popped up during testing with friends), do you mind if I apply my changes to your disk image when that happens?

Don't be silly, no need to ask my permission... of course man

zzbylu · 22 July 2018, 12:44

Small gameplay:
[ Show youtube player ]

DamienD · 22 July 2018, 12:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by earok

Cheers

I'll probably steal that for when I publish to my own site. I may need to do one or two further changes before the 'official' publish though (some minor bugs popped up during testing with friends), do you mind if I apply my changes to your disk image when that happens?

IMHO; the speed is now too slow... can you increase it to somewhere in between v2 and the current v3?

earok · 23 July 2018, 01:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

IMHO; the speed is now too slow... can you increase it to somewhere in between v2 and the current v3?

Hmm.. I might cut the acceleration further but put the top speed back where it was. I found that (especially with multiple people) the game was a little too lethal, but if it takes longer for it to get really hard, that might work

Playaveli · 25 July 2018, 06:17

Hey earok, great improvements there! Thanks.
Will give it a try on AmigaLive... that should be awesome in online multiplayer!

earok · 25 July 2018, 06:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Playaveli

Hey earok, great improvements there! Thanks.
Will give it a try on AmigaLive... that should be awesome in online multiplayer!

Great stuff! Sorry I haven't been active on Discord lately, I should pay more attention to the AmigaLive server.

I'll drop a line there whenever Prototype 4 comes out.

Clydos · 26 July 2018, 23:15

Nice! Looking forward to the full game (CD32 version, too? :-)) and testing out V3! Thanks, earok!

earok · 27 July 2018, 10:56

Highway Sprint V4 is zoned! I didn't intend to update it so soon, but there's a chance it could be on AmigaBill's show in the next couple of days so I needed to get the most recent changes online as soon as I could.

New music by JMD
New Title Logo
Player One's car is a Police Cruiser
Top speed has been bumped up again, but acceleration has been decreased.
AI cars are turned on by default
More "Trash Talky" feedback text
General enhancements and fixes

DamienD · 27 July 2018, 11:02

Nice; will test this out over the weekend. Thank you

earok · 27 July 2018, 11:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

Nice; will test this out over the weekend. Thank you

Cheers

forgot to mention that the included ADF is based on the one you made for prototype 3!

Edit: Incredibly minor note, there's a patch on my site (http://earok.net/game/highway-sprint-prototype-4) to replace the cars with 4X4 ones. Just a quick patch from Koyot and I for a kid who prefers offroad vehicles.

zzbylu · 27 July 2018, 14:06

Highway Sprint - prototype 4, gameplay

[ Show youtube player ]

ransom1122 · 28 July 2018, 12:50

Highway Sprint v4 Working perfectly..

I like the police lights on the players car.. Just thought of an idea, maybe add an extra lane or two off the road, and have an additional off road challenge

earok · 29 July 2018, 00:42

Cheers guys

Amiga Bill, Playaveli and others played it four player online for over an hour on Twitch :O stoked to see a positive response to something that's still essentially a prototype. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/290355689

I might do a quick Prototype 5 before next weekend - I've got a small list of feature requests, but if you've got any of your own that you haven't posted, now's the time to do it

Edit: Oh yeah, and that is to say - Highway Sprint is part of AmigaLive's online network play library. Honoured for it to be there! You don't even need to download the game from my site, AmigaLive will install the game via the client. http://www.amigalive.com/

earok · 06 August 2018, 12:53

I've posted a prototype 5 build (no ADF yet) to http://earok.net/games/highwaysprintv5test.zip. This will probably be the last "prototype", the next future version will be a "demo".

I'm not overly happy with how this one turned out since it was rather rushed, but it should work OK. Asides from a few bug fixes, the main difference with the previous build is there's a new "cops" mode where bots that have lost all their lives become vengeful police cars (and in multiplayer games, the players that have no lives left get to continue on as police cars until every player is out). It's pretty chaotic of course so that mode is entirely optional.

Going forward, I've been thinking about the future of the project. I hope to see it becoming:

* A budget commercial release - I can't see this ever having the depth to warrant a full priced one
* Something fun, replayable and addictive for people playing alone and playing with their friends
* Something nicely polished
* Something with a variety of modes, from a chillout/zen mode where you can't die and just drive at your own pace to relaxing beats, to ones that are exciting and chaotic
* Something running solidly on a 1MB Amiga 500 - Alpine9000 inspired me to never ever release an OCS game that didn't work smoothly on that hardware. To that end, I've got plans to drastically overhaul the engine to squeeze more speed out
* Something downloadable, or available on a single floppy, or available on a disc for CDTV and CD32

zzbylu · 06 August 2018, 21:00

Highway Sprint - prototype 5/gameplay:
[ Show youtube player ]

Clydos · 17 August 2018, 11:41

@earok: Your plans sound beautiful. Hadn't had the chance to play V5, but the first V4 was great fun!
And as a huge CD32 fan and user I would instantly buy a CD32 version!

Gzegzolka · 17 August 2018, 13:48

Nice, I hope You will make some fluent transition between scenery, right now it is like only road fit well and everything else do not. You might also add new elements like different cars, very long trucks that took more space on road. Maybe different scenery like winter land covered with snow, desert or my favorite Roadkill highways that are build high above cities. Also You can introduce smaller stuff like ramps to jump above other cars or blocked parts of roads, maybe higways that split into two separate roads that separate players for short amount of time till roads connects again

Clydos · 17 August 2018, 14:05

Gzegzolka's suggestions are super cool! I like the long trucks, jumping and also splitting roads!
Maybe you could even try to jump on such a long truck and it carries you for 5 seconds or so?

Tsak · 17 August 2018, 21:23

Many of the above remarks are already to be implemented

Prosonic · 16 September 2018, 17:52

earok, we had a blast playing v4 at out aug meeting tonight we are all sold on it (big kids too) 4 player adapter mode works perfect on the old 500 - peter

27 July 2018, 10:56	#48
earok Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Auckland Posts: 3,539	Highway Sprint V4 is zoned! I didn't intend to update it so soon, but there's a chance it could be on AmigaBill's show in the next couple of days so I needed to get the most recent changes online as soon as I could. New music by JMD New Title Logo Player One's car is a Police Cruiser Top speed has been bumped up again, but acceleration has been decreased. AI cars are turned on by default More "Trash Talky" feedback text General enhancements and fixes Last edited by earok; 27 July 2018 at 13:54.

29 July 2018, 00:42	#53
earok Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Auckland Posts: 3,539	Cheers guys Amiga Bill, Playaveli and others played it four player online for over an hour on Twitch :O stoked to see a positive response to something that's still essentially a prototype. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/290355689 I might do a quick Prototype 5 before next weekend - I've got a small list of feature requests, but if you've got any of your own that you haven't posted, now's the time to do it Edit: Oh yeah, and that is to say - Highway Sprint is part of AmigaLive's online network play library. Honoured for it to be there! You don't even need to download the game from my site, AmigaLive will install the game via the client. http://www.amigalive.com/ Last edited by earok; 29 July 2018 at 05:24.

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22 July 2018, 12:44	#42
zzbylu Saberman Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Kielce/Poland Posts: 326	Small gameplay: [ Show youtube player ]

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26 July 2018, 23:15	#47
Clydos aka (Cpt)JohnArcher Join Date: May 2018 Location: Dresden / Germany Posts: 193	Nice! Looking forward to the full game (CD32 version, too? :-)) and testing out V3! Thanks, earok!

27 July 2018, 11:02	#49
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Nice; will test this out over the weekend. Thank you

27 July 2018, 14:06	#51
zzbylu Saberman Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Kielce/Poland Posts: 326	Highway Sprint - prototype 4, gameplay [ Show youtube player ]

28 July 2018, 12:50	#52
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,812	Highway Sprint v4 Working perfectly.. I like the police lights on the players car.. Just thought of an idea, maybe add an extra lane or two off the road, and have an additional off road challenge

06 August 2018, 12:53	#54
earok Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Auckland Posts: 3,539	I've posted a prototype 5 build (no ADF yet) to http://earok.net/games/highwaysprintv5test.zip. This will probably be the last "prototype", the next future version will be a "demo". I'm not overly happy with how this one turned out since it was rather rushed, but it should work OK. Asides from a few bug fixes, the main difference with the previous build is there's a new "cops" mode where bots that have lost all their lives become vengeful police cars (and in multiplayer games, the players that have no lives left get to continue on as police cars until every player is out). It's pretty chaotic of course so that mode is entirely optional. Going forward, I've been thinking about the future of the project. I hope to see it becoming: * A budget commercial release - I can't see this ever having the depth to warrant a full priced one * Something fun, replayable and addictive for people playing alone and playing with their friends * Something nicely polished * Something with a variety of modes, from a chillout/zen mode where you can't die and just drive at your own pace to relaxing beats, to ones that are exciting and chaotic * Something running solidly on a 1MB Amiga 500 - Alpine9000 inspired me to never ever release an OCS game that didn't work smoothly on that hardware. To that end, I've got plans to drastically overhaul the engine to squeeze more speed out * Something downloadable, or available on a single floppy, or available on a disc for CDTV and CD32

06 August 2018, 21:00	#55
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17 August 2018, 11:41	#56
Clydos aka (Cpt)JohnArcher Join Date: May 2018 Location: Dresden / Germany Posts: 193	@earok: Your plans sound beautiful. Hadn't had the chance to play V5, but the first V4 was great fun! And as a huge CD32 fan and user I would instantly buy a CD32 version!

17 August 2018, 13:48	#57
Gzegzolka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Warszawa / Polska Posts: 1,858	Nice, I hope You will make some fluent transition between scenery, right now it is like only road fit well and everything else do not. You might also add new elements like different cars, very long trucks that took more space on road. Maybe different scenery like winter land covered with snow, desert or my favorite Roadkill highways that are build high above cities. Also You can introduce smaller stuff like ramps to jump above other cars or blocked parts of roads, maybe higways that split into two separate roads that separate players for short amount of time till roads connects again

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17 August 2018, 21:23	#59
Tsak Pixelglass/Reimagine Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Athens Posts: 1,031	Many of the above remarks are already to be implemented

16 September 2018, 17:52	#60
Prosonic Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Morwell Victoria Australia Age: 49 Posts: 113	earok, we had a blast playing v4 at out aug meeting tonight we are all sold on it (big kids too) 4 player adapter mode works perfect on the old 500 - peter

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