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Underwater cleaning bot continues their hard work

Currently working on the core loop - removing all the 'dirt' from each section of the map, compacting down the materials and using those to create better cleaning tools!

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Racing game took a hard pivot.

Underwater trash cleanup. Wow, environmental statement! In this video below I'm working on the vacuum mechanic.

aaand finally saying a (perhaps not so fond) farewell🫡 to Unity and embracing the new world order of Godot 🤖

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In general I found the progress updating to be really off (only noticed once I added that really clear UI element!) so I’ll probably just rewrite a lot of it

It uses some expensive spline operations but I think I can be smarter than that 🤔

Added the required-by-arcade-racing-law finish line cutscene

(also noticed this bug just now where you come first after losing?!)

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Mysteries of Old Tokyo, my debut game, is in Steam Next Fest, starting right now! It's a detective adventure puzzler set in Tokyo, with reams of historical research. Add to your wishlist! Try the demo! #indiegames #steam #demos

I hope it sheds light on the problem tbh

Problem is so many (especially in the indie space) prey on naive devs and are definitely just sleazy salespeople

Best one I’ve heard is good promotion is telling others about your game so you stop annoying your partner with your excitement about it

Yeah that’s a good point. The damping is a bit low and does indeed need some tweaking

Doing some camera work + boosting this evening

Not sure I'm happy with the golden bubbles - maybe the classic "hoop" or arrows on the track?

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I have been using Unity now for *YEARS* and still every time I setup some collision or trigger volumes, spend a lot of time tripping over myself debugging why on earth it doesn't work the first go.

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Added some rudimentary engine sounds. Not super happy with it yet, but the doppler effect is pretty neat

I'll need to spend some time in front of Logic Pro to work it out myself rather than this random synth snippet I found online.

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Made a neat "end of race" follow cam.

One of the fun things is dynamically swapping out the player controls for the enemy AI controller once you cross the finish line.

It reminds me like in Mario Kart when suddenly your character is bad at racing lol

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Getting closer to an aesthetic and overall design goals ...

I think "F-Zero but underwater" has a real VIBE to it and so much potential for cool environments

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Apparently also 1969

So either coincidence, or great minds thinking alike

Sounds like my Samsung monitor which

* has a solar powered remote (I live in the sub-arctic) which is required to exit the home screen
* which the monitor INSISTS I visit after it does some random flickering
* which happens a few times a day until I unplug it and plug it back in again

Kinda mesmerising watching these folks race by themselves

What about a game where you spectate races 🤣

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Neither until I did some reading! I ended up implementing what's called a pure pursuit controller

www.mathworks.com/help/nav/ug/...

I wonder if it inspired the Australian 50c piece

Been working on some rudimentary enemy AI for whatever this is.

Getting into some really heavy code now ...

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It's funny; when I show people this early footage I hear about another game from back in the day with a similar vibe 😀

Pinpoint by tombasche for [PRIZES] WASTELAND Jam | 02 Find and help the survivors - [Winner of Wasteland Jam 02]

Hey neat, I won this game jam ✨

itch.io/jam/prizes-w...

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I think this prototype might be the thing I latch onto, it's got both key qualities of fun to develop and REALLY fun to play

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Got the springy mag-lev thing working and this is actually so much fun

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Gravity, who needs it

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Replacing the fancy wave / buoyancy system with a raycast spring method

Now testing the bounciness by spawning some companion spheres

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Oooh that’d be cool too!

Picking up a (very) early prototype on an F-Zero type race concept.

There's a fancy buoyancy / wave simulation under the hood keeping the "car" from touching the ground so when it touches other cars, objects etc. it should behave more like a hover car ✨

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It's good! The RNG can get a bit annoying though but I suppose that is par for the course for many roguelite deckbuilders

Pinpoint by tombasche Find and help the survivors

I made a thing for a game jam.

It's a 90's adventure-game-inspired point and click where you scan the airwaves looking for survivors in a post-apocalyptic world.

Fun twist at the end. Doesn't take long to finish ✌️

tombasche.itch.io/pinpoint

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