Comments on: Game Doodles: Tumiki racer http://www.zachernuk.com/2009/01/07/game-doodles-tumiki-racer/ The desk of Brandel Zachernuk Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.zachernuk.com/2009/01/07/game-doodles-tumiki-racer/comment-page-1/#comment-21 admin Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:08:40 +0000 http://www.zachernuk.com/?p=183#comment-21 I'm not sure. I see a top-down game, where 'drive' wheels snap to the correct orientation, and 'handling' wheels can alter their angle. You could have a special mode (at the end of a stage, maybe) where you could restructure your vehicle for some number of seconds. The aim would be to survive as long as possible, through different landscapes and challenges - you could have non-turning terrain, non-braking terrain etc., and apply forces on the body of the vehicle as it strains against itself.. I think we might have to make this! I’m not sure. I see a top-down game, where ‘drive’ wheels snap to the correct orientation, and ‘handling’ wheels can alter their angle. You could have a special mode (at the end of a stage, maybe) where you could restructure your vehicle for some number of seconds.

The aim would be to survive as long as possible, through different landscapes and challenges – you could have non-turning terrain, non-braking terrain etc., and apply forces on the body of the vehicle as it strains against itself..

I think we might have to make this!

]]> By: Aidan Fraser http://www.zachernuk.com/2009/01/07/game-doodles-tumiki-racer/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Aidan Fraser Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:01:17 +0000 http://www.zachernuk.com/?p=183#comment-20 I hope I'm not the only one who is concerned that your thought train flows immediately from "getting my driver's license" to "2d physics simulation in Flash". As if the thought of you behind the wheel wasn't scary enough. Anyway... Are the wheels always pointing horizontally? Is this a left-right side scroller? One of the challenging/annoying aspects of Tumiki Fighters is that it's up to you to ensure that the new ship piece collides with you at the correct angle. Do the wheels align and steer themselves intelligently, or is it possible to collect a new wheel at an inconvenient angle? Is the goal of the game to simply stay "alive" for as long as possible (because your parts begin to decay more quickly as the game progresses), or is there another goal? I hope I’m not the only one who is concerned that your thought train flows immediately from “getting my driver’s license” to “2d physics simulation in Flash”.

As if the thought of you behind the wheel wasn’t scary enough.

Anyway…

Are the wheels always pointing horizontally? Is this a left-right side scroller? One of the challenging/annoying aspects of Tumiki Fighters is that it’s up to you to ensure that the new ship piece collides with you at the correct angle. Do the wheels align and steer themselves intelligently, or is it possible to collect a new wheel at an inconvenient angle?

Is the goal of the game to simply stay “alive” for as long as possible (because your parts begin to decay more quickly as the game progresses), or is there another goal?

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