SpacePirate Ridley
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Doesnt look like Fzero at all sadly (thats what I really want right now) but looks really cool nontheless. Looking at this project with curiosity.
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Distance = Wipeout + San Francisco Rush + Tron. ...and CliffyB (KICKSTART IT PLS)
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LonelyGreyWolf
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Why are kickstarter games never released on console? :/
Being a walled garden is a double edged sword, consoles are publisher territory.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
But what about the indie section of the Xbox 360? No rating needed, no approval from Microsoft. I guess it would be more expensive to work with consoles too.
Don't quote me on it, but I've got the impression getting into XBLIG often isn't worth the time/money investment due to low traffic.
Yeah, it's not really F-Zero or Wipeout. It's a lot closer to a fusion of San Francisco Rush and Trackmania.
PC is an open platform so it doesn't cost a thing to release a new game. It costs a lot for console certification, not to mention the other restrictions that are put in place to keep no-name developers from releasing on XBLA or PSN. And no one even looks at the XBLIG since Microsoft buried it so well.
Also, digital download services are a lot easier to work with on PC versus consoles. For example: Once a game is approved on Steam, Valve supplies infinite free keys to the developer. This means everyone who pitched in to a Kickstarter can easily get a key for no extra cost. This isn't very common for consoles.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Reminds me of the vehicle looseness of the Sidhe's Speed Racer game on Wii.
TouchMyBox
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I pledged when they announced linux support.
If the final day push is strong enough, it looks like it will make it.
If the final day push is strong enough, it looks like it will make it.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Wat? Zombies in it is an XBL indie game that had over 300,000 sold units in 2010; probably around half a million now. If a game is good then it'll sell well on XBL Indie marketplace. Especially if the value is good. There are tons and tons of avatar-games and minecraft-themed games on the indie marketplace that sell loads and loads of copies.
Shrug. XBLIG gets further and further away from the main XBL pages as time goes by. While there are a few success stories, you can't deny that the visibility is awful.
Anyway, the Distance developers said that they would look into a console release if this gets funded.
LonelyGreyWolf
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Personally I barely ever buy anything from neither XBLA nor the indie marketplace, but I think if a game has trailers and a dedicated developer who spreads the word of their game, it could sell well. And of course if the value is good. But yeah, Microsoft are trying to hide the indie marketplace. Not quite sure why, I think MS get 30% of all the profits of indie games.
Oh, they did? I might be interested in it if it did get released on console; no matter which one it is.
UnluckyKate
Member
Kickstart'd
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
reminds me of a new POD
Nostalgia overload.
The vehicle design looks really similar.
Im the only one who found amazingly difficult to win in POD?
Haunted
Member
The funding flatlined for a few days but it's picking up steam. http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1857884659/distance-a-next-generation-arcade-racer/
It has a legitimate chance now.
And done. Hope they make it, Nitronic Rush was awesome.
RaySpencer
Member
Game looks kinda neat... but where can I buy the soundtrack? I NEED IT.
jediyoshi
Member
Market saturation on flyin cars is going to crumble one of these days
Oh, I wasn't the only one to think of this. In fact, it's the only game I thought of. Speeding bricks around a track, woo!reminds me of a new POD
So they received almost $17,000 today, higher than even their first day pledge of $14,000 but today is the last day of the weekend. Will pledges keep up through the weekdays? They're only 78% funded. This may be the first game I donate to if in the next few days (only 4 left!) if they don't get enough pledges.
I played Nitronic Rush for the first time just now for an hour. It's pretty fun. The freedom of movement is nice. I breezed through the story mode, I want to say it's too easy but I haven't played the hardcore levels or community levels. It reminds me of a dreamcast game I played once at a friends house. I forgot what it was called but what I played was like NRs stunt mode, can't remember if the cars had wings.
The HUD on the car is a cool concept, put all information on the character for a clear view of the map. It's an interesting idea but the execution isn't great. So you're gonna put the HUD on basically a flat surface? With that camera angle? It's readable even in a small youtube window but it could be done better. If they were planning this type of HUD from the beginning they should have designed the car with a readable window angle in mind. Convert the brake light bar into the boost meter, freeing up space on the glass. Remove the future-design in the top left corner, put the speedometer there. This makes room for the lap time to stretch across the entire window on the bottom. This will help but the very nature of the game is also working against it. If you're constantly flipping and flying all over it will be difficult to pinpoint info during a frantic race. A traditional road-only racer would be the best game for this HUD concept.
I had a similar idea for a car modification a few years ago. Basically the brake lights and the area between them would be turned into a computer screen. You'd have the computer in the center console and you could display messages to the driver behind you. A smiley face, angry face, U-turn, fuck you etc. It would be cool if they added this to their game. You could preset messages to the d-pad or if they went the extra mile they could make an LED animation program so you could create your own animations/animated messages. If you're racing online and you pass the racer in first place you can program the car to display a
emoticon.Noisepurge
Member
Backed! Come on people!
Buy it at 30$ tier.
SolarPowered
Member
Consoles and patching are a mess for small devs. It isn't worth the hassle(especially on the 360).
Hard to advertise when your budget is $0.
Haunted
Member
If you're talking about a GAF thread, it's here. Went up a couple hours after the kickstarter went live. GAF doesn't miss shit.
PetriP-TNT
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Is this the same game I saw on SA by a SA member looooong time ago. It was a futuristic racer too...
Dacvak
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This is the very first game I've ever backed. I'm really hoping they have a stunt mod, like in Rush 2. Game looks great, and I hope they make it.
A Black Falcon
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If you think this looks average, I don't think I even want to know what it takes for a racing game to look interesting to you...
Nitronic Rush has a stunt mode, so it seems likely this one will have one too. (Play Nitronic Rush!)
Noisepurge
Member
i just hope that 10k donor is a real one and not a fake backer that will pull the backing at the last minute.