Solar Rally - [Complete]

Andrew Kite 2014-11-09 00:51:43 UTC #1

Download and play the most recent version of Solar Rally here

Hey everyone,

Playing a bit of catch up here as I just received my Leap Motion a few days ago, but during that wait I started on the basic rules of the game I will be making for this 3DJam, titled, Solar Rally.

Simple description of what will be happening in game. There are 3 start points and 3 exits. 'Solar' cars will begin to spawn in a row from one of the 3 start points and follow a path to an end point. The goal is to prevent these groups of cars from colliding at the cross intersection by holding your hand above them. This will cast a shadow down on the cars and stop them (hence Solar powered) and will allow the other group to pass by and make it safely to an exit point.

Difficulty will increase by upping the amount of cars that spawn per group and the frequency. Plus if I have time I will add clouds which will float by casting their own shadows stopping the cars and you can shoo them away if they are interfering with progress.

Here is a progress image so far.

UPDATE (11/11/14)

Progress video 1

UPDATE (17/11/14)
Solar Rally v0.5.1
- Multiple Bug fixes (including major bug which froze game often)
- HUD shows score
- Main Menu shows local high score

UPDATE (18/11/14)
Solar Rally v0.5.2
- Updated visuals

UPDATE (24/11/14)

UPDATE (28/11/14)
Complete!
I have just updated the link at the start of this post with version 1.0.0 of Solar Rally. All the audio is now in and I think it really brings out the relaxed / fast paced gameplay. The past few days I have been plotting along getting this ported to iOS and it works pretty well with touch inputs. Keep an eye out over the next month (or two depending on Apples ques) for it to come out on the App Store as a Free to Play game.

Thanks to everyone who has played the game so far and for the positive comments. Goodluck to everyone submitting their games for the 3DJam!

grantmoore3d 2014-11-10 19:48:16 UTC #2

That's a pretty clever mechanic, looking forward to seeing more!

James Coote 2014-11-10 19:57:10 UTC #3

Definitely cool. You could make all sorts of games with that (could make an RTS where you cast a shadow over enemy troops to prevent them recharging shields, or over their solar power stations to take down their defence grid. Or a god-game where your hand is the clouds, creating rain and sunshine to make your worshipers' crops grow, or if you take the fancy, to drown them all in biblical floods!).

Andrew Kite 2014-11-11 06:01:31 UTC #4

Just created a very early progress video.
Most of the events like cars colliding and scoring is in, just have not had the time to use those events yet. undecided on whether to keep the alpha'd hands in the scene or just cant a shadow on the ground. Thoughts?

GeraldT 2014-11-16 00:37:08 UTC #5

that is a very cool idea - looking forward to how this evolves!

Andrew Kite 2014-11-17 08:14:47 UTC #6

Thanks for the comments guys. Just uploaded an update which fixes quite a few issues, including one which caused the games to crash often. New version can be found here http://andrew-kite.itch.io/solar-rally

Update v0.5.1
- Multiple Bug fixes (including major bug which froze game often)
- HUD shows score
- Main Menu shows local high score

Update v0.5.2
- Updated visuals

Andrew Kite 2014-11-28 05:02:38 UTC #7

Complete!
I have just updated the link at the start of this post with version 1.0.0 of Solar Rally. All the audio is now in and I think it really brings out the relaxed / fast paced gameplay. The past few days I have been plotting along getting this ported to iOS and it works pretty well with touch inputs. Keep an eye out over the next month (or two depending on Apples ques) for it to come out on the App Store as a Free to Play game.

Thanks to everyone who has played the game so far and for the positive comments. Goodluck to everyone submitting their games for the 3DJam!