Project: Roller Coaster Updated

[Screaming Coasters]

Well the paid features all require the internet, you can't download online levels, use an online high score table or upload custom levels without an internet connection

So you mean -

Once I've bought something and install it, I can use it offline?

 

[NickkyG]

You will be able to use it offline, but you will need to be online to get it firstly. You won't be able to use the interactive features such as online high score etc. It is basically recommended to play while online to use all the features.

 

[Screaming Coasters]

Oh then thats cool then, sorry, I misunderstood you

Just wondering because I may want to use it on my Macbook and the internet may not be available.

 

[NickkyG]

I'm afraid the game will only be a for PC, so unless you have a Windows install on your Mac, you won't be able to play it

 

[Screaming Coasters]

Yer, I'll be using VMWare so I'm good.

 

[MRJudorules]

How about you provide a download link, with a Registration Key... Or distribute through the post... So a physical disc.

 

[NickkyG]

Because a registration key is easily hacked/pirated, and i simply cannot afford to host all the game data when half the members aren't contributing.

 

[Screaming Coasters]

What about Steam?

 

[Screaming Coasters]

Double postingz!

Hows it coming along my friend?

 

[NickkyG]

Nearly there! (i said that last year too).

I'm just off to Thorpe Park for 'research'.

I'll be uploading some unique progress videos to facebook soon, they won't be on the youtube account. They'll show some of the new coaster types and the splashdown effects etc.

 

[Screaming Coasters]

^ Good work
Enjoy Thorpe!

Why don't you get the product out now as it is, and off the addon stuff at a cost?
Just a suggestion, could make more moneys that way!

 

[NickkyG]

I would but it's not finished

I still need to add most of the graphics, fix general bugs, create a menu, allow the level editor to interact with the main game mode seamlessly (to test levels), create all the server scripts for the online content and database stuffs. It's a lot of work but most of the game is finished!

 

[Screaming Coasters]

^ Ohhh I see. I thought the actual game was finished and you were adding cool bits to it. Sorry I jumped the gun on that, I'm just really excited

I swear to you, this looks like the next biggest addiction since RCT.

 

[NickkyG]

Oh golly gosh, progress can be slow sometimes can't it but i've been working on the game as much as i can. I've uploaded a Facebook fan exclusive video of a B&M Flying Coaster soaring through Fourwood Forest, join the fan page and view the video here:

http://www.facebook.com/projectrollercoaster

 

[Richie]

^ I'm excited!!!

 

[NickkyG]

Uploaded a Youtube version which is nicer quality:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQxl254SV2I[/youtube]

 

[NickkyG]

After months of experimenting... all the different methods of gameplay and scoring have failed to work too well

So, can anyone think of a really clever way to actually 'play' the game and score points etc?

If not, the game may end up being more of a simulator.

 

[furie]

After months of experimenting... all the different methods of gameplay and scoring have failed to work too well

So, can anyone think of a really clever way to actually 'play' the game and score points etc?

If not, the game may end up being more of a simulator.

Run challenges? Limit space, but you need x amount of inversions. Make a coaster which reaches x MPH. That kind of thing?

 

[NickkyG]

That's how i ran it before, and it just didn't provide too much excitement or challenge

Creating a high speed was just a case of making the steepest possible lift for that coaster type and dropping the coaster down to the lowest point in the level. To get X inversions you can just blag it like colossus does and throw in 500 rolls.

I also tried a method where you have to collect "Score bubbles" by running the coaster through them at high speed or create airtime through the bubble, but that didn't provide too much challenge either

So i'm a bit stumped

 

[furie]

The thing is, it doesn't really matter. The challenges are there to introduce the various concepts of the game, and to get people used to how the design elements work. Each challenge complete opens up the next game feature kind of thing.

There have to be a lot of challenges like x amount of -ve G, don't go over 2G, etc, etc. If you could place obstacles in the way to hamper people just cheating the system, then it becomes a challenge.

For instance, to stop Colossus cheating, have that challenge at the point before you've let people have inlines?

I've not played the game, so I don't know really what to expect from it, but I've always considered it a fun kind of simulator, rather than a traditional game. So, I may be missing the point :lol: