Hello SPP, I've started work on another flash game. If anyone has ever played the game Death Rally (1990's) or watched the movie Death Race, then you'll know what it's about. Pick a car, stick some guns on it, and race. The game will feature destructible cars, pedestrians that you can run over, upgrades, bosses, ect.

Here's a quick demo of the programming that I've done so far:
http://filebox.me/view/nvugm311wee2q

Controls:
-Arrow keys to turn
-Left shift to accelerate
-Space to handbrake
-Click left mouse button to spawn a bullet

To test the car damage, spawn a bullet with the left mouse button and drag it through the car. Bullet holes in the main body will look black because the chassis underneath the body is pure black. If you break off the edges of the car you will get a better effect. Here's a screencap of the real time damage.



I've got the programming side handled, I just need some willing people to do some of the graphics. I need :
-Top down views of several cars (more of a priority)
-Top down race tracks (not a priority now)
-Top down pedestrian animation (Gotta be a bit detailed... not just a blob like in STICKRPG)
-2D story graphics of some of the enemy racers (though there will be no real story)
-ideas

If anyone has some time on their hands and wants to trace some cars and stuff then give me a PM or post in this thread. I will be paying you nothing (great deal I know), but you'll get your name in the creds and stuff ect.ect and maybe if the game is successful I'll give you a cookie one day.

Yeah. I'll help. Some animation. Doesn't matter what, I can take it. Oh, and maybe I'll trace sum cars too.

Alright cool I'll pm you some stuff in a bit.

I'll trace cars if Im able too. Since I dont have flash anymore I'll see if its possible for me to do this in Gimp.

Edit: I have some questions:
Are you still adding lots of development to the damage and things? Like you could add in popped tires, or little things around the bullet holes so they actually looked like bullet holes.
Also, due to boredom I painted designs on the car from bullet holes, and it nearly covered the car, and it still ran perfectly. So what kind of plans do you have for this?

Damn, if you had announce this before classes restarted, i would have helped you.

Talk about bad timing..

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I'll trace cars if Im able too. Since I dont have flash anymore I'll see if its possible for me to do this in Gimp.

Edit: I have some questions:
Are you still adding lots of development to the damage and things? Like you could add in popped tires, or little things around the bullet holes so they actually looked like bullet holes.
Also, due to boredom I painted designs on the car from bullet holes, and it nearly covered the car, and it still ran perfectly. So what kind of plans do you have for this?

Yeah the damage doesn't affect performance at all, it's great. I'm planning to do some research into using the bevel filter on specific areas so that I can bevel around each bullet hole. That'll make it look awesome (if it's possible).

I tried adding little graphics around the bullet holes but I ran into problems.. they just kept overlapping and it looked weird. If I could find a way to make it so that the graphic is only copied over places that are opaque then that may work.

Yes, I'm still planning to add a lot to the damage side. I want windshields to break, tires popping (that's a good idear :P), weapons to get damaged if they get shot, and the driver to be killed if shot too many times. I'm still real early in the programming and this will take a lot of work.


WTF: Heh yeah I guess I didn't realize that school was coming up, damm.

Well, if around Christmas vacations you still have the project a bit tied up, I can help.

Wow, I have some really high hopes for this game! The demo you made was absolutely great for so early in development.

To be honest, I think you don't really need any beveling or shading around the bullet holes. If you add a spark effect to where the impacts are, then you've got an ascetically pleasing and lagg-free damage system. My PC can't run most big flash games at high quality :(

I could try some "story graphics" of other drivers if you want, the demo looks great.

so... can i help, i can show some examples of guns if you want

Dudeman : Yeah I don't really need it but I'd like to explore that option anyway. Spark effects on impact are definitely a must have though. Thx for comment.

Bonk : Alright cool I'll pm you something in a little while, still thinking on this section.

jimmydigg : Yeah just pm me those examples and I'll have a look.

This reminds me of Death Rally...
It's an old game , very awesome...

Add new places. ex :

1. iceland ( the road was ice , everywhere was snows. sometimes the car attacked by wolfs , and in the race the cars will pass a cave and a small village)


2. Bali (It was a beach , and the car will pass over a forest , down to a rocky path and finally make a freefall down back to the beach)


3. metropolis (high-tech town , every foes car is flying and hard to aimed.. many free-fall in the course.)


4. mars base (in the mars , many aliens will shot over the car , some asteroids may fall over your ride and many active small volcanoes).


some weapon stuffs :


1. Gatling gun (on top of your ride)
2. super sonic sound wave (its a gun)
3. self-distruct (when the ride die , create a big bang and earn more cash even If the race fail)

4. shortcut map (open secret passage and shortcuts)
5. old compass (detect location of secrets)

6.dinamo gravity tires (the ride fly away)
7. space launcher (shot a gravitation molotov , targets hitted fly away and won't come back .... hehe)

8. goo pot (drop this and the other rides end up stuck in the middle of nowhere)

9. a small papper which reads "cupount" (decrease prices for each buyables and upgrades)

10. acid sprayer (a long pipe-like gun which can fires acid ... and ofcourse , instant kill)


well , I think .... forget about it

and for the tittle , try this :


1. another hell ride
2. blood trails
3. boom head
4. front dead
5. A car and some deads
6. apocalypse
7. maximum race
8. Overkill
9. A race and some deads

Pm me if you wanna request a "modified" name