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Winter Olympics Game Jam
I decided to challenge myself this weekend, with a faux-game-jam. I came up with a theme on Friday (Winter Olympics), and built Sled Drifter! over the course of the long weekend.
Steer the sled with LEFT and RIGHT. Give yourself boosts by hitting A and D, back and forth, rapidly.
A new track is randomly generated every time you visit the page. Enjoy!
Click here to play Sled Drifter!
Please use Chrome!
Also, I’ve kept a short log during development, below:
2014-02-16 05:30PM
Been slacking off a little bit… have sled physics somewhat working. Have (shitty) AI!
Click here to play (steer with LEFT/RIGHT, boost by rapidly hitting A/D back and forth).
2014-02-16 11:00AM
Got some crude sled physics. Use SPACE to start/stop the sled. Use J and L to steer the sled. Hold SHIFT to slow down for tighter turns. No collision detection, so feel free to tunnel through the mountain 😀.
Click here to PLAY (SPACE, J, L, and SHIFT)!
2014-02-15 09:30PM
Got trees displaying. Would really like if it could snow, but I think I’ll save that until after I have actual gameplay.
Click here to watch (no controls… F5 for a new track).
2014-02-15 07:00PM
Generating pretty good base terrain, with textures, and a sky box. Should probably add more scenery, like trees.
Click here to watch (no controls… F5 for a new track).
2014-02-15 03:30PM
Animating going down a randomly generated track…
Click here to watch (no controls… F5 for a new track).
2014-02-15 02:30PM
I have the skeleton of a track being generated randomly:
Controls to move camera: W, S, A, D, R, F, Up, Down
2014-02-15 12:00PM
Decided to do a self-inflicted game jam this weekend. Theme: Winter Olympics. Time limit: 56 hours (game published by 8pm on Monday).
Ideas:
Let’s start with the events in the Winter Olympics (according to Google), sorted by things I know:
- Ice Hockey
- Snowboard
- Figure Skating
- Luge
- Skeleton
- Ski Jumping
- Bobsleigh
- Speed Skating
- Alpine Skiing
- Freestyle Skiing
- Cross-Country
- Biathalon
- Curling
- Short Track
- Nordic Combined
Based on a few clips I watched on YouTube, Curling is definitely the most ridiculous, Skeleton is the most insane, Hockey is the most mainstream…
I’m gravitating towards Skeleton, but now I’m thinking: there’s no reason to stick to the strict rules – why not have Skeleton with more than one person on the track? Ram them off, have power-ups, etc. Sort of like Mario Kart, but much faster.
I like it! Now just need a name… “Skeleton” is a bit esoteric. And I might want different types of sleds, with different trade-offs… Let’s go with Sled Drifter!