Download the Beta~!

The Beta version of the game is now available at:

http://www.csufgc.com/titanracers.php

Happy racing :D .

Screen shots and updates :)

Here's some screen shots from the game in progress:





Also some exciting things have happened lately:

• Was able to show the people at Microsoft Studio the game. They really liked it and said that they would look into letting us use their computer labs during winter break :3 . Currently we're looking into if we can get some speakers from them for both the artists and the programmers.
• The Daily Titan will be doing an article on the game, and we have also been contacted by the OC Register--so keep an eye out on that newspaper too... :D
• Titan Racers is also entered in the Media Arts Festival, and we are in the process of preparing the game for the GDC's Independent Game Festival. Please wish us luck guys!

5 cars down 3 to go

Well guys here are just two cars out of the five. The art car is actually done in pencil...i think its cool. Woot! The other car is for the exercise tuffy, so i use colors from the save by the bell logo.

let's try this again.

k, i reposted everything. chuck, cliff, and tuffy, in all their illustrator glory.

huzzah!

i finished cliff today, and made a minor change in chuck. :)

illustrator isn't as bad anymore.



and blogspot won't let me post images right now so you will all have to wait on the edge of your seats for them.

Working Files for Title and Player Select

Tell me what you'ze guys thinks!

i hate illustrator

here's chuck in his car..this took me 4 hours today and the verge of a complete nervous breakdown so if ANYONE knows illustrator and can help me out with one of the last two i would appreciate it soooooo much :)

First color proof...

heres a rough color test for the mafia tuffy, done mostly for texturing them. please let me know what you think, i'll be posting more up shortly.

Edit: took out shading so its easier to tell the color scheme.

TSU Underground...

Some images of what the Underground currently looks like. Let me know what you guys think :) .

Cars Cars Cars

Well guys i finally did i finished modeling the cars. My next step will be to start unwrapping them...help. Let me know what you think, and if anyone wants the files lets me know.

Title Screen In Progress

Hey guys. Here is the title screen with more gradients added. Let me know what you are thinking. Do you see any color or lighting issues?

Thanks!

Heather

In Progress...

What the level looks like so far ^_^ . The entrance to the underground is also done and both the Arcade and Garden Cafe are currently being worked on.

Woot

Ok guys i have remembered my password so i can post again. These are 4 different body types and i should have the 4 other ones posted by tomorrow. so hope this gets people thinking of paint jobs for the types of cars..

Revised Food Court door

Heres the new door revised to fit the cartoony style better. Thanks for the input Terry and Logan ^_^ .

TSU Exterior

Some images of the texture for the exterior of the TSU. The props are green just cause I'm working on a different file from Terry.

EDIT: Added windows to the TSU, I knew something was missing ^_^; .

In Game Screen Shots

Heres what the lobby currently looks like in game (with an old version of the titan racer). Theres some lighting and scale issue, but otherwise I think its starting to all come together ^_^ .

More texture in progress...

yay, vending machines lol.

Some Texture...

Here's the start of the texture on the TSU. It took me a while but I think I'm getting used to optimizing the texture space (the TSU exterior takes up about half of a 512x512 image ^_^).

Please let me know what you think and if theres anything I should fix :3 .

Fun with Texture

My new favorite sign lol... I'll get back to work on the Tuffys tomorrow (or I guess I should say later on today), I'm just having too much fun designing the random details for the level ^_^ .

Tusk Tuffy

The Tuffys with tusks. I think Wes's idea of simply extruding them worked pretty well :) .

Heads Up Display Roughs

OK guys. So I'm finally back in action. Temporarily. Again. Anywho, here are some rough sketches trying to analyze what would look best for on screen play. So far, I broke it down into these sections as a possible idea of information we would want on the screen while playing the game:

- Placement (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)
- Lap (1/3, 2/3, whatever)
- Health Bar + lives left
- Time (unsure whether should be time left or time on track)
- Pictures of other players and their placement so you can see who's ahead or behind you (I saw it in some other games and thought it looked cool and added to the fun).
- ? Weapon? Wasn't sure about this one, but should we show the players secret weapon on screen also?

I uploaded some sketches so you guys could get an idea. Tell me which layout you like best and what possible fixes I can make. They are really rough and a bit hard to see, but I think they give the overall idea. I play very few games, so any helpful ideas would be awesome!

Texture Preview

These aren't done yet, but I thought I'd post them to get some feedback :) . I've put the actual photos next to the images so you guys can see what I was working from. I know Chuck (Grieb) would say they need more imperfections, but I wasn't sure how to add that without it becoming less cartoony ^ ^; .

Low Poly Tuffys

Okay, so here's what I have so far for some of the low poly Tuffys. Please let me know what you guys think ^_^ (just ignore the thrown together texture and the fact he doesn't fit in the car yet lol ^ ^; ) .

Edit:

With softened normals (nifty! thanks Terry :D).

New Go-Cart

Ok Guys i Made a new Go-Cart to be used for all the racers...but its not done yet. :)

Tuffy Designs Set 3

Last set :3 ! Here's natural science/math and humanities/social sciences. Like I've stated before, basically what I've tried to do is take the concept and translate them into a matching style. Please let me know what you think.

Also sorry about the poor quality of the last two sets, I'm not sure whats up with my scanner ^_^; .

Tuffy Designs Set 2

And here's Tuffy set number 2 :) . These are the depts of computer science/engineering, communication, and education respectively. I'm not sure why this scan didn't go through as well, if you have trouble seeing it let me know and i'll rescan it.

Tuffy Designs Set 1

Here's some rough character designs for the Tuffys. These ones are health/fitness dept, business/economic dept, and the art dept. Basically what I tried to do was take the original designs and mod them to fit the overall style of the game. Please let me know what you think, more will be coming soon ^_^ .

Oh and I know I didn't have to draw the legs, I just did them because the Tuffys looked weird floating there without them ^ ^; .

Yo everyone, Im finally posting! All feedback is welcome

HOpefully this post comes out right. Im wondering if this looks like a teacher at all, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Yet another plant

Another plant. Still in progress, but I'm not sure if this one is "cartoony" enough ^ ^; .

Go-Cart

Ok so this was a idea i had if we didn't feel like making unique cars for each racer we could just use one model and paint them all differently. Also look at this like a sketch because i just started modeling with no plan :p

Plant Preview

Heres a preview of the plants for the level, I'm experimenting with trying to create them out of single planes to save polys. As you can probably tell I'm trying to go for a more cartoony look to match the Tuffys ^_^ .

Early Screen Shots

I hope Terry doesn't mind, but I thought everyone might want to see how his level looks in the game engine so far:




Currently theres no bounding boxes so you can still go through walls, but its a good way of seeing what the level will look like in game :3 .