Titan Racers

OC Register!

2008-01-01T21:33:00.000-08:00

Titan Racers is featured in todays OC Register. Check it out here.

Download the Beta~!

2007-10-22T15:01:00.000-07:00

The Beta version of the game is now available at:

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

Happy racing :D .

Screen shots and updates :)

2007-10-06T14:12:00.000-07:00

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!

One more!

2007-09-28T23:26:00.000-07:00

50th!

2007-09-28T22:36:00.000-07:00

Hey All,

Here are some videos from the 50th Anniversary Celebration. Enjoy =)

~Terry

trophies

2007-09-13T01:40:00.000-07:00

hey everybody,

here are the trophies unfinished. i will be adding highlights and shadows to these tomorrow. i was running into some problems with illustrator and it took me a little while to figure out. anyways, let me know what y'all think.

~terry

*UPDATE*

5 cars down 3 to go

2007-09-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

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.

2007-09-11T22:28:00.000-07:00

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

huzzah!

2007-09-10T20:56:00.000-07:00

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

2007-09-09T23:56:00.000-07:00

Tell me what you'ze guys thinks!

i hate illustrator

2007-09-09T22:51:00.000-07:00

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...

2007-09-04T17:57:00.001-07:00

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...

2007-09-04T14:34:00.000-07:00

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

Clouds

2007-08-30T21:17:00.000-07:00

Hey All,

I painted clouds in behind the cartoony title screen. The text is temporary but let me know what you think.

~Terry

Cars Cars Cars

2007-08-29T16:50:00.001-07:00

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

2007-08-26T03:23:00.000-07:00

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...

2007-08-17T01:05:00.001-07:00

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

2007-08-16T22:54:00.000-07:00

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..

Garden Cafe...sort of

2007-08-16T03:57:00.001-07:00

So I've kinda started texturing the Garden Cafe props...should finish these by tomorrow. As always, c/c welcomed

Terry

Revised Food Court door

2007-08-15T23:10:00.000-07:00

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

TSU Exterior

2007-08-15T20:28:00.000-07:00

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

2007-08-14T14:37:00.000-07:00

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 ^_^ .

TSU_Exterior Props

2007-08-14T06:48:00.000-07:00

Hey gang,

Here are some of the props from the exterior like we talked about. Let me know what y'all think

~Terry

*UPDATE*
Still working on the table/bench. The holes need to be darker, but I will continue to update this

Props

2007-08-09T15:43:00.000-07:00

Hey gang,

I started texturing some of the props. There isn't any specular maps yet. Once the programmers figure how to incorporate that, we can really have some fun. Let me know what you think.

Terry

Level Update

2007-08-06T12:33:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

Here are some shots of the level, with textures that Corinne did. I'm starting to work on some of the props too and I will continue to update this post throughout the day. Let us know what you think.

Terry

More texture in progress...

2007-08-03T00:18:00.000-07:00

yay, vending machines lol.

Some Texture...

2007-07-18T16:18:00.001-07:00

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 .

More screencaps

2007-07-17T04:15:00.001-07:00

c/c welcomed.

Terry

Level Update

2007-07-15T21:35:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody

Here is where the level is at right now Critique/Comments/feedback is greatly appreciated.

Terry

Fun with Texture

2007-07-11T01:28:00.001-07:00

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

2007-07-10T16:04:00.002-07:00

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

Heads Up Display Roughs

2007-07-10T16:04:00.001-07:00

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

2007-07-09T23:23:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-06T00:12:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-04T19:07:00.001-07:00

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

Time to start over...

2007-06-26T23:56:00.001-07:00

So it looks like I'll be rebuilding the entire level. Not to worry, this time it will go much much faster.

Here is the model with detail now.

This is Vypac's version with a fraction of the detail

I will not just take what he did and call it my own, so I will rebuild it myself. I kind of had the same idea in mind earlier today before I got his email with critique, I just wasn't sure how to approach it but ya...must model model mode.

~Terry

Update!

2007-06-26T23:54:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, here are some screenshots of the level that Corinne took for me. c/c welcome as always!

Terry

Tuffy Designs Set 3

2007-06-24T22:30:00.001-07:00

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

2007-06-24T21:56:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-24T21:19:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-23T00:48:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-21T16:34:00.000-07:00

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

Go-Cart

2007-06-21T14:39:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-19T23:15:00.001-07:00

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

2007-06-18T18:44:00.000-07:00

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 .

Basic Tusk Tuffy

2007-06-18T12:02:00.001-07:00

Heres the basic Tuffy with tusks. As always, I'm open to feedback ^_^ .

Base Model

2007-06-17T17:44:00.001-07:00

Here is my work in progress of the base model. It's good to be working in Maya again!!!

Psych Tuffy...

2007-06-15T17:43:00.000-07:00

Here's a rough developmental sketch for a possible psychologist tuffy. Noted are the areas that could be unique from the other tuffys. Please let me know what you think guys :) .

Brainstormin'

2007-06-14T21:09:00.000-07:00

Throwing some ideas around.

Cleaned Basic Tuffy

2007-06-11T17:37:00.000-07:00

A little late, but here's the cleaned up front and side views of basic Tuffy ^_^ . I changed the position of the arms in the front view because it got a little confusing to look at otherwise.

Basic Tuffy Design

2007-06-10T18:01:00.000-07:00

Here's the design we're thinking of using for a base for the characters. As you can probably tell, it was heavily based off of Tuffy's existing design.

I'll post a cleaner version later tonight :) .

Level

2007-06-09T22:58:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

I guess this is somewhat of an update. But here is what I have of the level so far. Let me know if there's anything that should be/needs to be changed. Thanks

~Terry

Lobby Level

2007-06-05T03:01:00.000-07:00

*UPDATE* The level of detail on the TSU building has been bugging me since Thursday, but I've managed to cut down the number of polys from 7737 to 4557 and I've also added a roof over the lobby. Will update more soon.

So I've been extremely lazy these past few weeks but I've finally gotten off my butt today and started modeling. Here is what I have of the Lobby floor. I still need to add the roof. Oh, I also added a box for size reference. Um so ya, if you guys have any suggestions let me know. Oh, and if you want the maya file, just email me.

~Terry

Character Sketches

2007-06-04T15:58:00.000-07:00

Some differant Tuffy sketches. I have more, but the scanner gave out on me so I will have to scan them latter.

rough character ideas

2007-06-04T13:29:00.001-07:00

hey everyone,

here's some quick ideas for costume. let me know what you think.

jen

Education Tuffy Rough Design

2007-05-31T13:57:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys. Here's the picture we agreed would be a good rough idea for the school marm education Tuffy.

Word To Your Mother!

- Crills

First post~!

2007-05-18T12:43:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to our blog!

Basically this is a place for us to post production work for the game that our Video Game Design Club will be working on this summer ^_^ .

Titian Racers is a Mario Cart style racing game that will feature our school's mascot, Tuffy the Elephant. This game will be fully 3d and is being created for the XBox 360 platform. We're making the video game in honor of our school status as being the only school to have ever held an actual elephant race. It will be revealed at California State University of Fullerton's 50th year anniversary celebration, and will hopefully be the first of many game projects :3 .