Whoohoo!! I've finished Sphere Racer!!!

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Rob Farley

It's been a long haul, but I've finally finished!

And for those of you who are interested, here's the version history with 'questionable' version numbering!

V1.00 (19-03-03)
Intro Added
Edges tidied up
Documentation Written

V0.94 (16-03-03)
Re-define keys added
Label mode added
Additional difficulty level added
End of Championship sequence added
Player dot sized up
Fonts size to screen size ratio
Race position and lap number graphic improved
Learner arrows improved

V0.93 (16-02-03)
Sticky Pickup added
All levels fully decorated with additional models
50% performance increase
Music volume added
Sound volume added
Voice volume added
Cup completion screens added

V0.92 (06-02-03)
Additional Collision added to spheres
More particles
More Sound fx
Voice queuing system to stop overlaying sound
Sound queuing to stop too many sounds playing
Player profiles added
World unlocking added
General options now save and re-load
Pause added

V0.91 (10-11-02)
Edit Name added
Additional Debug info added
Micro-machines cam added
Camera improved
Menu item models created
Skipping lap bug fixed
More sound FX added
MP3/OGG ingame added

V0.90 (31-08-02)
Front-end improved
Varible AI added
Saves best track times
Saves settings
More Particle FX added
Scenary added
Editor Improved
Editor File Format improved
Additional Sound FX added
Pick-ups activated
Zoned Collision added
Different Kick-up graphics dependant on ground

V0.88 (29-06-02)
Front-end improved
Multi-resolutions supported
Sounds Track added
Speed-o-meter added
Particle effects added
Pick-ups added (although they don't do anything yet!)

V0.86 (20-06-02)
AI Improved
Front-end improved

V0.85 (19-06-02)
Respot improved
ESC out of game added
Splash screen added
Enter name added

V0.80 (13-06-02)
Track overview between levels added
Front-end added

V0.70 (09-06-02)
Timing code in (runs at correct speed on any spec PC)
Championship points added
Race position Bubble sort optimised
AI Improved

V0.60 (01-06-02)
Points for race added
More Sphere textures added

V0.50 (30-05-02)
Race order added
Lap number added
AI improved
Dust optimised

V0.40 (23-05-02)
Massive Game engine optimisation (18 times faster)
Dust added
Sphere Labelling added

V0.30 (18-05-02)
Race Game core complete
AI Written

Darren Hebden

Cool! Congrats on completion, mate. :)

Blue Steel

shots look awesome Rob!

Beaker

Nice one that man. When are you making "Cube Racer: the early years" ?

Sterling

Well done....I'll whoohooo that as well! :)

Midnight

Will there be a demo? This looks very cool.

(tu) sinu

well done.
You actually race balls? wierd :)

Grisu

Good job! :)

semar

Nice !

AndyBoy_UK

#10

Well done Dr Av, looking fwd to a demo of this bad boy. The shots are Lookin sweet :)

GrahamK

#11

Nice one Dr Av,
The work you've put into it really shows.

What's next ? :)

poopla

#12

Looks mint man, very nice.

FlameDuck

#13

Wow! Talk about evolving. I remember playing it when it was litterally just balls racing around a terrain. (Actually, the raceing around bit was a little inaccurate as I kept flying off). :o> Good to hear you stuck with it!

Rob Farley

#14

Midnight and Andy - I'm guessing Idigicon will be asking me to do a cut down version for demo, I'll have to wait for them to say what they want.

Sinu - Yes

Flame - Yep, that was a long time ago when dragons roamed the planet!

Blitztastic - Doing a 3D platformer, a little like tombraider, yet nothing like it and with magic instead of guns.

Everyone else - Thanks for the positive comments! :)

I've just sent the final build to Idigicon so fingers crossed it should be available very soon.

It's kinda disapointing when I look at how long it took, it could have been done so much faster!!

FlameDuck

#15

It's kinda disapointing when I look at how long it took, it could have been done so much faster!!

Hindsight is always 20-20. Don't let it get to you, you've crossed a line not many have. You've gotten your first project published. Congratulations are definately in order! :o>

AndyBoy_UK

#16

Here here

I still have the alpha demos of this around somewhere :)

Wiebo

#17

Completing a game is always a great moment. Well done!

Neuro

#18

Well since you mention it can we get an unofficial demo?

Sunteam Software

#19

Nice one, I know what you mean about things taking longer than projected, but hey it's done now, good job :)