Thanks for the update Glenn - graphics seem even nicer & I'm looking forward to the new video too. Please keep us posted.
Hi Glenn, thanks for the pictures, vapour trails and lighting give these latest shots an amazing feeling of polish and spit shine! never mind the wait, I like a Guiness, so I don't mind the time it takes... you just tune and tweak! No matter how many racing games have come out and been announced since I first came across the words ekranoplan and iphone in the same sentence, your app still stands out as top drawer! (no pressure to deliver... )
It's obvious from the new screens that this game is looking better than ever. Good to hear that there's progress being made, and that it's getting closer to release. I'm looking forward to it.
All the shots without the controls and scores are taken from the in game replay mode. OK, I may have used the hidden free-cam mode in the pause menu. I hid it because it was confusing the testers but it'll be there in the final game if you can just work out how to turn it on We've been having a lot of fun with the replays. The game saves a replay of your best time on each level. You can also race against this in Ghost-race mode or even break into the replay at any time and take control.
I have plans to build an R/C wing in ground effect vehicle in my basement... haven't got around to it - just been to busy of course. Can't wait to play this though. I'm a big fan of the Wipeout games. Here's the real deal and an RC model that someone built.
When I was introducing my artist to Ekranoplans, via the extensive research of finding Youtube videos, the Airfish WIG craft (your left pic) was by far the most asthetically pleasing. We kind of scaled it down to a single seater racer with a jet (so I could do con trails) to make it more suitable for the kind of racing we wanted in Ground Effect. I love the RC model in your other pic. Is that the one you have the plans for? Coming very soon: -=< Ground Effect >=- -=<Twitter>=
Ground Effect is now going through the final stages of testing/tuning, mostly from TA members. It's great to be getting so much positive feedback, the constructive criticism is, if anything, even more apreciated. It would be cool if we could keep discussion of the game in this thread rather than the Beta tester ones now. Glenn.
glennx I really think you should have been the group maker seeing as I am still waiting to get into the group...not sure when he will be on
The testers are still hard at work and here's an enhanced screenshot courtesy of Der-Kleine which I think is really cool
Is there any way I can test this for the last few days? I've got nothing to do and I'm a good bug finder.
After months of hard work we finally have a new video. This is the almost-ready-for-submission version. Just another week or so of graphical tweaks and bug fixes (though the testers didn't find many). Thanks to everyone who has helped (you know who you are)- really appreciated. [hqyoutube]30UBj6vfshU[/hqyoutube]
