Food Run - first video, dev blog and beta program announcement

[GoofyJmaster.]

Originally Posted by kevinnggames

Announcement - "Kevin Ng Games" is no more!

But don't worry, I've just got a proper name.



So Food Run will be released under my new name, "Pixels on Toast".

See the new website here. I'll be having a competition on the Facebook page soon to win some goodies, including some Pixels on Toast merchandise. Nom nom.

Haha! That's great news. I will be looking forward to Food Run.

[arta]

That's a much better name for an indie game studio.

And apparently the game has wall jumps in addition to riding the barber poles.
http://bookofthedev.com/post/1203105...l-jumps-are-go

Between setting up the new company name and website, the IGDA Scotland Edinburgh meet up and working on Food Run, it’s been a busy week! So apologies for the lack of posts. The major addition for Food Run this week is wall jumps, so I thought I’d post a screenshot and discuss the development of this feature.

Wall jumps are actually something that have been in the code since very early on, but I removed them as they were causing problems. They were always fun, that was never in question. The major issue is that if you can wall jump, you can turn around and go back on yourself. And my design goal for Food Run is to make it a roller coaster ride, not a maze. That is, the challenge should come mainly from traps, jumps and timing, not navigation. It should always be fairly obvious where you have to go next.

The problem was solved by creating special wall jump walls, marked by gloopy mustard dripping down the wall (see screenshot above). The advantage this brings is two-fold. Firstly, I can carefully control exactly where wall jumping is permitted in the levels. Secondly, it is now very obvious to the player that they should think about wall jumping when they see these walls.

[LOLavi]

Wow looks so amazing!! Cant believe I missed this!

[Jim_10]

This game looks great! Can't wait to try this game.!
Do you already know when we can sign up for the beta?

Keep up the great work!

Greets

[TheFrost]

Originally Posted by Jim_10

This game looks great! Can't wait to try this game.!
Do you already know when we can sign up for the beta?

Keep up the great work!

Greets

I want to know that too, visited their website and found nothing... this game looks awesome, reminds me of Zool cause the candy canes...

[PixelsOnToast]

Originally Posted by TheFrost

I want to know that too, visited their website and found nothing... this game looks awesome, reminds me of Zool cause the candy canes...

Beta will be coming at some stage, but it's a bit early yet. Will make sure to give people on this forum lots of spaces in the Beta program. I have lots more to put in the game, will keep you up to date on how it's coming along here (and on the blog as someone linked above).

Kevin (Pixels on Toast)

[Jim_10]

Originally Posted by kevinnggames

Beta will be coming at some stage, but it's a bit early yet. Will make sure to give people on this forum lots of spaces in the Beta program. I have lots more to put in the game, will keep you up to date on how it's coming along here (and on the blog as someone linked above).

Kevin (Pixels on Toast)

Take as much time as you need. I understand it's a bit early now!

Thanks for keeping us up to date!

Greets

[PixelsOnToast]

Hey hey TA people,

Thanks for all the kind messages and support, it really helps for motivation to get this thing finished and as good as I want it to be.

Just a quick note to say that the competition I was talking about has gone live - it costs nothing to enter and you can win either a blue or orange iPod shuffle (to match the blue and orange pixels in the new company logo), some Pixels on Toast mugs and Pixels on Toast fridge magnets!

It does involve going to the Pixels on Toast Facebook page and liking it, so apologies if you're not a Facebook user.

Here's the page with all the details: -

http://facebook.com/pixelsontoast

There aren't that many entries at the moment, so it's a great chance to win! Good luck!

[PixelsOnToast]

Oh, and if any moderators are reading this, I'd absolutely kill to be able to change my user name to pixelsontoast! Cheers.

[PixelsOnToast]

Video 3 is now up, showing the wall jumps in a video for the first time, plus hidden areas and spikes.


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More info in the blog post!