True Skate [Universal] by True Axis

[arn]

http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/20/fi...per-true-axis/

Some renders

arn

[Jdragoon19]

Originally Posted by luketrueaxis

That is a good question. We want to keep this game very simple for the first release, mostly concentrating on one nice skate park and fun controls. Could get it out quite quickly with a bit of effort, but don't want to slow down JCS2 development.


Not 100%, but it will be cheap. We are keeping it simple at launch. These days you can't charge what Touch Grind did when it was release with such little content, but the market is bigger so i guess it all evens out.


The reason I wanted to make this is mostly because I wasn't happy with any of the skate games I saw and wanted to make one that I wanted to play. It's closer to TouchGrind then those games, but, I'm already having lots of fun playing it. Just need to try to finish it off for everybody else!

JCS2 will have a lot of content at launch, but True Skate will just have the basics of a fun game. If other people have as much fun playing it as me, then we can start thinking about what we can add in updates.

Nice! Really excited for this game!!!

Here's the link to the TA article: http://toucharcade.com/2012/02/20/fi...per-true-axis/

Screenshots:







EDIT: Ahhh, arn beat me to it! But, I have pics!

[AbsolutePhenom]

Looks good. I'll be keeping my eye on this one.

[MystikSun]

Ah, I'll be following this despite having an older device.

I just like seeing what developers can come up with/produce.

[spidey]

Awesome screens! And good move on how you are approaching the game. The genre is definitely a lot more niche, but that said, people who are into this genre will surely lap it up. Do try and not keep it too meagre. The gamers here or on facebook, etc. will communicate with you what sort of updates they want. While the majority gamers who do not do that, will simply leave a 1-star review. Just my 2 cents.

Have never skateboarded in my life or played a video game of one, but will surely be taking this to support true axis. JCS and Space Tripper are two of my favourite games. Looking forward to JCS2.

[RaptorF35]

If TrueAxis could get a studio of 100 people together to make a lot more games, I'd go broke. I absolutely love the style that they have, keep it up Luke! Hopefully you can get another partner or two.

[luketrueaxis]

Originally Posted by spidey

Awesome screens! And good move on how you are approaching the game. The genre is definitely a lot more niche, but that said, people who are into this genre will surely lap it up. Do try and not keep it too meagre. The gamers here or on facebook, etc. will communicate with you what sort of updates they want. While the majority gamers who do not do that, will simply leave a 1-star review. Just my 2 cents.

Have never skateboarded in my life or played a video game of one, but will surely be taking this to support true axis. JCS and Space Tripper are two of my favourite games. Looking forward to JCS2.

I love making niche games. The people who appreciate them, really appreciate them!

I think there should be enough game play in this to not make too many people leave 1-star reviews.

I'm a bit of a skater my self, I skated heaps, although, I did a lot more of the aggressive inline skating on vert ramp rather then skateboarding on street.

[spy]

I'm wondering what the soundtrack will be like. For a skateboard game there should be something nice, but I guess licensing will be a pain in the ass or very expensive.

Will you add some controls for the iPod app? Making a playlist with some decent tracks should help to give it a nice background.

What about sound effects? Will there be some traffic, wind, birds noise?

PS: The renders look really nice. When the stage will look like that, then you have some decent taste

[Hondune]

Being both a developer and a skateboarder i have to say im incredibly excited about this! TouchGrind is great fun, but its skateparks arent very well designed and the top down view makes it nearly impossible to actually skate around and do stuff on purpose. If the quality of gameplay in JCS and the dev that is involved with the community is any indication im sure this game will be awesome

[zatoichi]

I'm in!