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Sky Riders will go offline for a bit while I clear out database bugs from v0.43 and ready the next update.
I'm excited to start rolling out the new League system, which is going to be the real core of the game in the long-term. An advantage of all this development hell is that it's given me a lot of time to iterate and improve on the design.
0.6x will be a somewhat scattershot update of behind-the-scenes technical issues, frameworks, bug fixes, and added visuals. Again!? I know, I know. From 0.6x onwards, there is a more structured plan for focusing on major gameplay features with each update while gradually improving other areas of the game (graphics, UI, optimizations). The roadmap to beta and release is in place.
If I could feel this positive and productive every day, I'd have finished this game a year ago. Ah well; the important part is, things are turning out well. Watching social/f2p gaming continue to flounder and fail to innovate this last year inspires me to keep pushing forward. Someone has to try, right?
I will update this week or kill myself*. I'm bad at the latter, so expect an update!
*a joke, I swear.You won't get rid of me that easily.
I'm excited to start rolling out the new League system, which is going to be the real core of the game in the long-term. An advantage of all this development hell is that it's given me a lot of time to iterate and improve on the design.
0.6x will be a somewhat scattershot update of behind-the-scenes technical issues, frameworks, bug fixes, and added visuals. Again!? I know, I know. From 0.6x onwards, there is a more structured plan for focusing on major gameplay features with each update while gradually improving other areas of the game (graphics, UI, optimizations). The roadmap to beta and release is in place.
If I could feel this positive and productive every day, I'd have finished this game a year ago. Ah well; the important part is, things are turning out well. Watching social/f2p gaming continue to flounder and fail to innovate this last year inspires me to keep pushing forward. Someone has to try, right?
I will update this week or kill myself*. I'm bad at the latter, so expect an update!
*a joke, I swear.
Personal battles with depression have made it difficult to work at any significant speed since the last Sky Riders update. I apologize for those of you waiting on that game and/or future games I've talked about.
Months between updates is unacceptable, and has never been my intention. Hopefully I can find some way of turning things around, but in the meantime, there is little else to say other than I don't know how slow progress is going to be on any given day.
The next update will be focused primarily on filling out missing artwork. It was originally supposed to add another gameplay segment into the map generator, but that will take more time, and the new art and bug fixes should see a wider testing phase first.
Months between updates is unacceptable, and has never been my intention. Hopefully I can find some way of turning things around, but in the meantime, there is little else to say other than I don't know how slow progress is going to be on any given day.
The next update will be focused primarily on filling out missing artwork. It was originally supposed to add another gameplay segment into the map generator, but that will take more time, and the new art and bug fixes should see a wider testing phase first.
Update v0.43 for Sky Riders
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Release Notes:
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Release Notes:
- What's New:
- Rider equipment panel:
- Displays currently equipped gear.
- Green indicators show where your new gear is.
- Gear listings moved so that you can always see the stat display.
- Gear listings indicate currently equipped item.
- Optimized network usage while in the basecamp and added more flood protection.
- Added a new shader type that can more efficiently batch certain objects.
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a server crash when players leave during specific processes.
- Fixed clothing changes being reset when leaving the basecamp.
- Fixed clothing changes being rejected by the server.
I had some Flash 11 tutorials up on the previous version of this site. The project files for those tutorials are gone, but I've re-uploaded the articles & code snippets into a reference archive for anyone who is interested.
Update v0.4 for Sky Riders
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Release Notes:
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Release Notes:
- Gameplay:
- New gear: Skyblade mods. Mods are split across four slots (boots, blades, intakes and jets) and have +/- stats. They are gained by completing goals.
- Ghosts now remain in the database to challenge for two weeks, up from two days.
- Ghosts now use the equipment & stats of the rider when they posted their time, rather than their current state.
- Guests can now use the feedback panel.
- Temporarily disabled the gear time limit as it's confusing while the UI is incomplete and options to extend/remove the limit are unavailable.
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a typo which was setting off most of the crashes last version.
- No longer give out duplicates of shirt/pants style 01 and the non-existent style 00.
- Fixed various fullscreen crashes.
- Fixed various guest crashes.
- Known Issues:
- Fullscreen mode may still crash or work incorrectly on some systems.
- It's currently hard to tell what equipment you've gained, where it is, and what's equipped. Some improvements should come in the next update, with more after that.
- Current gear has an extremely minor impact on stats.
Update v0.37 for Sky Riders
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Release Notes:
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Release Notes:
- Features Added:
- Rider stats are now working.
- Ride Styles. Every 5 levels you gain 1 customization point which can be used to min/max stats.
- League dailies (individual). Records up to 2 scores on the individual daily track.
- Basecamp notifications. Rider and Goals tabs show number of new additions.
- Bug Fixes:
- League dailies (individual). Now correctly limited to 2 attempts.
- Fixed issue where obstacles could slow you down more than intended.
- Fixed various server errors after sudden disconnects.
- Fixed several fullscreen-related crashes.
- Fixed several minor memory leaks.
- Known Issues:
- Rider stats have extremely little impact at low values.
- Changing in and out of fullscreen mode still causes crashes on some systems.
Sky Riders is in public alpha again, so you can try it for yourself right now. It's coming together day-by-day and soon it'll be the sort of fun, social experience I originally envisioned. In the meantime, let's crash the crap out of it.
Welcome to the new HTML5-based site. It's still a work in progress but I replaced all the content and features with rounded corners and custom fonts, so the important part is done.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.