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Close to the finish line...

Close to the finish line...

Man, I can't believe it's been almost 2 years since we started working on Hyperdrive. I guess part of the reason for that is because we used a custom...

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Help us playtest Hyperdrive!

Help us playtest Hyperdrive!

We've made some significant progress with Hyperdrive since the last time I posted...so much in fact that we've decided it's time to engage in some...

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Off-road futuristic racing(yes, it exists!)

Off-road futuristic racing(yes, it exists!)

So, this week I've got a brand new video of a new Canyon track I'm working on, which is (semi) off-road, in contrast to all the previous ones which...

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Hyperdrive: Getting closer...

Hyperdrive: Getting closer...

Greetings from the journal land!So, as I expected, progress in Hyperdrive is somewhat slow, having to juggle quite a few things in real life, but...

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So...what else is new...

So...what else is new...

So, a lot of things have changed(to the better) since I made my last entry. I have been making some good progress on the game. But what's the real...

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New gameplay video

New gameplay video

Just a short gameplay video of a new track I'm playing with, which contains more variations than the previous ones.

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Windchasers still under way...

Windchasers still under way...

So, for anyone that read my previous entries...I am still working on WindChasers, between job and college. Here's a gameplay video I recorded just...

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Shiny new WindChasers demo! Come and see!

Shiny new WindChasers demo! Come and see!

Hello there. Well, since the last time I posted, some things have changed with the WindChasers project. Specifically, I decided that the top-down...

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Questions, questions...

Questions, questions...

Since my last entry, I have worked quite a bit on the game. Mainly, I implemented a race with more than one opponents, a rudimentary but proper...

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Try a pre-pre-pre alpha demo of my game!

Try a pre-pre-pre alpha demo of my game!

Ok, it's been a while since I made a journal entry. These last few weeks I've been working AGAIN on the racing project, Windchasers. To greatly...

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Small update

Small update

I don't have much new things going on...I worked a day or two on cleaning up the code, now I can say I work with it with much more confidence. I have...

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A quick update

A quick update

I worked a bit today, and I at last have some basic gameplay going on. Basically you walk around an a desert terrain/village scenery, and shoot evil...

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New efforts

New efforts

It is my goal, for the last few years, to finish a decently sized game. Of course, relatively speaking, decently sized for a hobbyist programmer....

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After a million years...

After a million years...

Wow, it's been forever since I last wrote a journal entry. Thank god for the new GDNet which allows me to do so for free!So, what's new. I did my...

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What's new

What's new

Long time no see. For the time being, I have put the Fighter game in the backburner, I plan to return on it during the summer. The reason for that is...

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