Let It Be , now released !! horse racing game

[BlinkOk]

no worries mick. i'll shoot you some stuff today

[stevmjon]

hey micky4fun

good to see yet another fun game. you and blinkok are a good team.

keep up the good work,  stevmjon

[micky4fun]

Hi all

no worries mick. i'll shoot you some stuff today

yep thanks for the latest gfx's , BlinkOk , will get a demo up asap so you can see how its going ,

good to see yet another fun game. you and blinkok are a good team

yep thanks stevmjon , but i count myself lucky as with good gfx's you are halfway there i think and BlinkOk has been very kind to help me out on a few of my efforts and only to sure with a good programmer
he and them would come up with an amazing game.

ok i have now done 3 courses for track one of the game , think BlinkOk said there will be 3 tracks , so that 9  courses in total , my courses for track one are shown below ,
i have play tested 2 out the 3 so far , this has taken hours of time and when 3rd is play tested i will put demo up , as the game is called let it ride i take it that winnings won on one race will all be put on the next race , ie an accumulater until you lose or win all 9 races , this however does make the payout rather large , as there are 6 horses in the race the odds would be 5/1 on each horse , in the real world if all had a equal chance for the bookie or tote to make a profit the would all be 4/1 , even at these odds thats a 1953125 payout for a 1 unit stake , so this would be the maxium score that could be achived.
so just an idea , as your horse is the fastest as long as you get around the course without bumping into things or slowed down in the water , you would be the favourite to win
so im thinking along the lines of your horse being 2/1 to win , but as you can see i have 2 horse shoes on each course , you have to be a good player to collect these on your way round , so if you win and collect 1 you will get odds of 3/1 and if you collect 2 then get 4/1 , thus making a few more combo's in the scoring department , also picking the right horse for the course will make it slightly easier , this will take a few goes to suss out , all this will extend the games life i think ,
so is this the way to go ? , or any other ideas welcome , but maynot be used , lol

also the game has been speed up by about 50% , this makes it more faster paced
i have still got the pre-defind computer horses at the moment , with a 1 in 3 chance of them also slowing down if they go though the water as well

ok back soon
mick :)

[BlinkOk]

very good track design mick. it's important to not let the player hug the rail. luv the horseshoe. i gotta get my finger out and generate some more stuff.

[micky4fun]

Hi All

ok here is a slightly rushed 3 track demo to try out , 1st track is just to get you into game , differcaulty still to be tweaked on all tracks , got the layout for all 9 tracks on paper
you must win to goto next track , if not start of again were you left off , in real game you will start again , horse shoes in real game will increase your prize
if you win it will show same gfx's no matter what horse you choose as this is the only gfx's i have at mo ,
think at maybe horse selection screen it should show current winnings and next track you are racing on , maybe left and right of the choose you donkey banner

anyway times up tonight so heres demo , run the 3 track demo.exe , will tidy tracks into a folder later as late now

also do not press the spacebar as this will stop game !! , use mouse to select start and horse and up left right keys to stear horse

mick :)

[BlinkOk]

you got some sexy looking transitions there mick. nice work

[BlinkOk]

i'm away till next week so i don't think i'll get much done till then. sorry mate

[micky4fun]

Hi All

you got some sexy looking transitions there mick. nice work

well just some simple swipes , they seem ok

i'm away till next week so i don't think i'll get much done till then. sorry mate

no worries , no rush , i will do all the courses on this track , then just drop the other 2 tracks on top , wont be a lot more to do in the gfx's department after that , maybe just the other 5 winners at bottome of screen
i will then give a good test , tidy and tighten thing up any other ideas welcome

mick :)

ps just a slight bug as i was rushing last night , you still come up as winner on all tracks by being a close 2nd or 3rd  even if you dont win
now fixed

[kevin]

 It's looking good,  you could clean up some stuff with a bit of filtering and alpha... Can't really play it on my system as the demo is running too fast.  I've a feeling you're using Vsync to limit the frame rate.   Not ideal, as different systems can have different Vsync rates, moreover the sync can also be turned off in drivers or worse not be supported at all.    Graphics FAQ
 

[ATLUS]

new alpha! very good job and fun play micky4fun

[BlinkOk]

how about that black caviar huh? jockey couldn't even bugger it up

[micky4fun]

Hi All

Thanks ATLUS , its getting there

how about that black caviar huh? jockey couldn't even bugger it up

lol , nearly did , he thought it would still coast along without him riding it out , but Ascot is a stiff cousre , uphill finish , not like the flat Austrailian tracks but he did the job
think jockey would have been in a lot of trouble if he did not , err

Just to say sorry to here about Kevins dad , wish him all the best , not easy looking after people as i know myself , its hard work

well been doing a few bits here and there to game , heres all the 9 tracks done now , just going to program horse paths next and other bits over the next week or so ,
then when other 2 tracks are ready i can just drop them into game , so there will be 3 tracks each with 3 courses
anyway heres a few pic's
will be back soonish

mick :)

[BlinkOk]

sorry to hear about kevs dad too. i'm still out of the loop as far as this game is concerned. hopefully i'll get the betting screen and HUD done this week

[micky4fun]

Hi All

hopefully i'll get the betting screen and HUD done this week

no worries , whenever you get time BlinkOk , think i can get away with a few things , betting screen might not be needed as in title let it ride , think it would be bet all in , an accumulator so all onto next race
win or lose , carry on or stop, so i could just have the wad of dollor notes getting bigger as you stake highers the further you go , could get away with just the one track we have as well , but upto you
so at a bare minimum just the other 5 horse pics when they win , the bit that pops up at bottom of screen when you win could be fine
was a shame that the flash thing did not work , as think that would have pollished it off , nevermind.

just going to try a few other little bits on game see what they look like or even work , but im a week or to away to complete game i think

mick :)

UPDATE:
well i have managed to do the pop up winner gui at bottom of screen for all 6 runners , so pretty much got every thing to make a playable game , unless you want to do any other tracks , but not to worried either way mate , leave that to you

ok will be a week or so to put it all together now and post when ready

mick :)

[micky4fun]

Hi All

well i have just a few things to do now and the post game , i have decieded not to have a complete all in money staking system as it goes up to quickly , and doing it the way im doing it i could add another few more courses if needed without the money going crazy

heres a few more screenies to release

mick :)