Let It Be , now released !! horse racing game

[BlinkOk]

looking awesome mick. those are all great ideas. very sorry i haven't got anything together on this yet.

[ATLUS]

Pretty good game Mick!!!

[micky4fun]

Hi all

no worries BlinkOk , you have done some great work on the graphics i all ready have , i have managed to use paint.net to cut out some images and add them to others to get enough to do all the game.
its very nearly done now just 1 bug that i will iron out later and a few track horse timings to do and then i will post up

thanks ATLUS , aint to bad for a quick fun play game , just trying to get it so it aint to hard or easy

heres a video of the first 4 courses , as i have now done it slightly different ,
will go something like this , you pick your horse , you will automatically stake $1000 on it , then while in race you can try and up your stake by collecting the horse shoes , $1000 added to stake per horse shoe but this will come out of your current wallet, 2 horse shoes per race , so a $3000 is the max stake ,
if you win you will get 5 to 1 your stake and so on to next course , starting at $1000 again , to help you along getting to the tricky horse shoes there are 2 apples per course , these will give you a little burst of speed that you may of lost trying to get bonus horse shoes
once all 9 races are complete that is the days racing finished and end of game , now try and beat your last score , or game will end when you dont win your last race , you will have finished in a win situation with the total won so far upto the last defeat as shown in video

mick :)

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[ATLUS]

a very attractive video micky4fun!

[kevin]

Yes it's looking very nice.. Shame the races are so short though, since the races seem pretty arcade styled ..   

[BlinkOk]

haha. that looks absolutely bloody marvelous mick! i luv the money cursor. great idea.
i agree with kevin on the short races. maybe you could make later races go for 2 or 3 laps.

[micky4fun]

Hi All

Thanks all for comments , after plenty of play testing i think that the one circuit will work ok , as going around a few times may make it a bit boring , i think just adding a few more tracks maybe better , but i have 9 here so far and with tight gameplay and with the horse shoe to up your stake that maybe enough but can add if required , anyway will post up the full game weekend , as its all done now apart from 3 sound effects
will do them tonight/tomorrow , then after someone esle as played the game can comment if to easy or hard , as i am quite used to it now , lol

thanks
mick :)

[micky4fun]

Hi all

ok here is the let it ride game , if anyone can let me know if to hard or easy that would be great

idea of game ,
you start with $1000 in your wallet , once you picked you horse you automaticlly stake $1000 on it , this comes out of your wallet
one way around track you can pick up a apple to give a small burst of speed , only 2 apples , you may need 1 or both to help you
also there is a horse shoe , this will increase your stake by $1000 per horse shoe , the first 2 horse shoes on track 1 come free , but
after they will take $1000 out of your wallet and use it as a stake unit on your horse

on some tracks picking the right horse might help you a little to win , ie where the horse is drawn in the stalls
maybe an idea to just complete the tracks first of all without horse shoes to get feel of track
the tracks do not really get harder as the game goes , so getting past one track may get you past a few more ,

keyboard up left and right are the controlls and mouse to pick horse and start game , thats about it

apart from spacebar on main first screen will toggle screenvsync on and off
and of course a Big Big thanks to BlinkOk for all the Graphics that he kindly did for this game

http://rghost.net/39328899

mick :)

[ATLUS]

Very good game! great work Mick!

my best place 3, i think this is hard =)

[micky4fun]

Hi all

yep thanks ATLUS , thought it might be on the hardish side , did not want to make it to easy so you do all the tracks in a few goes , so i will wait a day or so see how other people do and change the speed down a little of the other horses,
i am pretty use to it now and nearly complete the game every go , without the horse shoes , and get a faie way in collecting 1 or 2 horse shoes per course

ok i had a few mates over this afternoon , and they seem to think its to hard so i am going to ease it to the level they seem to play ok with , so give me a little while and i will post an easier version of game

thanks
mick :)

[kevin]

 Had a bit of a play around with this yesterday..  Barely made it through to the third race also.   Having the shorter races doesn't make it very forgiving, so a tiny mistake and bingo your out,  which affects the replay factor negatively.   One of the cool things about racing games (to me at least) is having an opportunity to fight your way through to win, even when you make mistakes.   What keeps me playing once familiar with the tracks is the randomness of the racing. 

[micky4fun]

Hi All

well i have now made it a lot easier , well i think as i have fully competed it 2 times in 3 goes , lol , but thats the problem of playing it so many time i think
i must have played this 100's of time now

ok i have taken in to account what Kevin has said as well a little , you now break last , well only just behind and have to catch up , rather than lead and hold on as in last version
i knew the maths thing is what would let me down , as maths is a very weak point for me , lol amoungst others ,

also some of the courses are a lot easier to do one way than the other , so pick right horse will help a little and right path around track will help a lot
also picking up apples is a great help , even if you can only pick up one on some tracks, i have included a pic of how course 1 should be done , will post other course paths if required
anyway heres version 1.2 , code now included , though i have not had time to tidy it up a little yet , anyone may want to amend for a better game

mick :)
http://rghost.net/39360271

[ATLUS]

at once I was the first in one ride =) thanks Mick ^__^
source this is really nice, i going to see how you create this good game! Thanks again Mick!

[BlinkOk]

very well balanced mick. i have played all the demos to date and this one is balanced just right i think. took me 3 goes to win track 1.

[micky4fun]

Hi All

ok thanks ATLUS and thanks again BlinkOk for comments and of course Gfx's , will have a few days off now before mucking about with some other code see if anything comes to light
as the Olympics is only just a few days away now may not get that much time , so back soonish

mick :)