(PPPaul's winning level Limbus Puerorum) Hey all! This weekend we saw the epic conclusion of "Survive the Editor" with some spooky Sprint maps. The final scores were down to the wire, and in the end I think we ended up with some well deserving winners. Here are your final champions along with their creations.

Grand Prize Winner: PPPaul

Judge Vote winners:

• Week 1: Firey Flow (by Platoonsgt1)
• Week 2: Bionic Botánica (by Jam~)
• Week 3: Limbus Puerorum (by PPPaul)

Community Vote winners:

• Week 1: Furnace (by PPPaul)
• Week 2: Solitude (by Cubic)
• Week 3: Masquerade (by Arch Fluctuation)

Participation Raffle winners:

• Week 1: Dot
• Week 2: MIKE
• Week 3: Kuroki Tomoko

Watch the Week 3 stream: http://twitch.tv/refractstudios/v/22220844 See all submissions: Items tagged with "Survive the Editor" Thanks once again to Fork and Krispy for designing and driving this amazing competition. We were beyond inspired by the nearly 50 levels created in such a short amount of time. Despite the fierce competition it was cool to see so much helpfulness and genuine passion from the community.
(The grand prize trophy is being shipped off to PPPaul) Also, as of this weekend there are over 1,000 levels submitted to Steam Workshop... 1,000 levels! It's hard to overstate how amazing that is.
Finally thanks to Icebound, CyclopsDragon, JTrevail, Splaysh, Kyle, Laura, and Eddie for acting on our judging panel, and thanks to each and every one of you that came out to play and vote each Saturday. We definitely want to do something like this again in the future, so if you have suggestions for how we can improve the next contest don't hesitate to let us know!

COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHT

Alongside this week's judge finalists I included each judge vote and community vote winner in the main menu highlight. Still blows my mind that each of these took less than a week to create. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540666861 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540601992 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540547153 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=539530475 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=539551440 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=540614230 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=529718507 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=536442143 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=532344818 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=536443676

BUILD 3967 CHANGELOG

We squeaked in a minor build release last week and I kinda forgot to give it a proper mention. It was put together quickly to release some new spooky-themed assets for Survive the Editor, but it comes with a few small tweaks.

• If you perform more than one trick, the most recent trick is highlighted
• The points of a trick fade out with the trick's timeout
• Added new art assets
  • Decorations/Corridor002
  • Decorations/SpineyArch001
  • Decorations/Infected/VirusSpire001
• Fixed bump on side of EmpireStartZone and EmpireEndZone
• Fixed bug where a trick would constantly be counted while upside down with no wheels
• Fixed bug where some spline roads may have weird collision

UP NEXT...

This week we've been a bit distracted preparing and submitting a build to the Independent Games Festival (IGF), which we finished just in time last night. Tomorrow we'll be showing Distance VR at the SEA VR conference in Seattle. If you'll be in attendance we hope to see you there! We're excited to get more feedback from the rapidly expanding Seattle VR community. It's looking like November will be heavily Adventure mode driven (so likely a bit quieter on the update front). We'll still be releasing experimental builds as often as possible, and our next one should include new features like a dynamic fog system. Check out the short video we posted on Twitter for a preview of its capabilities. Dynamic fog preview: http://twitter.com/refractstudios/status/658064093031481345 No guarantees, but there also might be an additional surprise this weekend regarding a certain spooky holiday. In any case, stay tuned and stay safe this weekend! - Jordan (@torcht for more frequent dev updates)

[ 2015-10-27 22:28:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Distance is a survival racing game that combines the intense action of arcade racing with the exploration of an atmospheric world. You control a unique car that allows you to boost, jump, rotate, and even fly through a chaotic and twisted city. The world has a mysterious history, and as you explore you'll be able to uncover pieces of its past.

The roads are treacherous and unpredictable with obstacles around every corner. Instead of doing laps on a loop, you'll be trying to survive to the end in the quickest time. Since your car has several abilities, it allows you to not only drive fast on the track but also upside down and on buildings and walls! You can also fly to discover new shortcuts and paths. You'll be able to take on the roads alone, or in multiplayer with your friends!

The game is a spiritual successor to the multi-award winning game Nitronic Rush, created by ourselves and 5 others at DigiPen Institute of Technology. It was widely praised for its innovative mechanics, visual style, audio design, and atmosphere.

Key Features

• Adventure: A single player experience which unveils a short story about this world's mysterious past.
  
• Multiplayer: Online, LAN, and Split-Screen play in modes such as Sprint, Reverse Tag, Stunt, and others.
  
• Trackmogrify: Random track generation with seed modifiers.
  
• VR: Experimental Oculus DK2 integration.
  
• Level editor: Use a powerful level editor to create levels from within the game and share them with players around the world.
  
• Original soundtrack: New music from the composer behind award-winning games like Nitronic Rush, Solace, and The Fourth Wall. Listen to a preview here.