Devlog 30/10/18 Survival Updates, New Voices and Stats/Achievements

Its now just under 2 months until the games release, every little detail is currently being refined in preparation for the big day!

Before we kick off this devlog

Were pulling the release date back ever so slightly to better align the release with other events that have cropped up around the same time. The game is now releasing on December 15th instead of the 20th!

The new and improved Survival

Survival has had some visual upgrades to continue building on its design. Buildings now have their windows glowing, fog has been added to add some fade and the entire color pallete system has been rewritten so each zone can have all of its colors manually defined. The virtual mode that you can activate outside of Survival now applies a different pallete on a per speedclass basis too!

New Voices

BallisticNG has all new voices coming from the one and only HellfireWZ! New warning voices have also been recorded by community moderator and BNGL maintainer Radracer. Its better if you just listen to them instead of me trying to describe them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP56viCBAVo

Stats/Achievements

A new stats and achievements system has been implemented and is ready for release! This new system is completely moddable so code mods can add their own. It also doesnt rely on any external services, you can run the game off of Steam and still unlock achievements and have stats tracked. Heres some shots of the menus, icons for Achievements still pending.

Reflective Tiles

Support for reflective track tiles have been added! These allow track creators to spice up their track floors a bit with extra detail. Here's some shots of how these are used in the vanilla tracks:

Physics Update

A long standing exploit in analoge input has been fixed, the exploit allowed you to move the analoge stick back to its resting position to quickly stop your ship from turning. This also affects the airbrakes, this change has fixed the long known bug of a ship springing back to full speed after releasing them. With the airbrakes fixed the opertunity was also taken to rewrite the airbrakes air resistance. Instead of being based on a timer that reduce the ships speed by a set amount, the resistance is now based on how much the ship is drifting so you now slow down much more naturallly.

More Songs

Shiftdelete has been hard at work making more songs for the game, as with the other songs these will be available in the seperate soundtrack at no extra cost when the game launches. https://soundcloud.com/shiftdelete/swerve-xtended https://soundcloud.com/shiftdelete/in-the-zone https://soundcloud.com/shiftdelete/tranceblaster https://soundcloud.com/vonsnake/ballisticngbullet-time-vip

[ 2018-10-30 17:50:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

BallisticNG
Neognosis

Developer

Neognosis

Publisher

2018-12-14

Release

Indie Racing Singleplayer

Features

17 tracks set in unique locations, 11 of them reversible for a grand total of 28 playable tracks
13 teams and a lineup of super fast drag ships
14 pickups for all your combat needs
6 gamemodes (Race, Time Trial, Speed Lap, Survival, Knockout and Eliminator)
A singleplayer campaign to challenge your skill
Two player splitscreen with dual-monitor support
A thumping 90s inspired soundtrack featuring 34 tracks spanning across Techno, Jungle, Neurofunk and Drum and Bass
A modding tool suite to import your own ships, build your own tracks and program your own gamemodes, weapons and more

Physics

BallisticNG recreates the physics of a time long gone. Playing the game is all about getting into the zone and becoming one with the ship, practicing every nook and cranny of every track until you can do it with your eyes closed. Feeling the speed isn't about what the HUD tells you, but how the environment swooshes past you and timing the right maneuvers at the right time to keep the flow going. If you're looking for a quick game, lower speed classes provide you with a more laid back experience. You can even disable weapons if you want a good clean race.

Visuals

The game is built as if it were running on real 90s hardware. Low poly ships and environments create simple yet visually rich scenes that can run on most hardware. Retro 3D options are available to emulate hardware limitations from the 90s, modern effects are also available so you can make the game look old, new or anywhere in-between.

VR Support

BallisticNG has beta VR support with no compromises on game functionality. All modes, tracks, ships, online and mod content are supported! Tweak the game with the VR options to get the most comfort out of your experience.

Cockpit Mode

Each ship has a unique cockpit which reflects the design you see on the exterior. When in cockpit mode the game processes the audio to make it sound authentic, complete with the sound of rain splashing on the canopy and displays flickering as you take damage from weapons, everything you need to get cosy in your high speed future racer.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: 64-bit distroMemory: 2 GB RAMStorage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Requires OpenGL 3.2+. Mods will increase required storage space and memory.
Memory: 2 GB RAMStorage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Requires OpenGL 3.2+. Mods will increase required storage space and memory.
Storage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Requires OpenGL 3.2+. Mods will increase required storage space and memory.
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: 64-bit distroMemory: 4 GB RAMStorage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Requires OpenGL 3.2+. Mods will increase required storage space and memory.
Memory: 4 GB RAMStorage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Requires OpenGL 3.2+. Mods will increase required storage space and memory.
Storage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Requires OpenGL 3.2+. Mods will increase required storage space and memory.

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