For today's screen shot (below), I show some of the work I've been doing to further fill out the city. Some of the recent work this week includes street signage, traffic lights, more billboards, and pedestrian skywalks. The black billboards are place holders for now. I also turned on the temporary cars for visual effect again. Most of the last week's work has focused between John Street on the east, Spadina Ave on the west, King St West on the south and Queen St West on the north. The game is still running over 60fps on my low-end (for gaming) laptop, however with all the additional objects I have seen a 5fps frame rate drop. This means in my next round of profiling and performance streamlining I will need to look at options for loading objects on-demand in anticipation of player's actions. That should easily recover the lost 5fps when the time comes. As always, these are development screenshots and they do not represent final game play or visuals of the game.

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[ 2020-09-19 04:04:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

MiLE HiGH TAXi is The Fifth Element meets Crazy Taxi.

In this 24th century scifi game you're the driver of a flying taxi cab in a race against time to transport as many paying customers as you can before the meter runs out. Earn enough cash, experience and respect to work the upper floors and skywalks. The higher you work the cleaner the air, richer the customers, and the more cash you can make!

You'll play as Kyle, Emma, or Skyler, a down-on-your-luck citizen relegated to the polluted airs of the city's sub-100th floor level. Your new career as a taxi driver is an opportunity to get out of the slum, the smog, and the eternal shadows, earn money and promotions, and make it to clean air. As you drive through 24th century Toronto, pick up passengers from mile-high super skyscrapers and deliver them to their destinations as fast as you can. Do it fast enough and you'll earn bonus time and make happy customers. Happy customers are well paying customers. Use the GPS to help you navigate, and Driver App mode to find hidden customers. But keep your eyes on the sky - especially when using your Hyper Drive Boost! You're not the only one driving the Skyways and other cars and traffic obstacles will slow you down. Once you get a handle on your new job and learn the city, start using narrow back alleys to navigate the city faster. As you progress, expect to be promoted to the city's higher floor levels where you can earn more money. Become an expert and experience sunlight for your first time as you blast through Skyways at the 600+ floor levels.

MiLE HiGH TAXi is a single player, game controller or mouse-keyboard arcade game that you download and play on your PC (Windows, Linux) or Mac. It isn't about customizing your car or public achievements. There are no save points. Just start it up and get playing!