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Making games like JellyCar and Parking Garage Rally Circuit | ゲームを作っています！日本語だいたいワカル | He/him

Los Angeles, CA

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@walaber

Walaber

16 days

Drift💨Boost🔥Repeat♻️ My game is a love letter to: 🎮Arcade Precision Driving 🪐Sega Saturn 👻Seamless Leaderboard Ghosts 🎺Ska Music ...and🅿️Parking I guess? Parking Garage Rally Circuit is now available on Windows and Linux! $10!

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@walaber

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5 months

Indie game devs be like:

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Indie game devs be like:

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2 years

Visually explaining the soft-body physics of JellyCar. I love making #gamedev visualizations like this! #indiedev #physics #madewithunity

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1 year

When you see a game that looks super smooth and you're curious how the camera works, try overlaying some lines on the screen to help observe the camera behavior. I've never done this and *not* noticed something interesting. #gamedevelopment

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1 year

Did a quick TOTK camera analysis, and was most interested in the Bow aiming camera. 🎞️Here's a quick breakdown / analysis (audio on).

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14 days

“Where’s My Water?” Was released 13 years ago today! I was the lead designer of this game and working on it was one of the best experiences of my career.

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4 months

“Do a barrel roll!” #screenshotsaturday

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3 months

Running late for a movie but don’t want to miss the previews

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6 years

I spent way too long tonight trying to do this. Sign up for the alpha at #gymnastics #gamedev #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday

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17 days

How it Started: LD54 Game Jam How it's Going: Full release on Steam TOMORROW (Sept 20)

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1 year

I spent the better part of yesterday making this prototype in Unity in order to illustrate this topic 🤓

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1 year

Did a quick TOTK camera analysis, and was most interested in the Bow aiming camera. 🎞️Here's a quick breakdown / analysis (audio on).

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8 months

Inverse yellow paint environmental storytelling.

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1 year

Analyzing the camera from THPS 1+2, and did I just find a MASSIVE BUG?!? oh wait no, it's just super thoughtful design my bad.

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5 months

Internet I need your help! 🥹 Tell me a creator, streamer, or press that would be genuinely excited about my game: Arcade rally racing in parking garages designed to look and feel like a Sega Saturn game Tell me who needs to know about this!

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3 months

Playtesters have had access to the Mall track for approximately 5 minutes and:

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10 months

Quick look at how my arcade PS1/Saturn-style driving game "Parking Garage Rally Circuit" is looking at the moment. I'm pretty happy with the arcade driving. Up next: a proper car model + first "real" track (with vertex lighting?)

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9 months

This week was all about getting the new car model implemented into Parking Garage Rally Circuit. Here's what the new car looks like in action:

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2 years

Bouncing back after a decade away, the all-new #jellycar is here. “JellyCar Worlds” is now available worldwide on @AppleArcade #NintendoSwitch and #Steam

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3 years

My new jelly car game finally has a name: Introducing "JellyCar Worlds". 🚗🛑🎉 Release date and platforms still TBD!

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7 months

Some recent updates: - added blue paint on the ground at checkpoints - updated colliders on the cars - auto flip cars back over if they end up upside down - other stuff in the menus not visible here 😃 #gamedev #GodotEngine

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3 months

Quick example of what the "boost chaining" system looks like in action. If you keep chaining boosts, you can technically keep going faster and faster with no speed cap.

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2 months

Quick look at the camera logic for Parking Garage Rally Circuit. (unmute for some narration) #gamedev #GodotEngine

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1 year

Play testers convinced me to keep this bug in the game. Is it a bug? You decide.

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11 months

JellyCar has triumphantly returned! Overwhelmingly Positive and now 50% off on Steam for the autumn sale!

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3 years

Every platformer needs timed platforms that phase on and off. It took until the 4th game in the series for JellyCar to finally get some.

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17 days

RELEASES IN 24 HOURS

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1 month

My game is a love letter to: 🏁Arcade Precision Driving 🏆Seamless Leaderboard Ghosts 🪐Sega Saturn 📯Ska Music ...and🅿️ Parking Garages I guess? "Parking Garage Rally Circuit" releases September 20 on Steam! (Windows + Linux) ➡️

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2 months

Smoooooth 😎

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2 years

JellyCar goes supernova

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2 years

JellyCar is back! Here is an updated look at "JellyCar Worlds", in development for multiple platforms. Steam is confirmed, wishlist now at Other platforms TBA.

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2 years

Friendly reminder that this 17-minute #YouTube video detailing the soft body #physics used in JellyCar Worlds exists.

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3 years

New world unlock / world intro sequence. I think it turned out pretty cool! #gamedev #madewithunity #indiedev #jellycar

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2 months

...yes you can drive this car (using a cheat code) and it updates the dpad and drift button as you drive.

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2 months

The tutorial features what's become known as "DPAD Car" (it shows the inputs on the car to communicate how to play)

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3 years

13 years after the original, and 10 years since JellyCar 3, I am working on a brand new🚗 #jellycar game! Follow along Also I'm streaming the dev on (starting today!) #indiedev RT if you've been hoping Jelly Car would return!

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18 days

TLDR; I brought snaking back (MKDS forever)

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2 years

⚠️nerdy physics video alert⚠️ My 17-minute detailed visual explanation of the soft body physics system used in JellyCar is now up on Youtube! #gamedev #physics #indiedev #jellycar

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1 month

Retro Style = Potato PC Friendly 🤓

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5 months

oh and I switched engines too 😅 Please wishlist "Parking Garage Rally Circuit" on Steam to help justify my bad business decisions 📉

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Parking Garage Rally Circuit on Steam

Retro Arcade Rally Racing... in Parking Garages?!? Precision driving with tight simple controls and arcade physics, all in a Sega Saturn style presentation

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25 days

My game comes out next week! Barrel Rolls included* *barrel rolls not guaranteed and are based on skill and/or luck

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1 year

Google is threatening to take down my mobile game because it uses a "depricated" Unity version. So on today's stream I tried updating the project from 5 years ago into Unity 2022. TMPro exploded and I had to do surgery on my scenes and prefabs to restore script references 💀

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2 years

Making good progress on the "Physics of JellyCar" video. looking to be about ~15 minutes long. Here is the opening title sequence (still WIP) #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity

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6 months

Lots of little improvements are starting to stack up! I've also begun replacing the old gamejam audio and it's sounding much more dynamic. #gamedev #rally #retro #segasaturn

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8 months

Setting up track cameras tonight. #godotengine #rally #solodev

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2 years

🎉JellyCar is back after a decade!🎉 "JellyCar Worlds" releases in 2 weeks on Steam, Switch, and iOS.

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2 years

Click this this stream RIGHT NOW. You will not regret it 🤣

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Kaela Kovalskia (カエラ) 🔨 @ホロライブID

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2 years

i love this game so much. no doubt #KaelAttention 🎮 JellyCar Worlds ⏰ 20.30 GMT+7 📺

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15 days

Launch day went pretty smooth except for these bugs lol

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2 months

Explaining my strange car physics. #gamedev

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6 months

This got buried so posting again. Racing the ENTIRE leaderboard at once is kinda awesome. I wonder if a non-contact 32-ish player elimination mode or something could be cool? In the next few weeks I'll investigate if I can include multiplayer in the game.

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7 months

This game was practically designed for the #SteamDeck 🤩

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6 years

First extremely rough test of a gymnast character model integrated into the game. #gamedev #indiedev #gymnastics #acrobat #circus

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6 months

This video is not sped up.

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1 month

My game is a love letter to: 🏁Arcade Precision Driving 🏆Seamless Leaderboard Ghosts 🪐Sega Saturn 📯Ska Music ...and🅿️ Parking Garages I guess? "Parking Garage Rally Circuit" releases September 20 on Steam! (Windows + Linux) ➡️

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5 months

Some people mentioned the background in my game could be more Sega Saturn accurate if I handled it in 2D: using only scaling and rotating operations, similar to how many 3D Saturn games used the VDP2 for the background. Yesterday I gave it a go: Here is a comparison. It's

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9 months

Solid progress on Parking Garage Rally Circuit this week. The 2nd car model (this will be the slowest car class) got implemented into the game. I did my first pass at tuning the parameters for this car, it's significantly slower than the "hero" car, but still fun to drive.

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28 days

@SheepBanditOh I made a new one! “JellyCar Worlds” on Apple Arcade, Switch, and Steam

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10 months

🚨JELLYCAR 🚨 IS 🚨 BACK! 🚨 🚗New Abilities, New Worlds, New Platforms! Introducing "JellyCar Worlds" 🌠 ..and now featuring nearly EVERY level from the classic original releases included for free! NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD 😎

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5 months

@1MoreSonicRobot yes please 🤣 JellyCar Worlds is out on Steam, Switch, and Apple Arcade. Parking Garage Rally Circuit will be on Steam later this year (you can wishlist now)

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4 months

it was time to make the race start countdown more arcade-y... what do you think? I think this means I will need to find a fantastic announcer voice for the game now🎙️ 🤩

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2 months

Parking Garage Rally Circuit has been selected for Tiny Teams 2024!

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It's ONLY 10 DAYS 'til Tiny Teams 2024! We're bringing you the best games you've never heard of from the tiniest of teams! Streams, demos, and discounts on indie gems ALL WEEK from Aug 8th-15th—get ready to discover your new indie obsession 😍

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2 years

It's kind of amazing that a solo developer can make a game and release it on this many different devices and platforms these days! Aspect ratios, screen sizes, input methods oh my 😯🤯😬

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8 months

omg watch the ghost car 🙃 #solodev #GodotEngine

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6 months

I’ve never shipped a game with online multiplayer. I just did my first public test of online for my game. Watch my reaction. This is the #gamedev life 🤪

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1 year

Hello new followers from my camera videos 👀 Some of you might enjoy my "Physics of JellyCar: Soft Body Physics Explained" video I made recently.

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7 years

Finally made some headway on improving the method for twisting: Presenting Raggie's first "layout full" #gamedev #madewithunity #gymnast

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3 months

I've been making games for 20 years, and I've been using @godotengine for ~8 months now on a real project, and it's time to show some appreciation! This will be a thread I will periodically update with anything about #GodotEngine that is particularly lovely.

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13 days

I should have hired you to capture the screenshots for the game, these are incredible

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13 days

Parking Garage Rally Circuit is a cool videogame.

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4 months

Why did I not add this sooner?!? #gamedev (sound on for maximum introspection)

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6 months

Finally made a video (for YouTube mostly) properly announcing my new project. Retro arcade rally racing, in parking garages(?), at landmark locations across the USA. "Parking Garage Rally Circuit", designed to look and feel like a Sega Saturn game from 1998. Coming to Steam

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3 months

Streaming game development is fun because occasionally you get to capture moments like this.

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11 days

I understand some players find the physics inconsistent/frustrating to play at a high skill level, and I understand their POV, but the trade-off is that stuff like this can happen so

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2 years

How many games start with a physical flipbook cutscene? 😊 #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #animation #cartoon

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28 days

Both these games are real, and the Parking Garage game releases on September 20th! Wishlist on Steam to be notified when it comes out! $9.99 USD or equivalent

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Parking Garage Rally Circuit on Steam

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4 months

Drift💨Boost🔥Repeat♻️ My silly-yet-thrilling retro arcade driving game is called "Parking Garage Rally Circuit". Wishlist on Steam!

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1 year

I'm going to give #LDJam a go! Kinda busy this weekend but let's try anyway. Here's where I'm at at the end of Friday:

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1 year

People liked the camera analysis video, so let's make this a series: Starting with Kirby and the Forgotten Land. #gamedevelopment

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10 months

Started working on something for a future JellyCar Worlds Update 😎 (this will be LOCAL only, don't get your hopes up lol) #gamedev #indiegame

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1 year

Unfortunately, it seems for most game designers, their way to make it a game is: "add gun." ☹️

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Game developers see the world creatively. They see someone mowing their lawn and think "that'd make a good game". They go to file their taxes and think "this would make a fun game". They see a leaf tumbling down the road and think "there's a game idea there".

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4 months

Parked cars acting like a soft barrier lol (chicago track is coming together! i hope to have a new playtest build for my discord in a week or so with this track)

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13 days

"The only racing game I've ever played where I have to worry about the ceiling, Amazing." 200+ reviews and 98% positive, I'm very, very happy with the reception to Parking Garage Rally Circuit!

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1 month

multiplayer playtest today. I'm just fixing bugs and polishing up things at this point (for the release in a few weeks)!

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4 months

My #indiegame pitch in 5 words or less. “retro rally, in parking garages”

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Jón - making Tiny Tires 🚗🏁 Wishlist now!

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my #indiegame pitch in 5 words or less. “tiny cars. big objects.”

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1 month

"Your game is too much like the parking garage tutorial from Driver" The game:

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Johan Vinet - 🏝Castaway is OUT!

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"Your game is too much like Zelda Link's Awakening" The game:

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9 months

On this week's dev stream I implemented checkpoints into Parking Garage Rally Circuit! I decided to go with an "inflatable buoy" concept, that looks like this:

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13 days

Kick flip off the barrier?!? Yeah I really should add a replay save/load feature…

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13 days

@walaber Is there maybe a chance to be able to save replays in this game? Because I really would like to save golden moments like these while playing on the steam Deck

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8 months

When players aikido your silliness into utility 😃

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2 months

when you break down the door just to politely sit on the couch. (playtester posted this on my discord)

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2 years

Does this jelly car platforming make your brain hurt, confused, excited, or worried I've gone too far!? #gamedev #madewithunity #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Game’s been out for a week, let’s check in on the top strats

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4 months

Infallible #gamedev logic.

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5 months

Ok Ok save some juice for the rest of us alright geez

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Added the options and some transitions from and to the main menu. Also the number of levels completed is shown after the first one. #pico8 #gamedev #indiedev

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I think my next game should have some sort of "style points" system 😂

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6 years

Implemented a proper (wire) trapeze into the game now. Cleaning things up for an alpha release soon. #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #gymnastics #trampoline

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@walaber

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4 months

Hey #PitchYaGame , let's drift 🚘💨 in Parking Garages🅿️ with a Sega Saturn vibe 🪐🎮 "Parking Garage Rally Circuit" has a free demo on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest. Wishlist / Demo:

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1 year

👀This entire level was made from a single object

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5 months

In other news my multiplayer code… Might have some bugs 😅

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2 years

JellyCar, its shadow, and its particle physics reality #wishlistwednesday #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity

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6 months

Leaderboard ghosts are very useful for playtesting! This corner is harder than I intended. I saw it watching a few people play live, and even these ghosts (which are player's best times on the track) show the same issue.

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8 months

On today's dev stream: Progress on the race start sequence: getting an animated camera and 3-2-1 lights UI (placeholder visuals). #GodotEngine #indiedev #solodev

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16 days

PGRC is out now on Steam! I'll do a proper pinned tweet later but if you've been waiting for it, you know what to do!

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Parking Garage Rally Circuit on Steam

Retro Arcade Rally Racing... in Parking Garages?!? Precision driving with tight simple controls and arcade physics, all in a Sega Saturn style presentation

store.steampowered.com

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8 months

Today's dev stream: added the all important: "press-accel-at-the-right-time-during-the-countdown-to-get-a-boost-start" feature. (haven't worked on sound yet)

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