go-kart model

also try downloading it if you aren't already.

the codec I used is H264 so there should be no issues if you have quicktime installed.

Hehe, the music was the first mp3 I could find on the web for "winter mp3s"

here is a youtube version, I hate youtube quality though.

I put it on metacafe, the quality is a little bit better.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/811378/chill_mountain/

been a bit under the weather lately, not as many updates

been doing some different hat/eyewear models and different eye/mouth textures to be swappable for racer customization. Been working on getting programmable shaders working in ogre which has been a bitch so far. I got a rim lighting shadrer half working though, and I think we will be able to have all the different parts of the character/kart/accessories have a color slider for further customization.

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yea, there are so many potential great ideas for accessories, they are fun to make too since they only take 2 or 3 hours give or take to make.

there are literally a million cool ones you could make. Some ones I have slated:

* big military general hat like this: http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/So ... al_Hat.jpg

* full metal jacket style soldier helmet with flowers/peace sign

* old school big metal dive helmet

* some cutsey animal style ones like this: http://slog.thestranger.com/files/2007/ ... d_frog.jpg

frog, panda, etc

* jester hat

* knight helm

* tiki mask like this: http://www.rattanparadise.com/tikimask.jpg

really there is no plan though, I just sit down to do one and pick something that sounds good at the moment.

had a work session last night, we spent more time tweaking the vehicle physics model and actually got it driving around half way "kart-ish". Spent a good amount of time studying mario kart and trackmania for what to add next (acceleration curve, camera system ideas). Once we got the kart driving somewhat I realized the western level needs to be about 4 times as large as I had guessed to not feel cramped driving on it, so I have some work to do re-scaling a lot of props and the mine in particular to look appropriate at the new scale. I probably need to re-create a couple textures at a higher-resolution as well.

If work continues at a good pace I am thinking about starting some kind of development blog since there is a lot more going on besides WIP models.

then what would I do!