go-kart model

Some other cool news, I just got some initial character concepts from Edwin Rhemrev who is going to be helping us out with some concept work. He is very excited about the project and we are excited to be working with him, I'm sure his work will help focus and evolve the flavor of the game.

woa, those are crazy looking. Batmobile karts!

things have been slow the past week or so as I have been deathly ill, as well as been taking some time out to write an article (almost 4,000 words!) called:

Budgets Go Down, Independence Goes Up. 9 steps to saving millions, indie style.

I am just now starting to feel like myself again, and have started on a new traditional circuit-type racetrack which I'm hoping will be best suited for working out the driving model. I have the basic layout done, I am working on modeling out the details.

very very initial layout for the circuit track:

[Blocked Image: http://www.devbump.com/nimblebit.com/circuitwip.png]

it is banked, but I'm not really sure how much until I get in there and drive on it.

If anyone has suggestions for things to have around the track I'm all ears. A lot of it is going to be infilled with grass, and the little islands in there I figured will have some grass and flowers or something on them with some kind of signs or structures rising out of it. I'm also thinking of putting the entire thing inside a stadium that is half open to the sky.

ah, I see what you mean, it just clips it off if your monitor isn't wide enough. Well it's mirred on each side so you should be able to get the gist of it

I will make my images smaller the next time.

got some base textures slapped on there, need to start adding more details now.

Sentura: I know it's not the craziest track ever but I think we need at least one boring base map in order to test a lot of basic stuff about the game. There will be plenty of more imaginative tracks.

[Blocked Image: http://nimblebit.com/circuit2.jpg]

I was thinking of making it all inside a stadium, but I like the idea of a city in the background, maybe the stadium could be open enough to see some buildings outside.

the shapes are a base for a bunch of signage and stuff thats going to be ontop of them. and fences and stuff are already in the plan.