I am participating in the Sports Jam! I am making a racing game!
Please give feedback! Here’s the demo…
Also, could you help me in making AI for it without using tilemap A*?
Regards, RizeUpDev
First of all, you can just back up into the finish line and win.
Second of all, there are no borders. You can drive outside the track at exactly the same speed, and nothing stops you from just skipping the whole track that way.
For the first one, I would suggest that you have these ‘checkpoints’ around the track, so that you can only cross the finish line after crossing each ‘checkpoint’.
For the second, I would suggest that you have an area just outside the track that slows the cars down, and then a well-defined border that stops you.
For AI:
I think that the AI should be set up like this:
There are two invisible ‘lanes’ set up, dividing the track in two.
Each AI car, after turning (or starting), randomly picks a lane to be in. Then, it randomly picks a direction to be slightly tilted towards.
If one of the AI cars detects another car too close, it slows down or speeds up accordingly, and it will steer away from both the edge of its lane and the border of the track.
And of course, the AI still needs to make mistakes. It can randomly, instead of veering away from the border, lane, or other cars, it could veer towards them, then the AI won’t be perfect and can still drive off course.
And for the turns, there can be a tile or sprite in specific locations that causes the car to turn.
……
How do you do this in Makecode??
No idea. But the concept is still there.
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Nice game.
Its kinda hard to control and you realize once you start you can just go backwards and win, I recommend adding invisible walls.
Other than that, good game!
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Well… I’m terrible at coding so I won’t give anything useful but a 4 player option would be nice because the split screen extention supports 4 (the screens will be as small as heck but who cares? I’ve never seen 4 player split screen MakeCode games so I thought it would be nice)
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You instanly win if you back up
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Don’t worry, this was just the demo! I will fix it!
Yeah I’m working on that!
Yeah that’s also coming!
I’m thinking of renaming the game into Forza Motorcode to make it feel a little original. Is it fine?
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I’m gonna struggle participating against you!
Come on! I’ve got to code better!
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BOOM! New update!
Added multiplayer till 4 Players! Made new track assets!
Also Updated the Name!
Next update, I plan to add…
- New tracks
- Polish the assets
So that’s it for this update!
Regards, RizeUpDev
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Don’t worry, I’m not good either!
Nice! I see that you implemented the checkpoint system, but…
This is still unfair and can lead to slight advantages - sometimes all you need to win a race.
One way to get around this is to put boosts or something else helpful on the track that makes it so it’s just better to stay on the track rather than cut corners.
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New update! v1.3!
Well… the description says everything!
@AlexK could you replace the link in the main post of this topic with this one? This link will be receiving updates!
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That’s already the one linked in the original post.
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Why are you sooo good at naming things?! My best is ’ Gliders’ 
It is funny how bad some of my names sound! 
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Nice art!
But now that the cars are larger, and the track isn’t wide enough for some of the turns you have in the maps. Especially with the half screen, since you see less than you usually will.
So yeah. Make the track wider.
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Don’t worry for this too! I’m bad at everything!
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Oh I didn’t notice! Sorry for pinging you!
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I think you have been heavily inspired (which I don’t mind just ask next time so I know) from my Motorsport game some of the assets like the cars look strangely familiar ??? and maybe the racing-track design? I don’t mind this time because you are very nice to me, but maybe ask before using the cars. I would have said yes, I’m not that cruel Or am I? 
Jokes aside, Please credit me? Anyways, just ask next time because Im not usually happy when someone copys without asking. Sorry for being like this but maybe ask next time. You can use these assets if maybe credit?
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I’m sorry, but I don’t get you, these drawings were made by ME. (using 9-10 hours) They may look similar, but I assure you, they aren’t!
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v1.4! New update!
The description says everything!
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