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RACES GOOD

me like races*

*meaning the ticket dispenser based multiplayer challenges, not the socio-biological identity constructs.

Posted 17 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Me too, had an awesome one with someone yesterday.  Our mutual suckage at platform jumping was at a perfect equilibrium, thus we were perfectly matched.  It was great fun.

    We need a maze-y kind of race that also includes ju-ju's.
    Posted 17 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ohhh, mazes would be awesome. But they should take energy instead of stuff. Races are really awesome and a great way to meet people.
    Posted 17 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Races are great. Shame you can't rerun them whenever (even if at a cost).

    ETA: HAH! I posted this before I knew about the dispensers! *psychic*!
    Posted 17 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • love the races and the different graphic/area look of each..  wish I could rerun them like Hburger stated
    Posted 17 months ago by MzMunchken Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oh but you CAN!  :D
    Posted 17 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just loved the Hogtie race! ;-)
    Posted 17 months ago by ♥joby♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The Hogtied Piggy race is the first test of a general new mechanic for "collide with stuff and change state". We still have some kinks to work out, and we still have to make it work nicely with player-player collisions (instead of player-items) but it is getting done. And we have a huge (and rapidly growing) list of awesome group-level games we'll be able to make once it is all in. I am more excited about this (and a few other related design/mechanic changes) than anything I have been about anything else we've worked on in the last six months :)
    Posted 17 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh! So exciting! I'm gonna have to wait til next test.
    Posted 17 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Fabulous!  Well done.  Great addition, great fun...so I bought extra tickets.  Looking forward to seeing your creativity!
    Posted 17 months ago by AlmostSilver Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh kibitz: If no one joins you, it would be nice to get your ticket back.
    Posted 17 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Right now you don't get the ticket *back*, but you still have the race available via the quest log so you can still start it again later. (We will probably/hopefully move these out of the quest framework entirely so that the tickets are for particular races and you can offer the race directly, without accepting the quest, etc.)
    Posted 17 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Stoot, your enthusiasm and excitement are wonderful incentives to keep coming back :)
    It's great to see you and all the devs in game and your friendliness, and just being available for input. whether good or bad, is admirable, really.
    I hope you will continue to communicate with us after we are live, and I just want to thank you and all Tiny Speck for everything you do.  We're not perfect, but time and again Tiny Speck  takes the ideas, complaints, and comments and makes things better!  There a very few games out there that have the imagination of Glitch, very few!  The future is going to be a lot of fun, and a little angst I'm sure !
    Posted 17 months ago by welshcorgi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just figured that out, stoot. Color me slow! (I never check my quest log any more. Doh!)

    Ignore me.
    Posted 17 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Player - player collisions?  This might make the party scene a little... chaotic.  Even more so than it is.
    Posted 17 months ago by Mahphisto Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Don't worry Mahphisto — it won't work in really crowded locations. Too chaotic!
    Posted 17 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • detecting player to player collisions would be very useful for scoring the jumping game.

    presumably tag, as well.

    honour system is great and all but even honest players can miss seeing the touches.
    Posted 17 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Will football helmets be added to the wardrobe?  They could come in handy during those collisions.  I kind of liked the one in Doonesbury that BD wore.
    Posted 17 months ago by MisAdventure Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I loved the race tickets and the races and the whole thing... *overcome with happy*
    I was also very happy to beat a couple of devs at the races :D Though you both did get me back! 
    Posted 17 months ago by RM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I could have used that helmet in the Race Around the World it was a blast, I collided with another player on every jump plus we crashed all the way to the bottom.  No bruises, broken bones or ripped clothing.  lol  Can't wait for more of the same.
    Posted 17 months ago by xoxJulie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i am so excited that stoot is so excited about all the new possibilities opened by this new game mechanic and can't wait to visit the gladiator (glitchiator?) arena across the deserts of nostalgia  :)
    Posted 17 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Is there really going to be a Coliseum of some kind? 
    Posted 17 months ago by sakmet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • this is all pure speculation, but when it turns out that i am totally right?  well, you heard it here first, folks!
    Posted 17 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can you work jujus into races? Like dodging? 
    Posted 17 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink