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#### Vehicles

Please stop me if someone else has already mentioned this, but I think it would be fun to be able to buy yourself a ride in the game, like skateboards, cars or horses... And maybe make it so every different kind of vehicle had a different special characteristic, like cars allowing you to move around faster, horses allowing you to jump higher, or skateboards allowing you to... uh, look cooler? :P
This idea could even double as a racing mini-game, come to think of it. Probably racing against other players in real time could be too hard to pull off because of synchronization/lag issues, but racing against a computer AI or against "ghost" racers (saved replays of previous runs performed by your friends) could be interesting nonetheless. :3

Posted 3 years ago by Noir | Permalink

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- i was planning on suggesting this for a couple of days.
  i think it could be really cool, although some vehicles like skateboards and bikes would require character animation.
  here are vehicles i'd like to see:
  1] jetpack
  2] pogo stick
  3] balloon on a string
  4] elephant
  5] flying saucer
  6] canoe
  i'd like to see the jetpack and pogo stick most.
  i'd also like to see a canoe be necessary to reach certain inaccessible areas.
  Posted 3 years ago by striatic | Permalink
- 7] zip lines
  Posted 3 years ago by striatic | Permalink
- I vote for the pogo stick, the balloon on a string and the elephant. xD
  Posted 3 years ago by Noir | Permalink
- 8]...wings?
  Posted 3 years ago by Sweet Sadie Wren | Permalink
- flying carpet or welcome mat.
  Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie | Permalink
- I think the vehicles idea is pretty interesting. I think racing would pretty much rock. When in doubt I know they do it at OMGPop so I am assuming we could make it work here.
  My theory though is we should have Piggy racing! Make it an extension of the animal stuff and you can then catch/train/ride animals.
  Posted 3 years ago by Fictoris | Permalink
- riding animal "mounts" seems like a natural extension of the Animal Kinship skill tree.
  riding a pig while wearing a cowboy hat would be pretty funny.
  any ideas for enhancements that riding on a mount might provide? if it is like, a horse, should be able to run faster and jump higher .. but a piggy? they don't really jump very high.
  maybe you could train it to piggy plop at will and run around piggy plopping seeds all over the place.
  or maybe you'd only be able to find truffles when riding a piggy!
  "Looking for truffles in open ground is almost always carried out with specially trained pigs (truffle hogs) or, more recently, dogs." - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truff...
  Posted 3 years ago by striatic | Permalink
- I'd like to see a good ol' fashioned hot air balloon.
  Posted 3 years ago by FrankenPaula | Permalink
- @ Fictoris: +1 for Piggy racing! That would be sooooo awesome. :D
  @ Striatic: +1 for Animal Riding being part of the Animal Kinship skill tree, too. :)
  As you get more proficient in Animal Riding, you could adquire new abilities to perform with your mount either during races or while exploring. Here are some ideas for possible enhancements:
  - Acceleration: The higher the level in this sub-skill, the quicker your ride picks up momentum.
  - Double/Triple Jump: It would make platforming a bit easier, plus it could also give you access to alternate routes during the races that are way too high to reach by using the regular jump.
  - Levitation: By holding down the jump button (or by mashing it... mashing buttons is always fun!), your ride would be able to float for a tiny amount of time, much like Princess Peach in "Super Mario Bros 2", or Yoshi in "Yoshi's Story".
  - Wall jump: It would allow you to overcome certain obstacles without losing momentum. Besides, any games with wall jumping are made of win - just check "Ninja Gaiden" or the latest "Castlevania" games for the DS for further proof on that! :)
  - Dash: A momentary acceleration burst, much like a nitro in most tuning-themed racing games. A more powerful version of this sub-skill could even allow you to chew through certain walls. You could either have a limited amount of these per race, or it could require a Dash Bar that needs to be refilled after each use.
  Uh, and yeah, piggies might not be most people's mount of choice when it comes to racing... but hey, Glitch is too cool a game to bother about such menial stuff like real-life physics. :)
  Posted 3 years ago by Noir | Permalink
- +1 for truffle hunting!
  Posted 3 years ago by dopiaza | Permalink
- love the side-scrolling platform racing ideas, Noir!
  mounts that would be fun to race on:
  piggies [obviously]
  peacocks [a personal favourite]
  horses [obvious]
  unicorns [better than horses]
  racing snails [neverending story!]
  turtles [slow and steady]
  Posted 3 years ago by striatic | Permalink
- ostriches
  Posted 3 years ago by striatic | Permalink
- hamsters (one for each foot?)
  Posted 3 years ago by Eleanor Rigby | Permalink
- I would like one called 'Wobbly Bicycle'. :)
  Posted 3 years ago by Spatula | Permalink
- +1 for truffle hunting here too!
  It would be nice to be able to dig up a wide variety of resources, like in Wandering Willows. Plus I like be able to charm animals into pooping out resources for you (again a la WW).
  oh oh, a kind of vehicle that creates something for you as you ride around in it--it either generates a resource, or bakes a pizza or something.
  (please cross-post to the How to Acquire Resources idea thread, when it gets started)
  Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie | Permalink
- A space elevator to visit the moon, please!
  Posted 3 years ago by katlazam | Permalink
- hedgehogs?
  Posted 3 years ago by Sweet Sadie Wren | Permalink
- Kangaroos: For Jumping, (very high jump, jumps the faster it goes.. very slow when walking). Can also have kangaroo boxing
  Llamas or Camels: Will spit butterflies to the ground. Moves fast with a choppy gait. Llama can provide wool/hair
  Giant Moth: Will Fly, can also be milked
  Elephant: Can stomp and make everything stop moving for you (fall on its back)
  and/or trumpet to crabs, butterflies, etc and gain a reward for you. Is not the fastest.
  Stag: Can jump, but in a different manner from a kangaroo. Can not jump high vertically. Provides antlers.
  Horse: Can run fast. Can also buck you (thus trowing you into the air for a good distance). May provide horse hair or mares milk.
  Jumping bean: nuff said
  Posted 18 months ago by Purple Haze | Permalink