Super Buggy Champ - Upcoming Genesis Racer - OFFICIAL DEV DIARY!

[POLYGAMe]

Hey guys and gals,

I've been making games since 2009 but recently decided to make the jump to Genesis/Mega Drive development as... well it's more fulfilling than iOS and Android games.

Super Buggy Champ is an upcoming racer inspired by Out Run and Buggy Boy. I hope to update you on the build process in this very thread.

The game will get a physical release but I'm uncertain of exact details yet as it's early days.

Anyway, here are a few shots of progress so far. The last is a mockup using actual assets as I haven't put sprites in the engine yet.

First I managed garbled gfx:
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Next I tried to make a corner:
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Next I 'sort of' succeeded:
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Then I smoothed it out after a lot of head scratching:
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I then got the road scrolling smoothly (can't show in a pic) and this shot shows pretty much where I am now (minus the car):
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Next job is to scroll the road adjusting to speed and add in the car sprite.

Thanks for looking

[Flygon]

Ooh, I'm loving those background graphics! And the car too. Who drew them?

[POLYGAMe]

An artist I hired named Maciej. He's brilliant This game is going to cost me a heap so I hope I can sell a few carts. Haha.

That reminds me... I was thinking I might release the rom free and just charge for boxed carts. I'm not sure if that's a wise decision but I figure true Sega collectors will want the physical copy and anyone else would just pirate it anyway. Getting a bit ahead of myself as it's still early days but what do you guys think?

[EPSYLON EAGLE]

Videos please!

[Barone]

Some questions if you allow me:
- Which language and SDK are you using?
- Your tracks are going to have elevation changes?
- Split-screen mode?

Awesome looking project. I love racing games.

[EyeDeeNo76]

I like the look of the buggy. Kind of reminds Road Riot 4WD I used to play in the arcade and than the not so good port on the Super NES.

[POLYGAMe]

Videos please!

Will upload videos of road movement soon. There are a couple of small bugs but hope to fix on the weekend

Some questions if you allow me:
- Which language and SDK are you using?
- Your tracks are going to have elevation changes?
- Split-screen mode

Awesome looking project. I love racing games.

I'm using Stef's SGDK and all code is in C.

Not sure on hills. Road is textured so will depend on how it looks. Also it will be more like Buggy Boy than Out Run. Buggy Boy had no hills, was more about avoiding obstacles.

I'd like to have 2P split screen, yes. Will see how I go. Game is being designed as single player but if I can make it work it will be an option

I like the look of the buggy. Kind of reminds Road Riot 4WD I used to play in the arcade and than the not so good port on the Super NES.

I never knew Road Riot was a coin op game!

[EyeDeeNo76]

I never knew Road Riot was a coin op game!

Indeed it was. I had the pleasure of playing on a deluxe side by side sit down model at one my local arcades back in the day.

[EyeDeeNo76]

Road is textured so will depend on how it looks. Also it will be more like Buggy Boy than Out Run. Buggy Boy had no hills, was more about avoiding obstacles. I'd like to have 2P split screen, yes. Will see how I go. Game is being designed as single player but if I can make it work it will be an option

Buggy Boy does look like fun and different from anything I seen to play on the Mega-nesis. To bad I don't have one of them flash cartridges to download it to play on my Genesis when you get done.

[NeoVamp]

Anyway, here are a few shots of progress so far.

Looks awesome! I read a page about how they did these racing games and it was super interesting.
I hope you come up with a great game man, Can't wait to see the end result.

Buggy Boy does look like fun and different from anything I seen to play on the Mega-nesis.

I spend hours playing it on our Atari ST back in the day, great game.

[POLYGAMe]

Buggy Boy does look like fun and different from anything I seen to play on the Mega-nesis. To bad I don't have one of them flash cartridges to download it to play on my Genesis

There's always emulation or the physical game release

Looks awesome! I read a page about how they did these racing games and it was super interesting.
I hope you come up with a great game man, Can't wait to see the end result.



I spend hours playing it on our Atari ST back in the day, great game.

I played the hell out of Buggy Boy on C64. For some reason it never got a console release. The arcade version was pretty cool but the C64 version is still my fave, surprisingly it's much smoother than the 16 bit versions!

[QuickSciFi]

Great work, brosef. Keep it up. Count me in for any hard copy support if you're planning to also go that route.

BTW, I'm sure Kiwis won't mind it, but on this side of the pond, the name might not bode well for nitpickers trying to find "bugs" on a game called "Super Buggy Champ".

[POLYGAMe]

Great work, brosef. Keep it up. Count me in for any hard copy support if you're planning to also go that route.

BTW, I'm sure Kiwis won't mind it, but on this side of the pond, the name might not bode well for nitpickers trying to find "bugs" on a game called "Super Buggy Champ".

Yup, hard copy is the number 1 goal. I intend to get custom carts made etc, kinda like EA and Accolade did. I'm not a fan of repurposed cart shells etc. It'll be pricey for the tooling but hey, there's always Kickstarter once the game rom itself is ready

Title is working only. I do like it though because it's kinda lame but cool in a retro way. Haha.

[POLYGAMe]

Indeed it was. I had the pleasure of playing on a deluxe side by side sit down model at one my local arcades back in the day.

That looks epic! Kinda like Power Drift crossed with Outrunners!

EDIT: Christ I just watched a video of the SNES version. It brought back horrible memories. I bought the game back in the day just because it was a racer and the SNES was new to me. What a shocking game. I didn't touch anything from THQ for years... in fact I'm still apprehensive!!!!

[Sik]

That reminds me... I was thinking I might release the rom free and just charge for boxed carts. I'm not sure if that's a wise decision but I figure true Sega collectors will want the physical copy and anyone else would just pirate it anyway. Getting a bit ahead of myself as it's still early days but what do you guys think?

That's my mentality too (people are paying for the experience of getting a new game), but some people disagree... I wish some guys would get off their high horses and stop thinking they should approach things as if they were AAA publishers.