I love everything I see here and I hope there would be a diverse variety of environments to race around, distinct personalities for the drivers and passengers, and the ability to eject them when they become unruly. But anyways, keep up the good work, man!! So excited for this!!!
Some critique here: - You could add this effect under the car where it is like heat effect that comes from the thrust due to which the car flies - Could add voice lines and various peds reacting to you driving faster or slower or bashing the objects or crashing. - Could add this 'jiggle' or the NPCs swaying towards right or left with some intensity as the function of car's speed and how much it turns - Currently the NPCs are plain an boring; could add so much life to them Anyways, there is so much you can do to improve the game and I will try adding in more suggestions.
Thanks for the feedback! The first two things on your list are already on my roadmap. The 3rd is something I had previously investigated and have on my "nice to have" list if there's time pre-launch. If not, it'll have to be added as an update.
@@geoffbloom7962 Shoot me an email with your Steam details if you want - info@milehightaxi.net. I'm not quite yet ready for beta, but alpha should be ready within about a month.
Is there a upgradable system for the vehicle itself? Such as boost/rockets, overall speed, turning, etc.? Sorry first time seeing going back to watch your progress, extremely fun take on the crazy taxi :) keep up the great work brother!
I don't have upgradability planned for initial release. But there is a boost, yes. There are 3 vehicles to choose from, but their primary difference is visual and less about the different feel or ability of the cars - though there are minor differences in handling.
I'm very happy you like the trailer! My channel is too tiny for it to go viral on UA-cam I think. Just 41 subs. The trailer has done much better on Twitter, Reddit, etc. Hopefully some people end up sharing it around over time.
@@CassiusJohnAdams Just means that I'm gonna buy it as soon as I can. I'm actually a small time streamer, and I think this would make a FANTASTIC game to play live.
@@CassiusJohnAdams I've got a little under 300 Twitch followers personally. Although I'm sure your channel will blast off soon enough with people excited for the game :)
Yesss, I NEED IT 🔥 Gives me a slight New York Race vibe This one's going to be better though Is workshop support planned? Custom cars, bilboards, that kind of stuff (or just modding support at all) It looks really promising!
Thank you! I hadn't planned any workshop support for right now as my focus is heavily on finishing the game. If there's enough demand for it and I have the time to do that, it sounds like it could be really fun!
@@CassiusJohnAdams sure thing, you gotta have priorities, right? ;P Mod support would be very welcome, it's what keeps community around, like with Empire at War, or HL2 Day 1 buy from me anyway! Keep up the good work and best of luck! :D
@@CassiusJohnAdams This looks dope. Please tell me there will be free explore without timers after beating missions because I wanna explore this would. Since Rockstar and no one else is doing this, this is the closest I can get to a Fifth Element style game. Day 1 buy from me 🔥
Super Rad! Some unsolicited criticism: the motion blur is very strong... I know it's a contentious issue, but for me at least, I never get motion sickness, except if there is motion blur. If pausing the video at any random point shows hardly anything without blur, it's too much.
Thanks for the constructive feedback! I've noticed it too, and it's a simple change to make. When the game is running 120+fps the motion blur is almost gone, but at 60fps it gets pretty heavy. Will work on it. Thank you.
@@CassiusJohnAdams A pleasure! And, I know it's a hot topic too. A lot of people do like it. I usually turn it off if I can. Also, I noticed there aren't many fancy particle effects in yet. If you'd like some nice custom ones, I'd be happy to help (for free) as I'm currently finishing my gamedev portfolio. Feel free to get in touch!
@@CassiusJohnAdams I'll upload a demo reel later this week (probably...). So, if you're interested, stay tuned. Until then I only have my severely outdated Artstation and twitter to show for: www.artstation.com/sidremus twitter.com/Sidremus1
@@yuanyao7007 Yes, I used Blender. I see. Well, I modeled all my buildings and it took a lot of time (little over 6 months). Much more time than it should have, but that's because I iterated on the models based on performance metrics in Unity Profiler that I was getting for each 3d model iteration. I basically modeled the buildings about 5 times before settling on something "optimal" to my situation. But I imagine you can purchase some buildings from the Unity asset store. There's also some Blender plugins that help make modeling/generating buildings easier (I can't recommend any specifically as I haven't used any).
Thank you. Was hoping to make it into Steam's Summer Game Festival, but had to pull out two days ago. Not quite ready. Should be ready for the Fall festival.
It's all great except THAT MOTION BLUR ARTIFACTING. Unity has fairly good built-in motion blur so why are you using some asset that is worse? Or is this a new version of Unity's motion blur in the HDRP? This stuff distorts everything with huge masking artifacts (background becoming part of the object or vice versa) and hurts my eyes just watching. I can't imagine playing like this.
Hey, thanks for the feedback! I appreciate and hear ya. I've added the option to enable/disable motion blur as a setting. This is the standard URP motion blur. Honestly, I'm wondering if UA-cam cut it back from 60fps to 30fps and just merged every second frame because the video shows much more motion blur that I see in real gameplay.
Game play looks really fun, like really fun, but the art style... It's pretty ugly. It doesn't look like there is a theme and it very, boring looking. A game with flying cars and you are just between giant slabs of concrete?
@@CassiusJohnAdams Couldn't stop thinking about this game if I'm honest and, if you are open, I do have some ideas. I think a twilight time period would bring a lot of interesting looks to the game. With this time period, you can both get interesting light from the horizon as well as an overall glow from the game itself from the lights of the city. Some stuff that really sticks out is the type of signage that you see. Everything looks "of the present time" and not of a time that would have flying cars. I think this is honestly just a personal preference in this kind of stuff but I think these buildings look like they were made around the 1920s rather than the glass monoliths that you see being made now. More dynamic objects such as smoke making objects, giving a different kind of obstacle. As it sits now, the objects in-game look generic. Im just some random person online. Im only talking because the game looks fun.
@@blainemobius2697 I forgot to reply to this, but read your comment when you first posted it. The buildings looking like they're from the present day is on purpose. I didn't want any buildings to appear to be an attempt at future architecture and opted for designs that anyone (that's been to a city I suppose) can identify with. I stuck mostly with concrete, brick, and limestone with a few others mixed in. Even the "street furniture" is from the current era. There's a million movies and games out there that depict future architecture, and I wanted to go for something different and familiar. I tried your suggestion of twilight but it's giving me some problems. Perhaps I'll give it another attempt as time permits. Thanks for your feedback!
![[TAS] GC Crazy Taxi by solarplex in 06:02.76](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3XYpRF6b5zo/mqdefault.jpg)
I can already tell this game is going to make it big
I love everything I see here and I hope there would be a diverse variety of environments to race around, distinct personalities for the drivers and passengers, and the ability to eject them when they become unruly. But anyways, keep up the good work, man!! So excited for this!!!
Some critique here:
- You could add this effect under the car where it is like heat effect that comes from the thrust due to which the car flies
- Could add voice lines and various peds reacting to you driving faster or slower or bashing the objects or crashing.
- Could add this 'jiggle' or the NPCs swaying towards right or left with some intensity as the function of car's speed and how much it turns
- Currently the NPCs are plain an boring; could add so much life to them
Anyways, there is so much you can do to improve the game and I will try adding in more suggestions.
Thanks for the feedback! The first two things on your list are already on my roadmap. The 3rd is something I had previously investigated and have on my "nice to have" list if there's time pre-launch. If not, it'll have to be added as an update.
Looks like a lot of fun! Where's the music track from?
This looks amazing! can't wait to play it! If you need beta testers let me know :)
Thanks! Are you on Steam?
@@CassiusJohnAdams I am, and I already added it to my wishlist and followed! :)
@@geoffbloom7962 Shoot me an email with your Steam details if you want - info@milehightaxi.net. I'm not quite yet ready for beta, but alpha should be ready within about a month.
@@CassiusJohnAdams I´d love to Alpha or Beta test on steam too 👀
That looks amazing. I'll get it as soon as it comes out man!!
I want a flying butcher like in the fifth element
So cool - amazing work
Thank you very much!
Big badaboom!
Is there a upgradable system for the vehicle itself? Such as boost/rockets, overall speed, turning, etc.? Sorry first time seeing going back to watch your progress, extremely fun take on the crazy taxi :) keep up the great work brother!
I don't have upgradability planned for initial release. But there is a boost, yes. There are 3 vehicles to choose from, but their primary difference is visual and less about the different feel or ability of the cars - though there are minor differences in handling.
@@CassiusJohnAdams perfect! Thank you! Awesome work man!
Looks so fun
Yess, that's the stuff! 😎👍⚡
Man you already had my Money but I think you may go viral with this trailer.
I'm very happy you like the trailer!
My channel is too tiny for it to go viral on UA-cam I think. Just 41 subs. The trailer has done much better on Twitter, Reddit, etc.
Hopefully some people end up sharing it around over time.
Impressive! Soooo great, I'm a big fan of Crazy Taxi 🚕and le cinquième élément! Looks fun anf beautiful! A release date? Keeps up the good work!
Instant-cop when this comes out tbh.
I'll admit. I'm not sure what that means. I feel so old.
@@CassiusJohnAdams Just means that I'm gonna buy it as soon as I can. I'm actually a small time streamer, and I think this would make a FANTASTIC game to play live.
@@KadenAlexVO Glad to hear it. And I'd be happy for you to play it live as well. Small time you say? I've got a whopping 59 subs right now ;)
@@CassiusJohnAdams I've got a little under 300 Twitch followers personally. Although I'm sure your channel will blast off soon enough with people excited for the game :)
@@KadenAlexVO Do you stream finished games only or betas as well? Although I suppose betas could be a tad risk when doing things live.
The game looks great but I'm kind of distracted by the motion blur of the vehicle itself.
Thanks! Yes, the overall motion blur needs some work still.
Looks awesome!
This game looks so fun!!!! Is there any Switch plans?
Not at this time. First I need to see how well it performs on Steam.
Looks real good man!
Cool!!
wow
Моё почтение!))
Yesss, I NEED IT 🔥 Gives me a slight New York Race vibe
This one's going to be better though
Is workshop support planned?
Custom cars, bilboards, that kind of stuff (or just modding support at all)
It looks really promising!
Thank you! I hadn't planned any workshop support for right now as my focus is heavily on finishing the game. If there's enough demand for it and I have the time to do that, it sounds like it could be really fun!
@@CassiusJohnAdams sure thing, you gotta have priorities, right? ;P
Mod support would be very welcome, it's what keeps community around, like with Empire at War, or HL2
Day 1 buy from me anyway! Keep up the good work and best of luck! :D
@@CassiusJohnAdams This looks dope. Please tell me there will be free explore without timers after beating missions because I wanna explore this would. Since Rockstar and no one else is doing this, this is the closest I can get to a Fifth Element style game. Day 1 buy from me 🔥
@@FEEAR1000 There is a free roam mode so that you may explore and get to know the city, shortcuts, etc.
@@CassiusJohnAdams That's so dope man thanks for the reply. I'm def gonna get this when it comes out. I wish more games let us fly flying cars.
Nice )
Super Rad!
Some unsolicited criticism: the motion blur is very strong... I know it's a contentious issue, but for me at least, I never get motion sickness, except if there is motion blur. If pausing the video at any random point shows hardly anything without blur, it's too much.
Thanks for the constructive feedback! I've noticed it too, and it's a simple change to make. When the game is running 120+fps the motion blur is almost gone, but at 60fps it gets pretty heavy. Will work on it.
Thank you.
@@CassiusJohnAdams A pleasure! And, I know it's a hot topic too. A lot of people do like it. I usually turn it off if I can.
Also, I noticed there aren't many fancy particle effects in yet. If you'd like some nice custom ones, I'd be happy to help (for free) as I'm currently finishing my gamedev portfolio. Feel free to get in touch!
@@sidremus Thanks, that's nice of you to offer. I'll reach out to you if I'm looking to do some particle effects! (especially since I suck at them)
@@CassiusJohnAdams I'll upload a demo reel later this week (probably...). So, if you're interested, stay tuned. Until then I only have my severely outdated Artstation and twitter to show for: www.artstation.com/sidremus
twitter.com/Sidremus1
Hi! The game looks amazing.
Are you using ECS for it?
Thank you! I'm not using ECS for it (yet - I may need to).
SONG !!!!!!!!???? SHAZAM CANT FIND IT
You are a genius. I am working on a project like this too. But how to simulate my city is a big problem, can u tell me how? Thx
Do you mean about the buildings and objects, or are you talking about the AI? That's a very big open-ended question. :P
@@CassiusJohnAdams City i mean. I have no idea about making those buildings. U made it by blender right? I think it would take so long time
@@yuanyao7007 Yes, I used Blender.
I see. Well, I modeled all my buildings and it took a lot of time (little over 6 months). Much more time than it should have, but that's because I iterated on the models based on performance metrics in Unity Profiler that I was getting for each 3d model iteration. I basically modeled the buildings about 5 times before settling on something "optimal" to my situation.
But I imagine you can purchase some buildings from the Unity asset store. There's also some Blender plugins that help make modeling/generating buildings easier (I can't recommend any specifically as I haven't used any).
Oh il sort quand ? When it will be released? :P
I don't have a release date just yet. Hoping to have a demo ready for Steam's Summer Game Festival in June.
@@CassiusJohnAdams Yes! Crossfingered
LOL
Are you part of the Team of unity that presented DOTS a few years ago?
No, I have no affiliation with Unity and wasn't involved in that. I'm currently not using DOTS but am currently looking at it for the vehicles.
Looks so damn good, when is it coming out?
Thank you. Was hoping to make it into Steam's Summer Game Festival, but had to pull out two days ago. Not quite ready. Should be ready for the Fall festival.
Make night mode
Cool but I think it needs inertia aka drifting.
Thank you for the feedback/input!
It's all great except THAT MOTION BLUR ARTIFACTING. Unity has fairly good built-in motion blur so why are you using some asset that is worse? Or is this a new version of Unity's motion blur in the HDRP? This stuff distorts everything with huge masking artifacts (background becoming part of the object or vice versa) and hurts my eyes just watching. I can't imagine playing like this.
Hey, thanks for the feedback! I appreciate and hear ya. I've added the option to enable/disable motion blur as a setting. This is the standard URP motion blur. Honestly, I'm wondering if UA-cam cut it back from 60fps to 30fps and just merged every second frame because the video shows much more motion blur that I see in real gameplay.
Game play looks really fun, like really fun, but the art style... It's pretty ugly. It doesn't look like there is a theme and it very, boring looking. A game with flying cars and you are just between giant slabs of concrete?
Yes, I'm still working on consistency for the elements. I'm open to any feedback you or anyone else may have.
@@CassiusJohnAdams Couldn't stop thinking about this game if I'm honest and, if you are open, I do have some ideas. I think a twilight time period would bring a lot of interesting looks to the game. With this time period, you can both get interesting light from the horizon as well as an overall glow from the game itself from the lights of the city. Some stuff that really sticks out is the type of signage that you see. Everything looks "of the present time" and not of a time that would have flying cars. I think this is honestly just a personal preference in this kind of stuff but I think these buildings look like they were made around the 1920s rather than the glass monoliths that you see being made now. More dynamic objects such as smoke making objects, giving a different kind of obstacle. As it sits now, the objects in-game look generic. Im just some random person online. Im only talking because the game looks fun.
@@blainemobius2697 I forgot to reply to this, but read your comment when you first posted it. The buildings looking like they're from the present day is on purpose. I didn't want any buildings to appear to be an attempt at future architecture and opted for designs that anyone (that's been to a city I suppose) can identify with. I stuck mostly with concrete, brick, and limestone with a few others mixed in. Even the "street furniture" is from the current era. There's a million movies and games out there that depict future architecture, and I wanted to go for something different and familiar. I tried your suggestion of twilight but it's giving me some problems. Perhaps I'll give it another attempt as time permits.
Thanks for your feedback!