Comments on: I Want To Ride My Bicycle: Fig. 8 Ability Game http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phydaux http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-260855 Phydaux Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:07:07 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-260855 LukeE, you're right about cycling almost ahead of the camera on the Fig. 1 and the vertical fences bit (you need to get right over into that far gap) about 730x (and over 2M points) at the 3rd check point. The next stage may also be possible in one line, but it'll be very tricky at some points. Also the game doesn't like it when you skip a checkpoint, but mark the next one. It moves the camera to the wrong place. LukeE, you’re right about cycling almost ahead of the camera on the Fig. 1 and the vertical fences bit (you need to get right over into that far gap) about 730x (and over 2M points) at the 3rd check point. The next stage may also be possible in one line, but it’ll be very tricky at some points.

Also the game doesn’t like it when you skip a checkpoint, but mark the next one. It moves the camera to the wrong place.

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]]> By: Chemix http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-260624 Chemix Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:27:37 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-260624 the new Tron film seems to use smooth curves http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/tr2n/comic-con-trailer I would have much preferred an open game (or just game mode) to experiment with the drawing mechanics and a more flexible camera (it often forces you to use ridiculously hard turns to get through an area when there are better options to the side. I eventually quit when it had a glitch and moved my camera back to the beginning of the level while my bike was at the third or fourth checkpoint. the new Tron film seems to use smooth curves
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/tr2n/comic-con-trailer

I would have much preferred an open game (or just game mode) to experiment with the drawing mechanics and a more flexible camera (it often forces you to use ridiculously hard turns to get through an area when there are better options to the side. I eventually quit when it had a glitch and moved my camera back to the beginning of the level while my bike was at the third or fourth checkpoint.

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]]> By: surlyben http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-260227 surlyben Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:00:12 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-260227 Makes me think of tron's light cycles... Has anyone ever made a light cycle game with smooth curves like that? Makes me think of tron’s light cycles… Has anyone ever made a light cycle game with smooth curves like that?

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]]> By: LukeE http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-259644 LukeE Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:40:36 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-259644 I reckon the 1st to 2nd checkpoint section'll go in one line as well. It requires almost cycling ahead of the camera at some points so you don't get left behind later, while making some of the more sweeping curves (right at the start, squeezing between the tracks running along the bottom of the screen, turning 90 degrees past the final fig1 up to the vertical track... then sprinting along the horizontal again, to take the large Fig. 1 letters between the full-stop and the one and squeezing between a tight vertical section). Haven't quite cracked the flow of the whole stage... but I think I was damned close on my last attempt. About 440x on the first stage is my best there though. I reckon the 1st to 2nd checkpoint section’ll go in one line as well. It requires almost cycling ahead of the camera at some points so you don’t get left behind later, while making some of the more sweeping curves (right at the start, squeezing between the tracks running along the bottom of the screen, turning 90 degrees past the final fig1 up to the vertical track… then sprinting along the horizontal again, to take the large Fig. 1 letters between the full-stop and the one and squeezing between a tight vertical section).
Haven’t quite cracked the flow of the whole stage… but I think I was damned close on my last attempt.

About 440x on the first stage is my best there though.

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]]> By: yns88 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-259524 yns88 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:33:49 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-259524 Am I the only one who noticed the easter egg? Am I the only one who noticed the easter egg?

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]]> By: Phydaux http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-259450 Phydaux Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:51:59 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-259450 Interesting little game. I'm starting to set myself little mini goals. Like max multiplier and longest distance without breaking a line. It can be done continuously from start to the first check point. 287 multiplier, just need to brush up against a few more lines and I'm sure I can bump it to 300. :) Interesting little game. I’m starting to set myself little mini goals. Like max multiplier and longest distance without breaking a line. It can be done continuously from start to the first check point. 287 multiplier, just need to brush up against a few more lines and I’m sure I can bump it to 300. :)

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]]> By: DarkNoghri http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-259300 DarkNoghri Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:17:18 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-259300 That was lovely, but frustrating, mainly due to the camera. There were too many dead ends that you don't see until it's too late, as well as too many switchbacks you have to take while the camera moves one direction. That was lovely, but frustrating, mainly due to the camera. There were too many dead ends that you don’t see until it’s too late, as well as too many switchbacks you have to take while the camera moves one direction.

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]]> By: aoanla http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-259219 aoanla Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:30:24 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-259219 Me too with the obnoxious camera motion. This feels like it should be a gloriously free-form game, and when it acts like it it's great. Unfortunately, those moments are spoiled by the obdurate insistence of the camera. Me too with the obnoxious camera motion. This feels like it should be a gloriously free-form game, and when it acts like it it’s great. Unfortunately, those moments are spoiled by the obdurate insistence of the camera.

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]]> By: Tony http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-259160 Tony Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:54:36 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-259160 Kinda makes me think of Ecco the Dolphin. You know the level. Kinda makes me think of Ecco the Dolphin.

You know the level.

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]]> By: Vinraith http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-259041 Vinraith Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:44:10 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-259041 Yup, like others I enjoyed the game until the camera decided which way I should be going (in direct conflict to the way I was going). It either needs to be less open path-wise to direct the player or find some other means of indicating where it WANTS me to go before the camera gets there. Yup, like others I enjoyed the game until the camera decided which way I should be going (in direct conflict to the way I was going). It either needs to be less open path-wise to direct the player or find some other means of indicating where it WANTS me to go before the camera gets there.

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]]> By: Mr Chug http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-259019 Mr Chug Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:32:37 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-259019 There aren't enough games where you can be killed by your own score counter. Also, there's a particular joy in getting caught out by the screen and having to find your way back onto the right path by rapidly fading memory of how far figure 6 stretched. There aren’t enough games where you can be killed by your own score counter. Also, there’s a particular joy in getting caught out by the screen and having to find your way back onto the right path by rapidly fading memory of how far figure 6 stretched.

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]]> By: Bobsy http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/27/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle-fig-8-ability-game/#comment-258984 Bobsy Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:10:51 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=16673#comment-258984 Finally completed it. Christ, that's hard. But also quite lovely. It's got an almost retro feel to it, like this is the sort of game they would have made in the 20s and 30s in Europe or America. The music, the simpicity (it's even predominantly in black and white), and the fact that you're directing a bike around the plans for urban development, I can picture well-to-do middle-class people playing it in a Chicago saloon, or a smokey Paris cafe (yes, it's the accordian, isn't it?) before getting wasted on absinthe and arguing about Karl Marx. Finally completed it. Christ, that’s hard. But also quite lovely. It’s got an almost retro feel to it, like this is the sort of game they would have made in the 20s and 30s in Europe or America. The music, the simpicity (it’s even predominantly in black and white), and the fact that you’re directing a bike around the plans for urban development, I can picture well-to-do middle-class people playing it in a Chicago saloon, or a smokey Paris cafe (yes, it’s the accordian, isn’t it?) before getting wasted on absinthe and arguing about Karl Marx.

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