Development Update!

I wanted to let you all know what to expect in the build we will be dropping sometime next week as well what is planned beyond that. I teased some of it in the livestream today, which you can watch in the replay. My apologies for not posting it on Patreon earlier.

Here is what to expect in next week's build:

• Physics changes

  • Wheelies feel much better, especially landing in a wheelie or manual

  • Traction improvements. The bike loses traction, and this varies depending on the surface, such as dirt or grass.

  • Scrubs are improved. You can now lean the bike over more on takeoff to scrub harder.

  • You can lean harder in turns.

  • Spin speed has been increased.

  • Decreased spin speed if the player doesn't start the spin on takeoff.

  • We are working on increasing flip speed and also making it so that if you tuck in a flip, the speed increases.

• We will try to include both maps in the same build if we can keep the size of the build low enough.

• We might have time to add racing to the new tracks on the new map.

What will come soon, but not in next week's build:

• New Frameworks DH bike model!

  • Yup, we have partnered with Frameworks to add their insanely sick DH bike to the game.

• After the new bike model is finished, Maggie will start working on the new rider models.

• Once the bike and rider models and the physics tweaks are done, we will start working on the third-person camera and other camera settings. We will also work on basic rider animations, body positioning, etc.

I hope we can complete all of those tasks within the next two months or so. Lots of fun things in the works! Thanks for being such an early supporter. If you're a free supporter, please consider upgrading so you get to help test all these new changes!

Thanks, everyone!

Joe

Cranked Developer Livestream - Episode 3 (YouTube)