Space Racer (Working Title)

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 

Introduction 

Space Racer (working title) is a 3D racing/platform game being developed for the Windows, Windows Phone, and XBbox 360 Indie Games platforms. Inspired by the classic PC game Sky Roads, Space Racer will allow the player to take control of numerous racers across different worlds as they battle it out with their opponents. 

This game is in an early development stage. The core game engine has many features implemented although art assets are currently being worked on. Below is an image of the level selection screen. More in game screenshots to be uploaded soon! 

Background  

This game has been targeted for release as a Windows Desktop Application for Windows 8, incorporating the touch screen and GPS functionality of the latest Ultrabooks, allowing the player to race online with people on the same continent as them in custom made online tracks for each geographic region. This game is also compatible with previous versions of Windows. 

Shortly after initial release the game will be published on XBox Live Indie Games and finally on Windows Phone. 

Sample Code  

Below you can see the Camera class for this game. This game is written in C# using the XNA and BepuPhysics libraries. To protect the IP only a short segment of this games code has been included.  

// Class includes
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;

namespace Space_Racer
{
    class Camera
    {

        // Default class references
        public const float FOV = 45.0f;
        public const float NearClip = 1.0f;
        public const float FarClip = 10000.0f;
        public const float ScrollSpeed = 0.1f;

        // Declare camera properties
        public Matrix Transform;
        public Vector3 Position;


        // Class constructor
        public Camera()
        {
            // Set default camera transform
            Position = new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
            Transform = Matrix.CreateLookAt(Position, Vector3.Forward, Vector3.Up);
        }

        
        // Move camera or set absolute position
        public void Reposition(Vector3 position, bool absolute)
        {
            // Get current matrix properties
            Vector3 cameraScale;
            Quaternion cameraRotation;
            Vector3 cameraPosition;
            bool checkMatrix = 
                Transform.Decompose(out cameraScale, out cameraRotation, out cameraPosition);

            // Invert position for matrix conversion
            position = -position;

            // Check for incremental value
            if (!absolute)
                position += cameraPosition;

            // Create repositioned matrix
            Transform =
                Matrix.CreateFromQuaternion(cameraRotation) *
                Matrix.CreateScale(1.0f) *
                Matrix.CreateTranslation(position);

            // Invert position back to normal
            Position = -position;
        }
    }
}

Points of Interest

• Fully 3D racing game built with the XNA game library. 
• Split screen capability for XBox 360 and online play for Windows/Windows Phone. 
• Incorporation of the latest Ultrabook features, including touch screen and Geo tracking. 
• Planned roll out of downloadable content to increase the replay-ability.