Hey everybody, there's a brand new build for TCPD!
This one contains a lot of big changes like multiplayer, new vehicles, and a new level!

Read the overview & check out the full patch notes below, or just go grab the new build now!

🔳 Overview

This is a huge update spanning a bunch of different changes and additions! Here's the basic breakdown:

• Online Multiplayer added!
  • Authentication works by launching the game through the itch.io app
  • Server browser where you can browse games or host your own
  • Two gameplay modes:
    • Free Ride - Drive around stunting & exploring the level with other players!
    • Trick Attack - Challenge other drivers to a high score competition!
• Two new vehicles added!
  • Orange muscle car - a street machine!
  • Teal old car - a classic!
• Taxi mode added!
  • Pickup passengers and deliver them to their destinations as quickly as possible. Pull off stunts to get style points in order to increase your rating & get more tips!
• New level "Downtown" added!
  • Towering skyscrapers, big office parks, curvy backroads, split level streets; this map has it all!
• General changes:
  • Reworked main menu scene & UI!
    • Switch and save vehicle choice in settings
  • More realistic global gravity settings (better destruction/prop hits!)
  • Removed tutorial mode (temporarily) for rework
  • Reworked postprocessing, lighting, & toned down color saturation
  • Jump button behavior reverted (no charge jump)

I welcome and encourage all constructive feedback, positive or negative. I need your help to continue making "TCPD" into the best possible game it can be!

Full patch notes below!

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One last thing before you start stunting, please wishlist the game on Steam! Coming soon to EA.

🔳 Full Patch Notes

General:

• Add passenger delivery mode
  • Players must pick up passengers and deliver them within the time limits while doing stunts to increase their rating & earn tips
  • Passengers are scattered around the levels with three varying levels of distance: close (red), medium (yellow), & far (green)
  • When passengers are picked up, the delivery spots are shown temporarily in UI and then physically on the map with a yellow box & floating destination marker
  • An overhead arrow points the player to the destination spot
  • Players will get rating & time bonuses based on the speed of their delivery
  • If not delivered within the time limit, passengers will bail from the vehicle
• Disable tutorial mode temporarily
• Allow user to switch vehicle & save selection
• Fix bug where music toggle wasn't saved correctly
• Global gravity has been lowered to achieve more realistic physics interactions
• Better lighting/postprocessing & toned down saturation in all levels
• Fix bug where respawn function wouldn't teleport player back to correct location
• Added P2P multiplayer functionality:
  • Authentication works when launching the game through the itch.io app
  • Backend uses Epic Online Services (no Epic account required for playing)
  • Server browser that allows joining of public servers or hosting your own
  • Up to 8 players per match
  • Two gameplay modes:
    • Free Ride - players can ride around freely with others in their choice of level
    • Trick Attack - round based PvP where the player with the highest score at the end of the round wins
      • If players join during a round, they spectate until the current round is finished
      • Two players required to start a game
      • 2 minute rounds with a short downtime to free roam in between (host has the option to start early)

Vehicle/Gameplay:

• Added SmoothSync to vehicle and replicated all basic interactions for online multiplayer
• Vehicle downforce when in air has been removed in favor of new global gravity settings
• Added "stuck" button in pause menu
• Two new vehicles
  • Caged orange muscle car (original model by Azusa on Sketchfab)
    
  • Caged teal old car (original model by Azusa on Sketchfab)
• Modify cage in blue tuner sedan for better character visibility
• Hook up body roll functions so vehicle animates movement again
• Fix vehicle "floating" at rest
• Reworked spring/damper system slightly to try and give more stability on landings
  • Still heavily a work in progress.
• Lower total force/top speed in boost to make handling more manageable

UI/UX:

• Add a branded splash screen animation before main menu scene
• Add a dev message popup on main menu scene start
• Update main HUD with taxi mode information (score, rating, tips, destination cam, etc.)
• Update main menu buttons with tire track hover image & confirmation sounds
• Added multiplayer floating scorecard & toggled scoreboard with basic game & player info

Maps:

• Downtown
  
  • Completely reworked tutorial level into new Downtown map
  • Introduced ramp trucks on city streets
  • Added traffic system splines around most of the city for basic AI traffic
  • Custom shops & delivery spots for taxi mode
• LATC
  
  • Smoothed out terrain in some areas
  • Removed traffic light meshes
  • Lowered sidewalks for better stability
  • Added some basic shops & destinations for taxi mode
  • Converted some blockout geometry to static meshes for improved performance