Checkpoint - TCPD Update #9!


Hey everyone, there's a new build of TCPD available now!

Read the patch notes for the new build below or just go download the new build now!


🔳 Latest Changes (7/31/23 build)

  • Brand new checkpoint race mode!
    • Can you beat the top time in LATC's first checkpoint race? It's going to require a lot of boost and some well timed jumps!
  • LATC keeps evolving!
    • Updated open campus area beside power plant with new water tower and some fancy loop sculptures.
    • Finished out most parking lots and added vehicles to all parking garages.
    • Lots of bushes and more detail in various areas.
    • Added out of bounds volumes in water areas.
    • Add corner stores near hotel and shopping alley.
    • More vert ramps and other various ramps with more ways to access rooftops.
    • Fixed starting positions
  • Vehicle controller is the best it's ever been!
    • Landings are a LOT more stable and less likely to break combos/bounce around when not landing on all 4 wheels
    • Grind detachment (jumping) is 95% reliable now and will not slingshot you to the side anymore
  • General fixes/updates!
    • Fixed out of bounds text pop up (and combos now cancel when respawning)
    • Fixed issue in main menu where drift car's trunk was in the air
    • Freecam is a little easier to control

🔳 Near-term focus (#IndieRacersFestival Build, Sep. 1-5)

There's so many areas of the game I want to continue building out and improving, but next areas of focus are:

  • Fixing known issues:
    • Car sometimes flips out when wheelying and hitting curbs
    • Grind attach sometimes auto-fails the combo/detaches
    • Talking pedestrians glide when moving out of vehicle path
    • Vehicle sometimes gets slowed down by pedestrians
    • Pedestrians/other objects can obscure camera view
  • Keep iterating on LATC
    • Update out of bounds areas and kill zones
    • Ensuring proper/simple collisions where necessary
    • More hittables/destructibles with sound and visual effects
    • More distinct delivery spots and more passengers
    • Expand some corners of the map
  • Vehicle + gameplay improvements:
    • Vert ramp physics could use some work
    • Prototype skeletal vehicle for better non-trick animations
    • Prototype a few new tricks
    • Better UI and ratings calculations for taxi mode
    • Fix raycast issues when colliding with walls
    • Game mode selection improvements...and maybe a new multiplayer mode for #IndieRacersFestival 2023!

Have any suggestions or ideas of what you'd like to see in TCPD? Let me know!


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, so please post or message me with any comments or suggestions you may have!


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Version 3 Jul 31, 2023

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