Xtreme Gaming Network

KartKraft

Author Topic: KartKraft  (Read 6540 times)

Offline rooshooter

  • RestrictedRacing
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2873
  • Karma: 52
    • View Profile
KartKraft
« on: July 08, 2019, 01:14:54 PM »
This is very good and VR as well :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/406350/KartKraft/

On sale till to tomorrow.
« Last Edit: July 08, 2019, 04:05:42 PM by rooshooter »
social media is the tobacco of this century

Offline Dave O

  • RestrictedRacing
  • Sr. Member
  • *
  • Posts: 380
  • Karma: 16
    • View Profile
Re: Kart Kraft
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2019, 03:08:26 PM »
Yeah is great in vr  :) Had it for a while, only 4 tracks at present, but physics seem pretty good (to me that is)  ;D
NEVER TOO OLD TO RACE ... being competitive can be a PROBLEM though.

Offline rooshooter

  • RestrictedRacing
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2873
  • Karma: 52
    • View Profile
Re: KartKraft
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2019, 04:08:26 PM »
I think it is very good  8) and deserves a bit of love. Would also be fun for any very young people you may know and be game enough to let near your sim rig

Quote from developer below:

    When I envisioned KartKraft all those years ago, I wanted to make the game I’d always dreamt of when growing up playing racing games in the 90’s. To say I was heavily inspired by Geoff Crammond’s GP2/3/4, Dave Kaemmer’s GPL, Gjon Camaj’s SCGT, and Stefano Casillo’s NetKar Namie would be an understatement.

    After racing karts competitively, there wasn’t anything that came close to replicating what it felt like to drive a kart on the limit with 30 other competitors around you and engines screaming at 21,000RPM. And for good reason; despite their deceptively simple appearance, modelling their physical dynamics accurately is an incredibly complex task. Regardless of a kart’s complexity, you won’t ever play a racing game that’s more fun and as close or rewarding than KartKraft.

    Much to the detriment of the development schedule, little did I know that making the game with the features I wanted was going to be such a monumental task. With a comparatively small development team of 3 programmers and 3 artists, not only did we play catch up to our competition who all had existing foundations to build upon, we also needed to innovate and exceed what they had already developed. We never settle for second best.

    When we released the Closed Beta Test in 2016 it was evident that there were several shortfalls and fundamental issues that prevented giving you that experience. Most notably, the tyre and chassis models weren’t behaving correctly, replay and photo mode were missing, leaderboards didn’t promote competition and game settings kept resetting. Whilst most testers gave incredibly positive feedback, there was no way I could have released KartKraft and ask you to pay for it when I knew we could do better.

    Since the end of 2016, and based on the CBT feedback, we completely rebuilt the game from the ground up and have now written over 1 million lines of code. It may not have looked like it, but there hasn’t been a day the game hasn’t been worked on, played or tested with over 15,200 code and art submissions in that time. Let’s not even begin to count the amount of laps driven in that period!

    And that only fixed the issues we encountered during CBT. It was even more critical that we had a game framework capable of allowing us to consistently maintain a weekly or fortnightly update cycle for content and new features. Secondly, the framework needed to be flexible enough to quickly implement ideas from the community without having to rewrite large parts of the codebase. I’m proud to say we’ve achieved both of these and more. We’ve added a physically based tyre model, rebuilt the physics engine, remodeled all the karts, improved the AI, added cloud saving, leaderboard ghost modes, all the while creating the most advanced customization system ever seen in a racing game. This is the game I dreamt of all those years ago and I can’t wait for you to play it!

    And now the reason for the update. Given our previous track record with release dates, we weren’t going to make the same mistake of announcing again and disappointing so many of you, until we knew with absolute certainty that KartKraft was ready for Early Access. After an incredible journey, KartKraft will be released on Steam Thursday, November 1st at 9.00am PST

    Over the coming week, we’ll be releasing new screenshots, gameplay trailers, our Early Access roadmap and an in-depth look at some of the new features we’ve added. It’s going to be an exciting journey and one I and all of you have been waiting for! So set your alarm clocks and add KartKraft to your Steam Wishlist to be notified when it launches. We’re launching!
« Last Edit: July 08, 2019, 04:13:35 PM by rooshooter »
social media is the tobacco of this century

Offline Wally

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11033
  • Karma: 152
  • AC Admin
    • View Profile
Re: KartKraft
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2019, 05:36:48 PM »
Does it have MP?
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”

Offline rooshooter

  • RestrictedRacing
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2873
  • Karma: 52
    • View Profile
Re: KartKraft
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2019, 05:47:37 PM »
social media is the tobacco of this century

Offline Phil.8

  • RestrictedRacing
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 4158
  • Karma: 62
  • Δ8
    • View Profile
Re: KartKraft
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2019, 06:18:38 PM »
I will get this if it gets multiplayer for sure, not going to buy it now as I have learnt my lesson on buying early access games,  its only taken my like 5 years or more, so I can thank ACC for something I guess
« Last Edit: July 08, 2019, 06:21:52 PM by Phil.8 »
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older

Offline rooshooter

  • RestrictedRacing
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2873
  • Karma: 52
    • View Profile
Re: KartKraft
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2019, 08:04:38 PM »
I will get this if it gets multiplayer for sure, not going to buy it now as I have learnt my lesson on buying early access games,  its only taken my like 5 years or more, so I can thank ACC for something I guess
I understand where you are coming from Phil, but in this case, while it is on sale at Steam @ $20 , I would consider it a donation to a worthy cause to maybe give them the funds to finish it. Then it may have enough sales to develop further content.
social media is the tobacco of this century

Offline rooshooter

  • RestrictedRacing
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2873
  • Karma: 52
    • View Profile
Re: KartKraft
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2019, 09:25:50 AM »
social media is the tobacco of this century

Offline Bird

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2318
  • Karma: -666
  • Ysu
    • View Profile
Re: KartKraft
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2019, 12:13:03 PM »
I will get this if it gets multiplayer for sure, not going to buy it now as I have learnt my lesson on buying early access games,  its only taken my like 5 years or more, so I can thank ACC for something I guess
I understand where you are coming from Phil, but in this case, while it is on sale at Steam @ $20 , I would consider it a donation to a worthy cause to maybe give them the funds to finish it. Then it may have enough sales to develop further content.
You are an optimist, Roo, I like that.

I'm like Phil; I do not buy into early access, nor crowd-founded stuff.  Not anymore.  I've "donated" enough to game devs to learn not to pay for promises. 

Offline rooshooter

  • RestrictedRacing
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2873
  • Karma: 52
    • View Profile
Re: KartKraft
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2019, 06:47:55 PM »
Oh ye of little faith ;D ;D
social media is the tobacco of this century

 

SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal