Rick Rack
Special fix for a player
Couple of days ago I received a special request from an individual asking to unlock the mouse because he was using special software for controls.
Turns out he has cerebral palsy.
Please support this young enthusiastic fellow.
https://youtu.be/9MjMUsFtEDw
Note: mouse can be locked from main menu options, under gameplay.
Thanks.
Rick Rack v0.7 now on Steam
I have created dedicated forum topics for everyone to post at if you find any issues or bugs of any sort. I also have direct communication via twitter, discord and mail.
I thank you for playing my game. I hope you like it.
Release 1 day away
Rick Rack is ready for release !
I can't wait to show the stories of these 15 people and how their decisions is going to change the course of the city's destiny.
I hope you all enjoy as much as I enjoy developing the game and playing it myself.
Mac and Linux versions will require testing as I own neither of those. Please direct message me or post on the forum for related issues. Dedicated forum topics have been created.
Enjoy time rewinding.
Testers required Mac and Linux
Recently I've finally uploaded a stable build for all platforms. Win, Mac and Linux.
I would like to get some help here with testers.
Keys available. Please send message on Steam or mail.
Thanks
See you in the game.
Characters
These are the characters the player will interact with and take control of in the game, there are plenty more characters but won't be in the limelight in the game.
In alphabetical order :
Alex is a 35 year old single Business owner. He works in the music industry. He creates ad jingles, background tunes and melodies. He has made his first ever album of various artists with himself included.
Ann is a 27 year old single Pizza Place owner : The Krusty Krust.
Carlos is a 30 year old married General Manager at the Mining co.
Chad is 25 year old married software developer exclusively to the small business owners and home pc owners.
Cindy is a 24 year old divorced nurse.
Gary is a 45 year old married Doctor.
Janet is a 26 year old single accountant.
Kenneth is a 40 year old technical head at a mico chip company. PXP chip co.
Peter is a 32 year old married bank teller. Who works at the Syndicate Bank Ltd.
Scott is a married 33 year old who works as a switch board operator at VBNL communications.
Sean is a married 44 year old Farmer. He owns farms outside town but visits town almost daily for his daily needs.
Thomas is a 29 year old single company manager which produces VCR cassettes.
Todd owns Todd's Garage which is just beneath his house. Todd is a 36 year old married car mechanic and owner.
Victor is a single 28 year old irrational and super rich business owner.
Radio
Living in the 1970s must've been an experience in itself. All the world around us was changing.
So many reforms and change
- Social
- Technological
- Economical
- Borders just to name a few.
Radio was a big part of everyone's life in the 1970s.
They had hand radios, radios in their bicycles, cars everywhere. I had to put a radio system in the game so here it is.
During the 1970s music was huge, bigger than television if I may say so. The top genre were Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Blues, Disco, Funk.
During this time two new genres were rising : Rock and Hip-Hop(in the USA).
The radio plays 2 stations and 1 station needs to be unlocked in game.
Stations :
- Jezzy Station tuned at 93.5 (Jazz and Blues)
- Disco 99 Station tuned at 99 (Disco and Funk)
- Rolla 104 Station tuned at 104 (Rock and Roll)
I wish to put in some voice acting but they are pretty expensive, so right now its just music tracks.
Menu Design [Back to the Future]
Hey,
The last week I was finishing up with the Main menu and was wondering how to make the Main Menu and Level selections fun ?
As my game is inspired from 70s, Western world, Time Travel and movies. I picked Back to the Future time machine device.
As a child I loved that movie so I thought it would be befitting to use Back to the Future movie franchise as inspiration.
Now, I have the game inspired from two movies
Donnie Darko & Back to the Future
Here's a glimpse of how it looks.
Next on the list is Radio which is also nearly complete.
See you in the game.
Wilkommen to Times-Ville
I'm happy to welcome all you new citizens of Times-Ville.
What is Times Ville ?
Times-Ville is a small European town somewhere in the Mid-West of Europe during the 70s just after the wars ended. It has a population of 25,000 people.
What is Rick Rack ?
Rick Rack is a design pattern generally a flat piece of BRAIDed trim, shaped like a zigzag. It is used as a decorative element in clothes, curtains.
Why is BRAID in Bold ?
The game uses a mechanic which was used in the game Braid. Time Rewinding.
The game is inspired from the movie Donnie Darko. The game's story has something related to that movie.
Why is the Game's name Rick Rack ?
The game's name is Rick Rack because the player will be bouncing around literally and metaphorically by making life decisions for few of the citizens of Time-Ville.
Decisions, Choices, Story ? The Premise
The town of Times-Ville has met with an incident which somehow broke the fabric of time and sent the town and its citizens in a loop. The loop will stay until the event is avoided or it will create an Alternative Universe.
How to end the Loop ?
The time loop and the citizens are somehow interlinked. Few of the citizens 15 to be exact had taken some crucial decisions few days before the event and the options they had chosen are linked to the event.
Their actions can either STOP the incident or LET it happen.
The player will be in control of these 15 people and will be driving around town, living their day-to-day lives and making choices trying to take the time loop towards the corrective path to merge the Alternate timeline with the Main timeline.
That just about sums up the introduction to the game and the FAQs.
Welcome to Times-Ville. Welcome to Rick Rack.
See you in the game.