Synthwave Dream '85
Synthwave Dream '85 developement status
here is LoneDev, I'm working on a few new videogames projects and one is a PS1 themed horror game.
Don't worry! SWD85 updates will come but a bit delayed because of these new projects.
This is a preview of the game I'm working on in case you're curious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iVhGcHC5Yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJqSisjWX84
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpy2q7n8HD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac-c2TkCjiU
Look the road now! You missed a drift while reading this!
Realistic effects
Changelog
- added new realistic effects to the game: postprocessing
- redesigned graphics settings
- increased "anti out of world check"
- fixed Cinematic mode floor bug
- fixed some terrain colliders and wireframe effects
General improvements
Changelog
- added ingame graphics settings
- added new views for the Cinematic mode
- added new song by D-Noise, "Impulse"
- integrated game with Steam chat (Rich presence)
- faster scenes loading
- fixed skull eyes not visible at game start
- fixed some minor bugs in Infinite NIGHTMARE
- fixed cinematic mode minor bugs
Infinite NIGHTMARE - new gamemode
Changelog
- added experimental cinematic mode, pressing E or BACK/SELECT (controller)
- added stats interface pressing TAB or Y (controller)
- new gamemode Infinite NIGHTMARE
- added back camera pressing middle mouse button or right analog button on controller
- fixed some details on car B86
- added streetlamps in city road
- fixed vibrating interface on high distances (better fix)
- added "Wrong direction!" message when going backwards
SportCar update
Changelog
- redesigned "SportCar"
- balanced money earnings
- added money bonus on long roads (like the tunnel)
- balanced damage rate (life decrease)
- money hitbox is bigger, now money is easier to be taken
- added elements on roads to enhance the feeling of speed (mid road glowing lines)
- fixed wheels positions in some car menus
- fixed some bugs when going out of world
- fixed lag spike on money pickups generation
- adjusted car prices
Achievements and inventory update
Also I'm working on something interesting for your Steam inventory.
TheLorian update
Changelog
- added new car "TheLorian"
- added intro in single player and splitscreen
- added voice in some game events (lose, out of road, intro)
- adjusted money spawn rate
- fixed car moving slowly forward when game starts
- fixed some glitches when multiple messages were displayed on top part of the screen
- made white color of wireframe lines less flashy
- fixed tutorial menu on ultrawide screens
- fixed settings menu showing wrong settings sometimes
- added smoke when drifting (thanks MOMOKO for the idea)
- added car smoke from exhaust
- optimized some scripts
- fixed a flying building sometimes appearing near city road
New update
Today a new update for SWD85 is available with the following changes:
Changelog
- changed camera rotation trigger button to right mouse button instead of left (garage and shop)
- removed scratches on SportCar
- fixed car vibrating on non planar surfaces
- added back button in multiplayer car selection screen
- fixed random return to road messages
- fixed gigantic money pickups (hehe, no more easy farming)
- added teleport back if outside of playarea (with life decrease penality of 50%)
- fixed default car color for new players appears as WHITE and not RED
- fixed some procedural generation bugs
- fixed missing road smoothness and car vibrating on some surfaces
- fixed vibrating interface and shadows at high distances
- optimized wireframe neons calculations
- more precise money pickup spawning locations
- added new tracks to world generator
- added "photosensitive epilepsy" warning on loading screen (thanks to Select)
- fixed some glitches that allowed points farming (hehe MOMOKO)
- fixed debug log spam some strings
- various assets imports optimizations
Thanks to Medek, MOMOKO, Justin Couch, Select and everyone that helped discovering bugs and sharing new ideas
New update
I'm releasing a new update of Synthwave Dream '85!
Changelog
- lowered cars prices
- ability to paint your car
- new spoiler for b86
- new underground road
- new city stage with palms and buildings
- fixed money pickups generation position, more centered on road
- fixed cursor behind 3D models
- fixed scoreboard "near you" displaying wrong scores
- fixed holes in some terrains parts
- fixed canyon reflections quality
- fixed city stage buildings generation
- added fov effect when reaching high speed
- fixed tutorial screen controller input
- now scoreboard shows "near you" automatically and not "hall of fame" when opened
- optimized render distance to match every graphical setting better
New update
just released a new update with a lot of improvements!
Changelog
- easier to return on track after you miss a drift
- fixed too strange car gravity
- fixed scoreboard score pos indicator
- edited scoreboard position of score indicator
- added option to disable fps counter
- new cursor management coded from scratch to fix "ghost clicks" and to draw the cursor directly on CRT screen
- modified garage UI
- modified settings checkboxes
- fixed game UI on some screen resolutions
- fixed mute music randomly
- fixed bugged terrain at canyon road end
- fixed some roads models
- added link to player profile in scoreboard, if you click on player icon
- fixed annoying Windows "Sticky Keys" message when shift is pressed 5 times (happens when using boost sometimes)