September State of Play

September State of Play Showcase

Hey friends, it's been a minute since we've had a Project Street Update. There's a lot to go over, so let's run down all the features of the prototype, what features are functional now, and wrap it all up with a video (linked above!) to show off most gameplay features. Prototype functional features:

• Vehicle health, damage, and repair

• Nitrous

• Minimap

• Race HUD

• Garage Menu

• An alpha city map full of secrets

• Buying / Selling Vehicles

• Vehicles are locked until they are found and downloaded in the city

• Billboards advertising Race Modes that are in development

• Billboards advertising the one functional race mode: Urban Rally Race Mode

• 2 racers that race the Player in the Urban Rally Race Mode

• First Time User Experience that guides the player through the opening sequence

• Reminder messages to keep the player reminded of their goals

• Currency that is earned through races and spent on repairing vehicles and purchasing to unlock vehicle blueprints

• Moving traffic (at times wonky, we will need a polish pass before user testing)

Prototype features to come:

• Vehicle Archetype powers

  • This feature may need to be pushed to a standalone release due to the limitations of the rig rail traffic system in UEFN. It's hard to fling around props on a track!

• Sector Reputation

• A boss Race Scenario unlocked through progression

• Customizing Vehicles

  • We may need to scale this down to changing paint profiles until we can get a system spun up to apply body modifications such as spoilers, exhausts, and window tint.

• Upgrading Vehicles with performance updates

  • We're still researching how best to improve vehicle performance after the player selects an upgrade. Fine-tuning the handling, acceleration, and top speed of a vehicle is precise work that may not be supported in UEFN. We may need to push this feature to a stand-alone release outside of UEFN for this reason.

Once the prototype features are completed, the project will enter a bug-finding phase for a month before opening the gates to Online User Feedback testing. We want our players to focus on finding the fun instead of reporting bugs!