Sunday, February 8, 2015

Research for Pre-pro Racing Level

For my Racing level, I am thinking about doing a type of Nuclear Town/Cavern theme. The level would take place in a little town in the middle of nowhere. Nothing would seem out of the ordinary until you see a far off military base. Then when you see the missiles flying, you'll realize that you are in a military testing site, however you don't realize the magnitude of this until you finish the first lap. Above the starting/finish line is a nuke, ready to drop. You would then proceed to race until the nuke drops. Oh, and underneath the town would be an underground cavern belonging to some long-lost civilization.

The level would occur during the day time, and as for the color scheme, it would be a range of sepia tones and maybe a few primary colors for some of the houses. The terrain around the town would be that of a canyon or desert area. The player would mainly be directed by fences, roads and cavern paths. Initially, I want to have something happening in every lap, so I would expected to track to change a bit. Maybe the first lap is in the tow, and the second is leading you underground, and the third might be back in the town or in the demolished town. (the third image might be too much, I might just have the town and the caverns, still planning things out)




As for the stunts, I want to include some sort of demolition like that seen in the Hoover Dam level in Split/Second. Where the nuke could go off, and you'd have to race out of the town and underground. The main stunt underground I want is a wall ride, where you drive on the wall and you have to stay at a consistent speed to pass, otherwise you'll just fall. On the wall you be able to go one of two paths, as shown here:

If possible, I would also like to have a screw jump where you flip the car over in midair and you land back on the other side. I would possibly add some missile to that would direct the player to head underground.
I've decided to call this place, Nuketown Caverns: "The town that blows you away."

Inspirational Images:



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