My Opinion / Ideas

[modz]

hi,

The following is my opinion

1. Start position, probably will look more attractive and fair, if start position more regularly, for example like this

2. Bubble Gum Cosmetic, such as chewing gum that is used nolok, I think it would be more interesting if each kart has a unique gum(or maybe unique ability) and have different functions when the gum exploded or touched by another kart.
for example eviltux, he has the electric ball, which could electrocute another kart.

Just my opinion

thanks

[charlie]

I think idea #1 is really good!

I think idea #2 is naive; you don't seem to acknowledge that there is a lot of work involved in giving characters custom cosmetics (programming, art, effects) or unique abilities (plus balancing).

[modz]

Thanks for the correction.

for idea #2, ya i understand about the cosmetics (programming, art, effects) and I understand that this idea will not be realized in the near future.

only tell the ideas.

[Auria]

Regarding idea 1, we already try to do that. But in your screenshot, the road is as large as 5 karts. We have few tracks where the road is so large, so of course this idea cannot be dirrectly applied

And yeah, idea 2 sounds cool but is not realistically feasible, unless you can find us a big team of coders and artists

[chronomaster]

gum and bubble gum are easily made.
its just the prgrammers lack...

[ctdabomb]

gum and bubble gum are easily made.
its just the prgrammers lack...

They actually aren't made as easily as one might think. I'd say it's about even on the work that needs to be done, probably even more art work that needs to be done rather than coding. (I will admit though, my knowledge about code is rather limited.)

[chronomaster]

i would like to point out again to programmers who will be reluctent to persue this idea just because the thought of hard visual work.
that bubble gum is very easily made and i can make them.
i have no idea why cdtabomb says its hard.

[chronomaster]

3 minutes gum
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xswym8i9ecrdo ... %20gum.avi

[Auria]

It's not that it's not feasible, it's more that it's super-low priority, we have much more important stuff to do with a higher priority. Since our resources are very thin it is very important for us to not stretch ourselves thin, and keep our priorities very closely in check. What is proposed here required both artist time, and developer time - and IMHO at this time we have much more important task to spend both on

[chronomaster]

agreed!

though longrun speaking, lets not dicard inspiring ideas

[hiker]

It's not that it's not feasible, it's more that it's super-low priority, we have much more important stuff to do with a higher priority. Since our resources are very thin it is very important for us to not stretch ourselves thin, and keep our priorities very closely in check. What is proposed here required both artist time, and developer time - and IMHO at this time we have much more important task to spend both on

I would actually have a different reason: instead of spending time to make 16 similar but not identical items, which makes it harder to find out what they do for the player, harder to provide docs for, and hard to come up with in the first place, spend the time to make one really really new item.

Cheers,
Joerg