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Harm-Less — Flash racing game
Published: 2008-12-28 00:51:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 6788; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 155
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BIG UPDATE:You can now save your scores and compare it with others. If you like to challenge a fellow Deviant, now is your change
10 bucks for the one who can beat me 
Hello people,
I decided to do some flash exercise and decided to make a game. My first idea was creating a tank game, but after an hour it started to look more like a racing game, that's why I ended up with this race game.
Its far from a real Flash game, but its a start. At least its not to easy, you can make a perfect lap, but its hard.
I tried to keep me to the laws of nature, but the physics might not always be super realistic.
CONTROL WITH ARROW KEYS
It was really hard to do the math, I never do so complex codes honestly. Luckily I learned a lot from it
I also included a lap record system, you need to go though ALL checkpoints to set a record.
After you set a record you can even save it, how cool is that
I didn't payed so much attention to the design/graphics, that's why its the most ugly game in the world, maybe later on I'll improve them.
Well, I hope you like this simple game. Also, I appreciate it if you comment on this piece.
Made with SwishMax2
Edit:
- Preformance improved a little
- Rubber only sticks to the road at a burnout and big drift
- Sand/grass stays on the ground
- Inverted reverse bug fixed
- Reverse on grass trows sand/grass in front of the car
- Braking and driving on grass is more realistic
- Driving into a white checkpoint thing or a tree will cause your car to spin depending on your speed
- Save your scores YEAH
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Comments: 82
Glad you like it
Did you make a great record?
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Hey man, haven't heard from you in ages, how you been? (If you even remember me 
Very nifty flashgame here, learning to make them myself but the physics are really complicated.
Oh and I failed terribly at trying to set a high score.
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Sweet game! great job on the physics there!
Looking forward for a multiplayer version
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Thanks
Multiplayer...mmm, sounds great, thanks for the advice
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I like this game alot, the lines that the tires make are very neat and I love the graphics for off-roading with all the grass getting torn up.
Overall, I give this an 8 out of 10. I think the controls need a bit more tweaking with, he looses control perhaps a little too easily. Very very good game though, definately something worth sharing. Keep this up!!
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ive got a 15.2 seconds i can provide screen shot if needed
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Hey, that's an awesome time man, on "Pro" mode I assume?
But I hope you know you can also upload the record
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lol this was on the 1st copy you uploaded i downloaded it so i could mess round
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I'm really glad you like it
But did you drove it in "Pro" mode?
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Well, a little new years present for you [link]
Not bad
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Are you Thubasaart perhaps?
Maybe in the future I'll add more tracks
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thx !!! ^^
I like very much this game
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Yeah well, you just suck!
It has a small learning curve, so with a little practice it goes from awesome to super awesome
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Ok I made stupid thing... Decided to test if you have some anti-fake mechanism there and it seems you don't but I was stupid to use 0 as time... Could you remove it please
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I found an error of yours in the external page! D: The title is "Need or Drift" when it's supposedly "Need for Drift".
Really nice improvement
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I saw, great time, but you also have a 16,27.
What do you think of the gameplay?
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its awesome, not that easy and not too hard. Like you said its not the game of the year but its fun to play these kind sometimes. Effect on grass and full speed cornering impressed me
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Okay saw it at the morning but was not having time to try it. Played it now
Now for AI... Actually I was thinking pretty often on AI for racking games like this and I find it to be a very challenging task and even in AAA games sometimes they use fake AI controls where player game physics and AI game physics are little bit different and there where you drift AI does not... Anyways... If your AI should work by same as Player physics and include such stuff as enemy cars in his consideration... I would not know any good method... All will have problems... I my self I think would go with some Neural Network or may be Genetic Algorithm thing... If you like I would describe how I would do it in both cases but it may end up hard to implement and actually those AI may end up usable only for road they have been learning on...
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Physics: I know, but I think its close to realistic (without the extreme drifting
Gameplay: I didn't want to created a game where you don't have to let the UP button go, and looking at the scores and peoples reactions I think I managed to get a good difficulty level. And your right, with a little practice you become better.
I know that the car can turn if it doesn't have any speed, I think its much more frustrating if you need to go back first and turn again. I can easily remove that but I think its better like this.
AI: Thanks for the clear answer. I don't know if I should ever try, I think is also fun without them and just try to set a good record only.
New version: I saw you managed to get in the highscores
Its done using sendAndLoad command a database and PHP. PHP is the bomb, I really like it. If you can't already write PHP, please learn it, its very easy but really effective.
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I know PHP a little. Was writing small apps on it from time to time. Like apps that allow file to be loaded only after page was visited or apps for record tops in html... But I don't really like PHP. Mostly because of way code looks and some things it forces on the coders... Not really felt while you write small apps but becomes irritating for me when I write big apps... Also I have one friend/work colleague who I consider to be a PHP/C++ god... At least he is far more superior in that than me and actually writes some big projects on both... When we discuss PHP sometimes he does agree with in some stuff I don't like... He actually even found ways to programs on PHP with out use of $ signs and some other things PHP forces as he finds this to become messy and hard readable pretty fast... Well I find it messy too so use it rarely and only to make some server side stuff like DB/files management...
Well for decisions you made with physics they are yours
And for AI... May be try to look for some articles or even tutorial may be you wil lfind something you will like 
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Well, I don't see the harm in PHP, I simply love it, readable or not
I know how cars behave or should behave, I drive myself (not a race car of course) and I played lot of realistic race simulators.
But for many things I don't know how to code them well...that's the problem.
I tried finding AI tutorials, a few pathfinders for example, but nothing was really usable.
But can you explain how you got the 0 sec score?
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I commented already
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awsome, i got 23 seconds, really like the steering
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Thanks for the positive comment
And thanks for playing.
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haha dude very awesome
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Well, you are a real race driver, not a designer
Just kidding, its very good, especially for the second try.
Thanks for the comment!
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that was more luck than talent
the game is fun, but i miss more details
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Haha, I know its not easy in the beginning
Details like scenery?
Try it again, you can now upload your records, have fun!
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just a note you can go either way around the track and it could also do with some sound not alot just like a engine noise while you are pushing forward or backward down
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Haha, no offence, but thanks for making me laugh
Keep on trying, there is a little learning curve
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16,5 no more for me...
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i got the hang of it
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Well, with 16.5 you are the best yet, but you still have have to beat me
I'll keep it up, thanks
Even with 3D engines, flash will never beat a normal game, but you're right, Grid is the shit
BTW, its AS2, next year I'll start learning AS3
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Try it again
If you drive over a white checkpoint thing your car will spin depending on your speed
Lets see if you can still have a 16.5 record.
My record is 15,9 second with these setting now.
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