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FF2R for Android

Davide — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:32:34 +0000

As you may have noticed, Final Freeway 2R has been out for Android on Google Play for a few days.

We also plan to release an Android version of Fractal Combat sometimes in the future.

Hopefully the Android market will repay our efforts (^o^)

Enjoy !

Working on a Fractal Combat update

Davide — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:52:06 +0000

Slowly but surely, we’ve been working on a beefier update of Fractal Combat.

Here’s a video that shows the creation of a structure that will be in one of the upcoming updates.
The video is a 46 minutes long time-lapse that compresses the about 4 hours that it took to model and texture the object.

Modeling is done by Max (the guy, not the software ;) in Blender (the software!) and texturing is done using good old Photoshop.

Final Freeway 2R for Android?

Davide — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:13:39 +0000

We got the game running on a Galaxy S.
Graphics 100% running at 60 fps, sound effects working, sound tracks not yet, controls somewhat broken.

We’re definitely at a good point.. I think !

Stay tuned.
- Davide

Final Freeway 2R, New and Noteworthy!

Davide — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:16:30 +0000

We’re on the New and Noteworthy games list in several countries now, including US, Canada and Japan.

The game reception is awesome, currently averaging a 5 star rating!

Let’s enjoy that while it lasts!

Final Freeway 2R is out!

Davide — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:53:12 +0000

Our latest and hottest racing game, Final Freeway 2R is now available on the App Store !

I’m very proud of this title. The first Final Freeway was a bet. It was my goodbye to an employee’s way of life and the beginning of and independent game studio.

Final Freeway was mostly just me but with the support of some friends happy to give their spare time for free. For free, but for a cause: participating in the development of a game driven by passion.
For me it was also as a form of rebellion towards a system that pays you do deliver and sometimes pays you not to deliver, when business reasons may dictate that a project must be scrapped. And how many times has that happened..

But that’s the past. The present is that I won that first bet and I found more people willing to join me to develop more games independently.
In fact, this title wouldn’t have been the same without the art of Giuseppe Longo (aka MisBug) and the music by Simone Cicconi (UNDAtheC).

It was also instrumental to connect with investors through appbackr.
appbackr enabled us to receive some vital funds and also enabled some of our friends to fund us in a simplified manner.

In any case, I hope that you’ll like FF2R !

Waiting for FF2R approval

Davide — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:51:34 +0000

We submitted Final Freeway 2R for review to Apple on the 28th and we’re now waiting to go through the approval process.

We expect the game to be accepted and to go on sale by the 2nd week of March, which is soon !

I’m personally quite proud of this sequel. Though the initial plan was to reskin the original Final Freeway and add 1-2 major features, it eventually became a lot more than that.

Apart from the obvious graphic upgrade, a considerable amount of work went into tuning controls and playability. We also added proper 3D audio, and the sound tracks are all spot on.

Anyhow, it’s the players that will have to judge it.. and we’re almost there

This is also a good time to remember that the game wouldn’t be the same without the financial support that we received from those individuals that believed in this project and that did support us via appbackr.

wooooooooo
Davide

Update on Final Freeway 2R

Davide — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:25:52 +0000

All stages are now complete, we have 2 of the 3 sound tracks and we implemented an antagonist car into the game play.

Game Center integration is also complete.

So, we’re now down to a few things:

Add atmospheric effect on a couple of stages (snow and rain)
Improve the high-scores display
Improve the AI of other vehicles
3rd sound track
Improve the sound effects
Testing and tuning

Getting there !

Fit Freeway

Davide — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:49:29 +0000

Retro arcade racing, at the gym!

Final Freeway 2R ..getting closer!

Davide — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:55:35 +0000

First of all, a special Thanks to all those that have bet on the game so far and a big Thanks to appbackr.com that has made this possible.
These finances are really helping the development !

We’re working day and night to complete Final Freeway 2R, and although there is still more work to do, most of the features and most of the art are in.

Here is a quick list of major features that we planned for FF2R and that are now complete (minus some final tuning):

Dynamic road branches
Car crashes
Selectable characters
Multiple endings (depending on the chosen path)
New main sound track

Here’s what we plan to complete by the end of February:

All stages complete (currently about 80% into it)
Game Center integration
Additional gameplay elements
Improve sound effects
Additional sound tracks
Testing, optimization and gameplay/difficulty tuning
Various marketing material

Our hope is that the game will be in great shape for a March release.. so, let’s do it !

woooooooo !

Fractal Combat’s 3D Art

Davide — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:15:43 +0000

Here are some illustration showing the polygonal models used in Fractal Combat.
All models were created by Max Puliero, using Blender for modelling.
When it comes to technical modeling, Max is definitely the man!

The high polygon models were used for illustration purposes, while the low poly models are of course those used in the game.

From the onset, we decided that we’d keep the models’ poly count fairly low. Especially since we knew that we were going to use a lot of geometry for the terrain and for particles and explosion effects.

On a hindsight, we could probably have used more polygons for the ships.. but we think it’s still quite good for a mobile game.. and Max really did a great job masking the lack of geometry with well thought out and detailed textures.

Enjoy !