I have now met or actually gone further than my original goal was for P-Zero, as follows:
I can still develop the game further, if there is enough real interest in it by the community. So, if you want that I continue to develop it, you can flash the latest binary on your Pokitto, and put your best lap time in this discussion thread The binary is here:
If I see enough lap times here, I will continue the development! It is up to you. Otherwise, I am moving on to the next project. I have nice features in mind for P-Zero, e.g. simple AI for opponents, hit targets for bonus points, adding some music or fanfares to the game, and maybe even multiplay. I am not promising to do all that, but at least some.
So, ladies and gentlemen, start your engines…
Edit: You can have shortcuts on the track, like in the F-Zero. That is not cheating
Edit 2: You can also give some comments about the game, if you want.
It’s already genuinely entertaining at this point. It would make a lot of sense to continue this if you want to.
I used to play a lot of TrackMania, so my feature request would be replay saving and ghosts Even that alone plus a few maps, without any AI, would be an amazing game to me.
Yes, or maybe saving the player input would be better:
It would take a lot less space.
It would allow replay validation and preventing forged replays (Trackmania had this feature).
If you needed the positions (e.g. for seeking, playing backwards and so on), you could compute these from the input information as soon as the replay file is loaded.