The Game Boy Color Is Getting A New Top Gear-Style "Pseudo 3D" Racer

Yeah, this is very cute - interested to see how this one shapes up! With all the GB and GBC games coming out lately, it's nice to see a raster racer in the mix!

I like the look of it so far. If the collision detection is good, the controls are nicely balanced, and there's a banger chiptune soundtrack, we have a winner here. That's a whole lot of "ifs" but he's got a good start from the demo footage.

This is NOT what pseudo 3D means and also it do a not look impressive or any better than average. It's the same as all the other her mediocre nudge racers on the console.

@Poodlestargenerica This is pseudo 3d and looks really good. You can read about pseudo 3d and the mathematics behind this approach here.
http://www.extentofthejam.com/pseudo/

@jmbenetti 100%, and boy, that page takes me back! I was trying to get into doing it myself way back when.

@AJB83 Cool! Which programming language did you use for that? I was also interested on doing it when I came into that site. I recently found there's an engine for raster graphics on modern hardware called tileengine that handles linescrolling and pseudo 3d for doing this kind of games. I'd like to try it sometime.

@jmbenetti I didn't even get that far, to be brutally honest! I discovered that page, got super inspired, tried to teach myself to program and promptly gave up, haha.

So I am yet to learn to code. It's on my bucket list of things to do, but with a couple of other creative hobbies that take up my time, I very much doubt I'll ever get around to it, unfortunately.

@AJB83 I'm almost on the same boat, haha. I used to work as software developer, but I'm a graduated music teacher and I also do other things. I never really made a game, but I sometimes code for personal projects and I'd love to make something retro. I made some shorts demos in adventure game studio, but I looked up the other day and I believe the easiest way to make a retro game is using Unity. I'd like to take some time with it to do something, but these kind of effects require a retro 2d engine to really make sense, I believe.

@jmbenetti No thanks, I decide to base my definitions off of my extensive knowledge of video games, and the experience, especially having played every GBC racer, as well as most racers for every handheld console ever. Pseudo 3D does not mean every attempt to add depth to a game, otherwise shading on a 2d Sprite would be considered pseudo 3D. I reserve the term for stuff like tiertex’s video playback work, most notably on the Game boy color, as well as certain uses of pre-rendered graphics and isometric angles, such as rock and roll racers, as well as scaling and properly textured 2D sprites, such as Konami crazy racers. The game references here looks mediocre at best, certainly less good than V&D's offerings such as wacky races, or similar games such as Looney tune racing on the same console. I have a passion for both 3D and pseudo 3D on old consoles, and then basically familiar with all the games that fit it, this one does not, any more than outrun does. If you're calling out run pseudo 3d, you might as well throw the term out the window because terms begin to lose their meaning.

I'm really thrilled to meet you here! I always wondered when I would met a videogame sage like you. I have a lot of questions to ask you about your vast knowledge, but I'll take my time to play every Tiertex game first. Have a good day!