Revealing our new game (Patreon)

Hey backers, here's the promised early look at the new Virtual Boy game we're working on. This information is meant for your eyes only, so please keep everything on this page among us and not speak about it to non-backers before we publicly announce the game. Alright? Let's go.

The game is called "Formula V", it is a fast, futuristic top-down racing game, think F-Zero meets Micro Machines. "FV" is a high velocity racing series featuring spaceship-like, hovering racers that succeeded today's "Formula" racing series, like "Formula 1".

Features

• 128 MBit ROM
• 16+ Tracks
• Race against 7 CPU-controlled opponents
• Supports the Link Cable for versus races
• Race against ghosts in time trials

State of things

The image above is a mockup, since the game is still in a very early state. So far we have done a lot of test builds to nail things like track and racer sizes, speed, total number of racers or the streaming configuration. A first track is built and quite a few graphics produced. Next up will be to implement steering behaviour so we can take a racer around the test track, before we get to the really juice part and implement AI for the computer opponents.

Release

We will do a physical, complete-in-box release of the game once it is done, which should be in about a year from now. Of course, like we've always done in the past, we will also release the ROM image for free for everybody to enjoy, but at a later point in time.

Demo, please?

As soon as we got the basic racing mechanics implemented, we will send out an alpha ROM to our backers that chose the "Beta Tester" (or higher) tier. 

What do you think?

We'd love to hear your feedback, wishes and ideas about our vision for Formula V. See you in #vuengine-patrons!