[Unity] Touhou Kart - Early Alpha

[Hoeloe]

I've already done a lot of tweaking to the drifting. Your turning arc is constant, so when you are at higher speeds, you can't turn in such a tight circle, and it makes drifting much more useful. I'll look into the drifting arc to see what I can do, though.

The camera zoom effect is actually one I've built into the engine. Once you get past a certain speed, the field of view of the camera expands, giving the illusion you are moving a lot faster than you are, and it does look pretty neat in-game, and from my experience isn't too distracting at all. I may tweak it such that it follows in a way that keeps the player more towards the bottom of the screen, though.

It is pretty fun to play around with so far. I'm basing the feel of it on Crash Team Racing, since I generally prefer the game feel of that over Mario Kart (MK tends to feel a little stiff to me). The only model actually in game at the moment is Reimu, who is also the default if the specific character doesn't have a model. I've made it so that it's really easy to add more models as they get made. The HUD in the top left has two uses. The number is your power metre. Higher power slightly boosts your top speed, and if you get the power to MAX, you also get better versions of all the items (similar to CTR's "Juiced-Up" mode). The circle in the top left will eventually hold whatever item you have, but since I have yet to implement items, it does nothing as of yet.

EDIT: I had a look at my drifting code, and it turns out that the bit that did the drifting arc was actually broken (dope), so I fixed that, then spent about an hour or so tweaking it to make it feel right, and also be controllable. The new drifting system allows the best of both worlds - you can use it pretty much as it is now (a mostly straight-line drift with a direction change at the end), or lean into the drift by steering with it to drastically increase your turning arc and accurately aim your drift. It works pretty nicely, and has the added bonus that character stats now balance out much better, as the handling stat also affects how easy it is to drift, and how effective your drifts can be.

I also had a look at the camera, and did some tweaking, but making the camera follow the player much faster causes some issues, as it appears jerky, so I made it aim slightly above the player as you move faster. This works as long as the effect isn't too drastic, or it becomes obvious and jarring, and much more distracting. It does shift you into the lower half of the screen, though, and the ground in front of you is now a bit more visible.