Alpha/Beta testers wanted for Destruction Derby type game (steam key giveaway)

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:12 pm

Hi Carma-Fans,

some might know me (musclecarfreak / mcf) back from the Carma 2 modding days.

Anyhow, after being a bit disappointed by Reincarnation/Max Damage and also Wreckfest (don't get me wrong, I enjoy those games, yet they didn't really turn out the way I wanted them to) I decided to make my own crash racing game, because eh, no big deal right?

Its main premise and overall look is very much inspired by the first Destruction Derby game, but it also takes a lot of gameplay elements from Carmageddon, Flatout 2, Demolition Racer, Test Drive: Eve of Destruction...

Basically, it is supposed to be a sort of "best of" of all 90s/00s arcade crash racers I ever played.

Well it's quite some work for a single person, but I'm coming along well and plan to release it this year.

I have the basic arcade mode (a.k.a. single race mode) implemented and ready as a closed alpha on steam.

I would be very grateful for some alpha testers to get feedback on gameplay, bugs and performance.

So if you're interested, just write in this topic and I PM you a steam key.

You can keep the game and get the final version when it comes out!

Also please name your system specs (CPU,GPU,RAM,OS).

Here are 2 teaser images:

I'd be glad to hear from you!

AlexTSK · Post by **AlexTSK** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:36 am

Hey there, looks interesting, I can certainly do some tests and give feedback :)

I'm on WIndows 7, 16gb Ram, I7 6700k, Nvidia 1060 6gb

lemonrev · Post by **lemonrev** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:59 am

Hey,, Redid my computer because of a MS update that completely F'ed up my OS i too am running a windows 7 64bit MSI 1050 TI card nice cheap and great at what the card can do.

Anyways id thought id check in and see whats going on.

Im not so much of the destruction durby games but i do like destructing tracks and cars when racing, Anyways Id be interested to give you feedback as well.

I might check in a week or so and we can find out what thoughts are with the game your making.

Keep well.

helomyname · Post by **helomyname** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 1:22 pm

Hey, my PC is Windows 8.1, Geforce GTX 1060, AMD Ryzen 5, 16GB ram. Always interested in a derby racing game, i would love to try it out. Good luck with your project.

timmy76 · Post by **timmy76** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 2:41 pm

Mine is win 7, 2.50ghz processor, 6gb ram, AMD Raedon R9 200 2GB.

CzechDeath · Post by **CzechDeath** » Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:22 pm

Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit

CPU Intel i7-6700K 4,00 GHz

RAM 16GB

GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX970 4GB

YoOoY

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:33 am

Check your inboxes :) .

pileup · Post by **pileup** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:32 pm

Go on then, i'll give it a bash, looks interesting.

I7 3.9 GHZ CPU

NVIDIA 1060 6GB GPU

16GB Dual channel ram

Windows 10

I'll provide feedback and the likes.

Jordamn · Post by **Jordamn** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:55 pm

Looks nice!!

Windows 8.1, 64-bit

I7-4712MQ 2.30GHZ

NVIDIA 870M 6Gb

16Gb RAM

Good Luck!!

Fr0ntj3 · Post by **Fr0ntj3** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:33 am

looks like the first destruction derby...ohh the memories.

good luck with developing it further!

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:41 am

Thanks Fr0nt, yeah I really tried to capture the feel of DD1 and many racers of that area, so I avoided any post process overkill or over-polish and went for a colorful, simple (but hopefully not too simple) look.

Do you want a key too? No obligations, some quick feedback would be more than enough.

deadsheep · Post by **deadsheep** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:33 pm

This looks interesting, good luck with it!

luckbiturbo@yahoo.it · Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:29 am

Hi Guys! Thank you for your news! I really want be a tester too! I have an Aorus X7V6 with 1070gtx and windows 10.

I'm one off the staff that organized Frogbyte Lan party (biggest italian lan party). Check us on Facebook.

I hope to see news soon.

I personaly love Carmageddon Max Damage! I want that it became bigger!

Have a nice day Carma Staff! And Carma Fans!

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 6:45 pm

Hi luckbiturbo! Thanks for your interest.

To make it clear, I am in no way associated with the Carmagedden developers (Stainless), I'm "just" a big Carma fan who develops this little indie title on his own (with a little help here and there).

I'll gladly provide you with a key, check your inbox soon.

That Frogbyte Lan Party sounds very cool! LAN or Online Multiplayer is far down on the roadmap right now, maybe even after the release, it depends on how much interest/demand there is, because it will be a lot of work that would be in vain if there are only 3 people playing.

Never the less, if I dial in the scoring/balancing well and maybe a team vs. team mode, I think this game has potential as a MP or even eSport title (kind of like Rocket League).

FatCat · Post by **FatCat** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:51 pm

Here's my specs:

CPU: AMD FX-8350

GPU: GTX 1060 6GB

RAM: 16GB DDR3

OS: Windows 7 (64bit)

luckbiturbo@yahoo.it · Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:41 am

Hi MuscleCarF... ,

I hope the best for this project. Off course is a good project. More "ignorant" is the game and more fun it will be XD.

See you soon!

Excidium · Post by **Excidium** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:01 pm

I would gladly test that game out if my config is good enough:

Intel i3 530 @ 2.93 GHz

8 GB RAM

GeForce GTX 750 TI

Running Windows 10

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:39 pm

Hey Excidium, I'm very interested in how the game runs on (somewhat) older hardware like yours, so that's perfect for testing. Please play around a bit with the settings in the graphics menu and tell me if you can get a smooth enough performance. There are also some tracks and parts of tracks that are more demanding than others.

Check your inbox :) .

KCarpenter · Post by **KCarpenter** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:21 am

Game looks good I'll be happy to test a bit.

MSi geforce Gtx 1080ti

Ryzen 16core threadripper

32gb ram

Windows 10

Fr0ntj3 · Post by **Fr0ntj3** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:39 am

MuscleCarFreak wrote:Thanks Fr0nt, yeah I really tried to capture the feel of DD1 and many racers of that area, so I avoided any post process overkill or over-polish and went for a colorful, simple (but hopefully not too simple) look.
Do you want a key too? No obligations, some quick feedback would be more than enough.

yes sure, i will check it out.

just dont make the damage system the same as DD1, it was hard to stay alive :D

and if you make race tracks, make sure you include a track like the one with the jump before the big drop in DD2, loved that part of the track. ;)

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:45 am

Fr0nt wrote:
just dont make the damage system the same as DD1, it was hard to stay alive :D

Yeah I try to make it not as punishing as DD1 or DD2 or even Demolition Racer (I played through all of these as preparation for this game ;) a lot of reloading save games involved...)

In fact, I use the logic of Flatout 2 which is sort of unrealistic but cool from a gameplay point of view: When two cars crash, the faster one gets the score and no damage, the slower one gets the damage but no score.

That means if you keep a good pace and avoid being hit by faster cars, you can last quite long.

I will explain this system better in-game at some point, for now you just have to take my word for it ;) .

Fr0nt wrote:
and if you make race tracks, make sure you include a track like the one with the jump before the big drop in DD2, loved that part of the track. ;)

I also love the canyon track of DD2, however my game is very close to DD1 even in track design, so most of the tracks are simply flat, yet there are additional ramps to spice things up in the mid- and high-difficulty levels.

starbuck · Post by **starbuck** » Tue May 01, 2018 2:54 am

I love racing games .

Key if you have any left.

Thanks though if not

Win 10 a ton of ram. Cant remember the specs cause I bought it all probably top of the line 2 years ago.

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Tue May 01, 2018 1:17 pm

Doesn't even remember his system specs... you're my kind of guy ^^.

Only few keys left (for now), I managed to squeeze one out for you, check your inbox.

KakkaHousu · Post by **KakkaHousu** » Tue May 01, 2018 1:54 pm

Dammit, I thought I already volunteered, but it seems I forgot.

If there is still keys, I would like to have one.

Multiple computers, GTC650ti,GTX660, GTX 1070, i3-3225, i5-*something*, 8-16GB RAM, I will look better what specs each have when I have time

Edit. Oh, OS. Win7 and Win10, maybe Win8 too

Synetearis · Post by **Synetearis** » Wed May 02, 2018 1:49 pm

Would love to check this out!

My specs; i7 6700, gtx 1060 6gb.

Wish you the best of luck, screenshots look promising. :D

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Wed May 02, 2018 6:35 pm

Hey Synetearis,

key sent :) .

This will be the last alpha key for now, I will probably provide some more at a later stage, so keep an eye on this thread if you're interested in joining.

starbuck · Post by **starbuck** » Fri May 04, 2018 7:42 am

MuscleCarFreak wrote:Doesn't even remember his system specs... you're my kind of guy ^^.

Only few keys left (for now), I managed to squeeze one out for you, check your inbox.

Old age for one thing :) Thanks for the code. Future good wishes on your development of this game.

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:32 pm

Hey guys,

I uploaded a small update today.

There are 3 changes that I am kind of curious about, would be cool if you could test them and give feedback:

1) I reworked the scoring system a little bit, now you get points for every position except last (not only top 5) and I ditched the bonuses for checkpoints. I hope this makes the racing and crashing part of scoring a bit more even, although it will always be a game that focuses more on crashes and rewards recklessness ;) .

2) I integrated the steam API and you should now see your avatar and user name in the result screen. Please tell me if anything looks odd (name too long for example)

3) I added some wet street effects to the city level. I hope they don't have that much of a performance impact - would be cool if you could verify this.

twisted · Post by **twisted** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:05 am

Is there still keys giveaway? Would like to test and give feedback...

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:08 pm

Can you please tell me your system specs?

twisted · Post by **twisted** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:43 pm

MuscleCarFreak wrote:Can you please tell me your system specs?

Core i7 920

Asus P6T Deluxe v2

Asus GTX 1060 OC 6G

12GB DDR3

Samsung 850 Evo SSD 1TB

robert_raw · Post by **robert_raw** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:59 am

if of interest

Intel Core i7 3820 3.6GHz Socket 2011 10MB L3 Cache Retail

Asus SABERTOOTH X79 Socket 2011 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) Ddr3 1866mhz Vengeance Memory Kit

Corsair 240GB Force 3 SSD - SATA-III 2.5" - Read 550MB/s Write 520MB/s 85K IOPS

AMD R9 280X 3GB GFX Card

MuscleCarFreak · Post by **MuscleCarFreak** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:23 pm

Hey twisted and robert_raw, sorry but I rather wait till the next alpha/beta phase, I marked your user names though and will make sure you get invited.

I think it will be some time late in July when I will have a bigger update with the campaign modus implemented and most of the gameplay features completed.

civengie · Post by **civengie** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 12:13 am

Would love to be apart of this, assuming it is still on.

Been a fan since Carpocalyspe Now, just bought Max Damage. Can't believe I missed the initial 2015 release date.

I am willing to wait, read your previous replies. Any inclusion would be awesome.

Specs:

AMD FX 4100 quad core processor

Gskill (x2) 8GB RAM

AMD Radeon R9 290x graphics card (4GB no OC necessary)

(x2) TB hard drives (soon to be x1 500GB SSD and 1TB HDD)

Windows 8.1

Hope to be apart of the fun.

verci · Post by **verci** » Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:46 am

Hey, if you will send any tester keys in the future, i'm down to check it out.

My specs are:

i5 7600k 5.0Ghz

16GB ram

nvidia 1060 6 GB