STOP PRESS: Formula Fusion - Next gen Wipeout - from ex Wipeout Devs.

[Amaroq Dricaldari]

Meters per Second was adopted by the scientific community for scientific reasons. A game about AG technology should have at least some scientific theme to it (as the upgrade system in this game already does).

Miles per Hour is only used in certain countries, and Kilometers per Hour doesn't really stand out because of how frequently it is used in games. Meters per Second would be a very refreshing change, and would draw just that much extra attention to the game, even if it is just a small detail. As the saying goes, every detail adds up.

Oh, another question. Does R8 have an official website up yet? Also, I think this could really benefit from a kickstarter (among other things). Might make the development cycle be less stressful when it comes to budgeting.

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More ideas:

- Interactive tutorial in a computer-simulation environment, with a computer voice guiding you and a custom soundtrack specifically for the tutorial. Still fast and energetic, but at the same time softer and more ambient-sounding.

- Palleted SVG main-textures and Palleted Bitplane detail textures. This will significantly reduce memory footprints while still allowing for very sharp textures.

- Opus codec for music and sounds.

- Multi-skyboxes, like in Unreal Engine 1 games, rather than boring prerendered skyboxes. You know, with separate layers for the sky, clouds (could be animated/scrolling), mountains (with parallax relative to the sky), etc.

- A track where you are racing on a triple-deck megabridge, and constantly going up and down to find the quickest route and back (the bridge goes in two directions). And if it is a bridge that curves or is angled at any point, then that would add to the excitement.

- A passive means of gaining extra revenue without the players having to pay anything (other than giving the game attention). Some of you may know what I am talking about; it was done during the WHD welcome back period. However, instead of taking up loading screens, have them on trackside billboards or something. Maybe give players the option to disable them.