3D "Mode 7" Racing in iTGB

In my first blog about "mode 7", I briefly previewed what I had done -- I had found a way to rapidly convert a 2D racing into a simple 3D one. In my second blog, I announced my intention to make a kit. Since then, I've worked on just that. I was able to put together a kit prototype for TGB (PC and Mac), complete with documentation, and pitch it to the appropriate people.


I knew, however, that the true potential of the retro 3D was in the mobile realm. So I took to porting to iTGB. This, not surprisingly, forced me to gut out the script-heavy parts of the code and integrate more features directly into the engine. The result, however, has been very good.


Currently, the demo runs around the 24 FPS mark. As you can see in the video below, that's plenty smooth for the effect. The controls have been mapped to the X tilt sensor, and multi-touch is used for gas, brakes, and powerups.


So what's next? Two things. First, there's no reason the PC and Mac versions of the kit shouldn't be updated to have the optimized coding that the iPhone version benefits from. Thus, I need to update my documentation. Second, I plan on releasing a game to the app store based on this kit.

Hopefully, my next blog will be an announcement on how you can get your hands on the kit. Til then!