Finally Finishing a Game

According to my profile, I've been a member of the GarageGames community since April 29, 2006. I got started with Torque Game Engine 1.4.2, and I have been a fan of GG ever since.

Using the engine, I have worked on various game ideas, but I have never actually finished a game project. I usually end up dropping my projects because of lazyness, being too busy to finish, or coming up with some sort of other software idea (games or apps). So I finally decided to settle down and finish a game.

I made a game I called Highway Racers a little while back with Game Maker. While it was fun to play, it really didn't have substance; there weren't multiple levels, the menus were very basic, and other parts of the game were simply thrown together. So I decided to remake that game a few years later using Torque 2D. Torque 2D provided tons of functionality to make the game more in-depth. I still made it somewhat simple because I'm just a programmer, and I am terrible with art. I wanted to name the new version Highway Racers just like the old one, but after a Google search, I found a flash game that was amazingly similar and it was named Highway Race :P . So my mom and I put our heads together and came up with the name Dollar Dash.

Here is the game's story. An armored money truck was riding down the highway traveling to a bank, and unknown to the driver, the back door was damaged. This caused a whole lot of money to fall out of the back of the truck. So the player is now driving down the highway, trying to collect that money and give it back to the bank. The player must also avoid various obstacles on the way. The end of the game will show you what happens after you reach the bank. :)

More information on the game can be found on my website here: phaseshiftsoftware.com/dollar-dash.

Also, here is a video of the game in action. There isn't any music in the video because, at the time I created it, I didn't buy the license to the music yet. I'm going to create a new video including the game's music. There are crash sounds in the video, so don't turn your speakers up too loud!



Like I said, this is my first completed game, and I am just a programmer, not an artist. As a result, the game's graphics might seem kinda simple, so give me a break! LOL :)

I want to thank EVERYONE for helping me get to this point in understanding and being able to use Torque. Without the community, I would not have gotten to this point. After I finish and release this game, I plan to work on another game in Torque 3D. Next time, I will release more blog posts, keeping the community updated on my next project.

Lastly, I would like to announce that this game is going to be free to download on my site, phaseshiftsoftware.com, when it is released. Once the game is released, I will create another blog post announcing it. Please note though that it only runs on Windows operating systems. So please stay tuned, because Dollar Dash is on its way. :)

Edit 7/7/2011 - Forgot to mention it runs only on windows.