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Abandoned? Probably? 2020 yall

Hoverbike Joust
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

I'm not sure I'll ever do anything more with this game now. I spent months trying to get online multiplayer working, and the fact of the matter is I just should have been thinking about that from the start. The way I have the hoverbikes and riders set up just makes it way too complicated and confusing, not to mention the real-time physics adds hurdles too.

I also am more than likely switching to free games only. Trying to make something people want to buy takes all the wind out of my sails anyway.  Maybe someday I will come back and add the rest of the tracks and arenas I envisioned and add another game mode. CTF probably.

I am curious to anyone who reads this and would like more. If I did decide to finish this game and charge for it, would you pay ~$14.99 for a finished version of Hoverbike Joust if it was local-multi (split-screen) only? With no online multiplayer? I could increase the number of split-screen players to 12 lol. I guess screens have the resolution for it now. Let me know what you think.


2020 is a hell of a year so far


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