Polishing and Releasing My Tiny Geography Game
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- I've been making some small tweaks and additions to my little geography game based on the great feedback I've received from all of you (thank you!).
If you'd like to play the game, you can download it here: sebastian.itch.io/geographica...
The project source is over here: github.com/SebLague/Geographi...
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Project playlist: • Geographical Adventures
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:17 Creating a Compass
3:58 Making a Map
10:47 Tweaking the Terrain
13:13 Better city lights
15:40 Star Colour
16:27 Nighttime Visibility
17:26 Hot Air Balloons
19:52 Speed Control
21:34 Skywriting Experiment
24:18 The Final Result
Music:
Spread your Wings - Evgeny Bardyuzha
Immersion - Michael FK
Back Home - Max H
Icicles - Biba Dupont
Less Traveled - Hans Johnson
Let the Rains Come - We Dream of Eden
How it Was - Laurel Violet
Brightest - Ardie Son
L'Absinthe Brûle - Biba Dupont
It Will Come Back - The Stolen Orchestra
Over the Canyon - Gray North
Autumn in Paris - Jan Baars
Passion - Veaceslav Draganov
Hello. The final thing I did before pushing the project to github and making all the builds was to just merrily delete a few old data files that weren't being used anymore. Well, it turns out one of those files was a bit less unused than I thought, and it's absence completely broke the package delivery system. I have now fixed this (thanks to everyone who reported it), so if you downloaded the game already and are having issues with the packages, please try downloading it again! Sorry about that. I feel very silly :)
It's alright bud. The game is so beautiful and calm.
Oops, don't worry, everyone makes silly mistakes 😅
Don't warry, it'such a good game bro
I love it no matter what :D
I feel like dataminers would have had some good time looking at the old data of the game :)
A suggestion if you ever come back to this game: you could make Auroras over the poles at nighttime, I think that would look great in such a beautiful game!
That is such a good idea. And meteor showers !
I love this idea! I’m sure Sebastian won’t be able to resist exploring the physics and mathematics of auroras :)
And, also there may be other planets that can be seen from the earth, and moon.
It should be rare tho
Auroras are show up day and night, the sunlight just overpowers them during the day.
11:31 Programming in a nutshell:
"I'm gonna spend the next few hours working on that"
One week later
"I ended up rewriting the whole system from scratch"
just like what I thought
Doin' it for the epiphany.
everytime the same🤣
heh. I chuckled when he said that.
made me laugh too, me and my dad started working on a game in 2019.. still on the first level 🤣although had to learn the engine as we go but one game mechanic can take a whole evening to get right and iron out bugs
Honestly the game is so good you could maybe talk to some airlines that serve long haul flights with IFEs onboard so they can maybe add it into their game selection, since it has something to do with world travel!
The real question is can I speedrun it
I’m not sure that the devices they use for IFE would be powerful enough to run this though. Maybe a very simplified version could work.
@@ton-6182I'd say it's more of an educational game, you could totally learn basic geography easily and in an entertaining way with this.
@@chrisgarrett6305well, from what i've heard most of them are just android-based so maybe
I think this is a great idea but he'd probably have to optimize it to run 10x faster, reduce the resolution to match a crappy IFE screen (for another 10x speedup) and hope that it runs above 10fps on it.
I've never seen such complex ideas visualized and displayed with such high level of clarity, simplicity, and finesse. The details in your presentation, such as animating small objects to tell a story, is brilliant and engaging.
Me: “Why is he touching the stars, they look great!”
Also me two seconds later: “That’s gorgeous, the old stars were garbage, I’m so glad you updated them they’re beautiful”
It is very relaxing to watch a genius at work. The modern equivalent to watching Van Goth paint.
@@TheBelrick *Goh. Anyway why be so over-exaggerated by even calling him a “genius”??? You’re saying that every game-developer is a genius whilst you leave out the actual try hard geniuses like Neil de grass Tyson, Einstein, Stephen hawking, Marconi etc. that really made a purpose with their iq and not just a mindless game
@@ep9415 if you're gonna correct someone at least make sure your correction is correct...
*Gogh.
@@willtn ok whatever misspelling it as ‘Goth’ is still worse
@@ep9415 I'm a developer with 20 years experience. I make games as a hobby and to keep my skills up to date and sharp.
I'm very successful at being a self employed developer. I take pride in my work and have been blessed with a successful business.
This man outmatches me. So maybe I call him a genius due to hubris, or maybe I'm in a position to recognize genius when i see it.
one thing outsiders don't get is that programming reshapes the brain and how we think
Programming is like building but with a different set of tools.
Anyone can swing a hammer or a function, there are millions of ways to build structures/programs
But there is only a very few ways to build structures/programs "correctly".
His programming is as good as it gets.
Two changes you got to make to increase the fun factor:
1 - The balloons got to pop. It just feels so unsatisfying without it.
2 - The speedometer needs to show the speed in km/s. I want to see that I'm flying at mach 1000
This needs a bump. The balloons not pop'ing was driving me nuts lol. Only because the rest of it looks so well made!
if the balloons pop I can die happy
I want to balloons to peel open like a banana and then drop out of the sky
The game is so beautifull, but i agree about the balloons. Also some suggestions are, in the start menu, maybe don't show the plain yet, just the landscape, it's very beautifull and the low poly plane doesn't fit much well. Also i was confused about picking packages from one country to drop them on another. I thought it would be nice to drop the packages in the same country you pick them from, that makes more sense for me idk.
The balloons are post offices, don't pop.
Raise them up and fly under the basket to collect your package
The animated map you made to fix Antarctica is the most intuitive demonstration of the distortion of that kind of flat map! Honestly, that should be tool used in grade school classrooms when teaching geography and cartography.
I'm not a Geography teacher, I teach English. But because you added the 15 min timer to the game this became an excellent activity for students to do in Geography class. They can learn and compare scores with each other. I will recommend it to my colleagues definitely!
I hope it pans out, I really wish I had teachers as passionate about teaching as you :)
A small tip: I think the trail coming from the tips of the wings should change intensity based on your speed. So at the minimum speed they disappear, and are the strongest at the maximum speed
This would be a nice little addition
i need help downloading it, ive downloaded the game on windows and i cant play it.
Also the skywriting smoke trail effect could be repurposed as a contrail for high altitude flight
Thanks for the idea, I've implemented this in the latest version
@@imageeknotanerd9897 hahaha! contrails on a prop is an insane idea xD but perhaps if we expand the game to have jet engines, it would make a lot of sense!
Every time I see a new video from this series I think: “he will not make the graphics more realistic”
Sebastian: adds accurate coloring index to the stars
@@VeganSemihCyprus33 shut up.
Crazy how much better the stars looked after
@@Awelmann1 yeah
* cereal guy spits out cereal *
@@JrIcify you beat me to it
I have just barely enough knowledge about what you're doing to know that this is absolutely incredible. I am stunned at your level of ability with this program, you make it look effortless.
He's a genius
As an added educational benefit, you could have a random "fun fact" about a country pop up near the bottom of the screen when you're flying over each place. Maybe it would be annoying if it happened every time you crossed borders, so it could be set on a timer or only show up when you stay over a country for a certain length of time (10-15 seconds, perhaps). Could be a unique way to teach students interesting tidbits about each country as they're exploring.
5 seconds would be better, if you watch him play he barely flies over any countries for 5 seconds let alone 10-15. Good idea nonetheless
"I've become slightly sidetracked recently with a little experiment I wanted to try." - Sebastian Lague (21:34)
No, Sebastian, that's just your channel's motto. Please, never change it. 🤣
Absolutely needs boats! Imagine sailing the big blue sea in this world.
A boat game mode xD
Yes! You could deliver cargo to ports!
lame
That's very interesting, even as a simulation with true time and speed nav. Rediscovering America!
Yes ! Boats will make the flying over the vast blue ocean more entertaining. Cargo ships not boats
The game is absolutely beautiful. I am 13 and know very little about smaller cities in other countries, if you ever come back to the game could you possibly make something that tells you where the delivery is in maybe an easy mode? But the only problem I've had with the game so far is that my cat keeps walking in front of my monitor every time I play.
At first I was like "lol what" and then I realized cats go there for heat so basically the game heats up your monitor
@@D00MWatcher1 hey i know this was two months ago, but if you are curious, cats actually get jealous of not getting attention from a person's hands (because we pet them with our hands) whenever they actually want the attention, and since most people have a keyboard on top of their desk and not in a kb drawer, the cat jumps up and walks across your hands near the keyboard, so it has nothing to do with the monitor. source: 7 cat household and some old article I read years ago
woah i forgot about kb drawers !!@@johnfain2615
Point system with added bonus for low altitude delivery and a penalty for crashing (maybe losing a multiplier). Adding splashing animation for dipping a wing in the ocean would look sick
Great game! I think the balloons should play an animation when they are collected. They could collapse for example :)
Thank you, and good idea!
Make then pop!
I think they should explode or something
a little puff
it should deffo explode
Hear me out… The city mapping is for the bonus round called “local delivery” where for each package (or random bonus package) you chose the country correctly, you will get a local address, and you dive down to a lower altitude to try to deliver that package as accurately as possible. This way you can preload the cities, and not need to constantly render as well.
Great idea, but I think finding the right address in a city that isn't yours is a bit too difficult for a "normal" player. Maybe it could be done with famous monuments, but even that would have a limit. I think the city game mode can be used to explore rather than just deliver packages.
I just would like him to find a way to add the cities to the game. Haha But that is something I was thinking he could do too.
This but with famous landmarks instead of houses, works best with cities with a lot of unique landmarks
@@SuperBootyBay good idea! There would be thousands of unique landmarks in places like Paris, Rome, London, etc.
@@Libaaaaa famous places that are noticeable from the sky like Eiffel tower, the Tour Montparnasse in Paris for example
As a flag enthusiast, my favorite has to be the flag of the Seychelles, I just love the colors radiating out from the corner.
Respect. My personal favorite is Estonia; I just love how the colors look together and the story of how the flag was chosen
I also like Ohio
One of my favourites is Venice, I think it's cool how it has a bunch of strips on the end of it.
I also like Barbados, blue and yellow work well together and the trident is quite pretty.
wow, random youtube recommendation and I ended up watching all three episodes! This is an incredibly beautiful game. A few years ago x-box gave me a game called 'grow up' where you are a robot gliding around on an alien planet. it's low polygon resolution gave it a distinct artistic quality but most importantly, I found it to be extremely relaxing. this game is giving me the same vibes, but in HD.
I don't know if this is still interesting to you but I studied some geology in college. If I had to guess the eye of the Sahara is a anticline that eroded down. The rock layers formed a sort of bubble when *what is now called* Africa (Gondwana) collided with north America (Laurentia) about 300 million years ago. over time the top layers eroded in a circular pattern. I guess it would be like biting into an onion, each of the layers would appear as concentric rings going outward away from the center of your bite. the Appalachians are covered in stuff like this, but I've never seen a perfect circle like that.
“I hope you don’t mind getting sidetracked for a moment here”
Sebastion, honey, getting sidetracked for a moment is exactly why I watch your videos
Sebastian, My youtuber in Christ, getting sidetracked for a moment is exactly why I watch your videos.
the videos always end way too soon
Exactly.
Yeah
agreed
Yo IK you...
They really do
This is definetely the best game dev tutorial channel I've seen so far. I'm learning so much with you. I'll be eternally thankful, and I mean it. I'll support your amazing job at patreon right now.
This is just so incredibly amazing to watch. I wish I had the same abilities to code. Everything you do is just so pleasing. The voiceover, animations, explanations etc.
Every video notification I get from you is basically the equivalent of Bethesda dropping an AAA out of the blue
With the difference that his games are actually polished and finished and playable
Extreme replay value on the videos
Yes
Nope. These videos are higher quality than that
Couldn't agree more!
I love sebastian’s voice, he always sounds like he smiles while he talks. It’s so calming. I watched a bunch of his old videos and I felt like falling asleep, in a good way lol.
edit: ok wow I didn't know there was so much controversy behind this guy's voice
I completely disagree. I love the content, and I've watched most videos of his, some more then once. But this pronounciation of words is getting really annoying. Im so sorry, I know this sounds mean but this is just to much. I wish he would tone it down a bit so it sounds like in his older videos.
@@lavatasche2806 I went back and listened to his old vids and I really can't understand what you mean. The only difference is that his audio quality is improved, and he sounds more relaxed speaking for videos.
@@lavatasche2806 I hate to say this, but I can barely watch this video, because of the way he speaks.
@@lavatasche2806 he admitted to using a voice changer in his older videos so he sounded like he had a deeper voice
@@scorchinggoat9589 Im talking about more recent videos then the ones where he was using one. For example in coding adventure: clouds.
thanks for sharing your progress on the project and good luck with future projects.
I LOVE YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND ALLOWING ALL SOFTWARES TO PLAY
One trick for the skywriting mission would be to display the idealized letters the customer wanted in a translucent outline and score the actual skywriting by the amount they drew inside the lines minus the amount they drew outside the lines. Maintaining the correct altitude range might also figure into the scoring - but with your super-simply airplane flight dynamics, that would be unnecessary.
good idea, that would also enable the game mode to draw other things than letters (thinking simplistic images)
your content is so wonderful to watch. cant wait to see what project you tackle next!
first!!!1!1!1!2!3!1
omg u watch sebastian legeue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh its you
so is yours
I eat thermal paste
Fantastic work. I've been following this series with great pleasure, and the game is super cute and quite educational. GREAT JOB! Looking forward to following the development of this and/or whatever other cool (and slightly crazy) ideas you come up with!
I love your game. I already loved just looking at the world in google maps but exageration of the map in the game and the controls give it a new perspective that I really enjoyed. Thank you!
Alternatively you could fly through a cloud as you lower in elevation, and when you emerge below it the world is a different scale (Paris!). This would provide a fluid transition to the new city-scale game mode.
this seems like a sebastien level challenge for another video but an interesting idea
Instituting LOD would accomplish the same thing.
@@williamlazenby314 Can you tell me what LOD is, I am interested to know. Thanks.
@@Cameraville Far things are rendered in a low quality, and gradually as you get near, they get rendered in a higher and higher quality
@@uninable Thanks! Yes I learned a little bit about this when seeing the updates to the new UnReal Engine. Although if his game is already built at a certain scale, I assumed it cannot support detail at a comparatively microscopic level, hence my suggestion.
At least in architectural 3d design, I can only have precision to a certain mm or degree of. If I needed to build a whole neighbourhood onto a dinner plate in the existing kitchen, I just could not. I would have to scale up the size of the existing house and character (airplane).
A transition through the clouds could provide a city which is the same in-program diameter as the existing earth - where showing them both at once would not work.
Sorry I know concepts but do have personal experience outside of sketchup :D
it's beautiful, sebastian! I love the quality of this, the choice of music and choice of the amount of detail and the gameplay ideas, everything!
How relaxing is your voice! Lovely and clear and wonderful work. Thank you.
This is incredible!
Barji
What up Barji
Hi barji
ye, its relaly cool to learn about maps and stuff
Cool to see you here!
My suggestion is the following: Add small city attractions, like a small Christ the Redeemer over Rio de Janeiro, a small Eiffel Tower over Paris or a small Taj Mahal over Agra for example.
Maybe one for every country, that would take a ton of time though, so a few per continent would already be amazing
@@rafexrafexowski4754 Maybe the 7 Wonders of the World?
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@@rafexrafexowski4754 Probably not one for every country, considering some countries are far larger than others; so places like the Gold Coast would get cluttered with a lot of landmarks, while North America would be virtually empty. You could probably just do a select few landmarks per continent, than ones per country, so people can see more than one landmark for countries if they were large enough, such as seeing both Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Winter Palace in Russia, or Mt Rushmore as well as the Empire State Building in the US
It would, however, indicate player's exactly where to aim if one of these cities was the objective. One could make the prop spawn after a successful landing, though.
Your first video in this series was the first video i found of yours and now 6 hours later im still watching and every video has me in tears reminding me of all the amazing reasons why when i was 6 and played halo CE and stepped off of the escape pod... i was awe struck and in tears as i immedeatly knew with certanty what it is that i love to do and what my goal and reason in life is... to make compelling virtual works that i want to get lost in and explore. Youve reignited that lost spark in me in a way i havent felt in a decade since collage, and its the most wonderful feeling immaginable. Thank you for everything you have been making. You have truely given me exactly what i have needed to rediscover my real true passion and love in life. Thats more valuable to me than anything else. Thank you so much.
thank you so much for this series. i started watching a few days ago and just finally found the time to watch this third vid. you're really cool and these videos and this game is really calming. the soundtrack is amazing as well.
i don't code, the best i can do is Scratch, but i really like watching technology videos, coding included, and thank you so much for sharing the amazing experience of doing something you enjoy. you made this week mean a lot to me as im having a tough year and i hope you will stay safe and all the best in future endeavours.
love from singapore.
i would also like to include that you making this available to all and sharing the joy and good vibes make you an amazing person. thanks once again.
This is mad amounts of fun to play. It is, however, revealing significant gaps in my geographical knowledge... missed my first city by 5700km...
incredible
are you an american perhaps?
Haha, not even! I live somewhere most other people would also miss by 5700km...
@@michaelwesten4624 americans just have a more pronounced lack of geographical knowledge. Its not weird to not know the specific name of a town across the world imo.
@@michaelwesten4624 As an American, I resemble that remark.
I love how happy he sounds in all of his videos, it makes everything so relaxing and easier to follow.
Yeah, it sounds like he’s always smiling while he talks. It’s one of those things you can hear is someone’s voice
he talks like a clown
Your voice is like a soothing hug; I've been really sick for a few days and this video has made me feel so calm. Keep being amazing!
Following the evolution of this project has reinvigorated enthusiasm in my own. Love your deviations when your curiosity takes over, and the humour!
Legendary Seb at it again. 😌
I would of liked an alternate speed control where going higher increases speed and lower slows you down. Boosts adjust max altitude.
making my projects seem so insignificant
(joke)(kinda)
Here's a suggestion: You could make the balloons do a popping animation when you fly through them
Also: It would be nice if you could rotate the cardinal directions when in the overhead view, or if north was always up
Yess, was thinking the same thing. Mainly to indicate whether you have hit the hot air balloon or not, but also for the nice satisfying visuals.
I would prefer making it go down and disapear as it would be more realistic.
and a wilhelm scream sound
Yesss and a nice popping sound.
Like a bubble that pops
Amazing. You make it sound so simple with your calm voice!! Thanks for sharing!
I am fascinated by your work. You amaze me with every project and give me the inspiration to try and do this stuff on my own. I am a game developer for three years now and I have been itching to do awesome things for my game as you do. Thanks for the great content and keep up the good work!
For the competitive mode; How about a timer that increases based on the precision of deliveries you make? Like, a perfect delivery adds on another 30 seconds, an average gives you 10 and so on. The timer could also get harder and harder to fill up over time, making it so that after a while only the best use of your knowledge, path making and boost mechanic can keep the run alive. There could even be a global leaderboard based on stuff like time or score, and achievements such as dropping a package in every country. Something else i think would be a really nice touch is a selection of planes you could buy for the money you earn delivering packages. I think it’d be a really cool way of giving you a feeling of progression in the game, and just generally neat (i like planes) :)
17:26 “What this game is currently missing the most is hot air balloons.”
*our-house-chore-superhero-needs-a-cape flashback intensifies
_super chore maa-aaa-AAAN_
_super chore man_
This is really awesome, thanks for sharing the process too, inspiring stuff
I literally have no idea how you have done anything in this video an dim absolutely fascinated. Thanks.
Hey, I think it'd be really cool if lower or higher speed was actually dictated by your flight height! So to speed up, you fly higher, giving you more view as well, and to slow down you fly lower, which also helps you to aim your packages. I think this would also remove the need for a speed HUD element, since your height is a visual indicator, but there's boost to consider, of course
what if I like flying low at speed?
@@notlegal99 turbulence. and you break no-fly laws. and you hit a mountain.
Jokes aside, I mean that's definitely a consideration. Maybe people enjoy flying high, at a slow pace, maybe people want to buzz London and give PTSD to old people, it's much of a muchness
I had this exact thought! One problem though, as NotLegal mentions, is flying low at high speeds or (in my case) flying high at low speeds. Imagine you want to keep some distance from the planet and just cruise along, watching the sun slowly rise above the earth. If speed is bound to altitude, you can't! At those heights you're zipping along! That said though, it _is_ a nice little simplification, and I think the tradeoffs are worth it. Maybe a setting to turn it off gives the best of both worlds :)
This was my thought exactly. For a simple game just fly higher and you will go faster.
This makes no sense for an airplane and it's more like rockets and orbits but it seems intuitive to me for a game.
It's so fun just seeing everything coming together, and the simple jokes used here always keeps me hooked on the video.
Another fun part is showing that bugs exist, and not being afraid to hide them is really a great touch, it's always hilarious seeing when things do not work properly, it can create some weird and hilarious results!
Thanks for another video!
Adding scoring comparison tables will entice the players to play and learn more.
Also some places to go to refuel or repair the planes . And some different planes and skins and money system to upgrade them. You get the money with missions and spend on skins and fuel upgrades etc etc
May be adding the country flags or some minimal optional info of the regions visited will add more knoledge to the users.
Cheers. Nice skills and creation. Congrats.
This is so cool, it made me wanna continue a project i started long back,
Seeing you is truly inspiring
Hi Sebastian,
Maybe you could try adding a game mode where it shows only the flags instead of the country name, and you would have to find the right place from the flag
That idea is super cool!
@@marmeia8207 :)
That’s actually an incredible idea
And to be harder the balloons wouldn't have the flags on them
Cough cough Indonesia and Monaco cough cough
Dude that's awesome! Great way to learn geography, too.
Some ideas:
- Start out as a bird (carrier pigeon?) in the city -- maybe London, Moscow, NYC... whatever you find interesting.
- Upgrade to balloon: faster, can now deliver to neighboring cities.
- Upgrade to airplane: still faster, can now deliver to neighboring countries.
- Upgrade to jet: still faster, can deliver globally.
- Upgrade to rocket/spaceship: Interplanetary/interstellar delivery.
Could add a fuel mechanic -- the faster you fly, the more fuel you burn
Too flash game esque
Oh fun!!!
Yoooo nice idea
Adding some more ideas to the pot:
- Collecting packages by flying through a hoop attached to a "mail service" balloon instead of flying through the balloon itself;
- Levels are a great idea, but please allow me to refine it a little bit:
= EARLY LEVELS: Carrier pidgeon on a capital city / Pelican on a coastal city.
Deliver letters on envelopes;
= FIRST UPGRADE: Balloon.
Deliver small packages throughout the state or province with chutes.
Can carry up to 3 packages. Unlocks a new mission: Sightseeing (take a couple of lovers to enjoy a romantic sightseeing trip)
= SECOND UPGRADE: Single prop plane.
Can carry up to 3 packages and deliver nationwide.
Consumes fuel, thus requires refueling mechanics (fuel pickup? landing?).
Unlocks Sightseeing and Skywriting missions.
= THIRD UPGRADE: Twin prop plane (visually similar to a Beechcraft King Air).
Can carry up to 4 packages.
Deliver nationwide and to neighboring countries.
Consumes slightly more fuel than the single prop plane.
Unlocks a twin prop firefighter plane and Skydiving missions.
= FOURTH UPGRADE: Jetplane.
Capable of iInternational deliveries.
Can carry up to 5 packages.
= EXTRA: Space Shuttle
Deliver a satellite to Earth orbit / deliver supplies to the ISS
Timed mission
= EXTRA: Space probe
Collect photos from the surface of other planets in the Solar System
= EXTRA: Spaceship
Help settlers on the Moon and other planets
...and so on
That should be a story mode
Where to start... Very very very cool! I have banged my head at a lot of your challanges and quite often gave up and went with a quick fix (though it was usually for an artistic job, nothing real-time). The style, content and really cool code solutions made me watch it all!
That was very pleasant to watch. I'm gonna try out the game now, thanks for creating something so beautiful and making it open-source
I just saw the notification and I was like
"He's back!"
Honestly I love your videos, thanks for making them!
Literally same lol
@@VeganSemihCyprus33 ... What?
@@VeganSemihCyprus33 bro shut up
You should make the speed loosely related to altitude, so the higher you are, the faster you can go. And slowing down allows you to get lower and be more accurate with your air drops.
That is indeed a good idea but the effect is the other way around, since Earth is a sphere, the higher you are, the longer the distance is.
@@paulmusical1344 the distance might be longer, but if you adjusted the speed (higher altitude -> less air resistance -> greater speed) you could easily compensate for the effect you're talking about.
Agree with this one. A game has its own logic - going higher means you can cover more of the globe faster (with less resolution) and going lower means you go slower (with higher resolution). That mechanic fits with other classic games where you get to explore one part of a world in detail and when you leave it, you get a more comprehensive, but less detailed map.
@@AllanEdwin It could also be implemented that the Earth's own rotation takes more effect the higher you fly. Flying the same direction as the rotation of the planet would increase your flight time vs flying opposite.
My name
I love your videos about this (passion) project. It was funny, witty and dang interesting with all the lines of code.
I am honestly amazed by your work
Maybe instead of doing whole cities you could do a landmark in 3D for a few major cities in every county. Like the giant Jesus statue for Rio or the White house for Washington DC or the Eiffel Tower for Paris or a giant Volcano for Fuji. I think you get my drift, hopefully. That would help mark some key cities and add what I think would be really sweet visual additions!
I agree!
I thought the same thing!!!
It would be cool if they were really tiny too, so you really had to pay attention to see them
Would be super cool to even extent on this and have links to wikipedia about the specific landmarks, so you could do some more learning for the curious!
@@soop8765 How are you gonna click a link while flying a plane? You'll crash!
I love the map and the stars and the sunset and how relaxing the whole thing is. If I were to suggest improving one thing, just one thing, is to make the balloons pop instead of fading. Not realistic perhaps, but something with confetti and some satisfying sound to let you know that you "got it". It doesn't feel like it happened when you fly through one.
seconding
Well, I've actually just stumbled across this randomly. But man, I'm honestly impressed by the way you did this. I mean, the thought you put into this, the way you've explained things, how you've found simple solutions for annoying things. All that In such a calm way! Well done sir, well done.
Brilliant! I have no clue about programming and game development but I truly enjoyed this video and learned a lot! Thank you for your efforts!
I'm loving this series!
Oh, would be interesting if during a night flight, going through the sea (where there is zero light pollution), the stars would shine brighter.
Maybe, combined with constellations and all...
Since he has the city lights he could dynamically figure out the light pollution so there's the same effect over less populated areas as well as over the sea
@@Hubcat_
Yeah! Well thought!
I hope it isn't too much work to the point of not being worth it... would make the game look even more alive!
I thought the game was cool before but the aesthetic updates make it look really great!
Some potentially cool features for this platform:
- A survival mode where you collect balloons to refill a meter or something
- Pickups/powerups/collectibles
- Customizations to the plane
- A plague inc. style news/event system with different things happening around the world
been playing it for a few weeks now, a great expirience!!!
its a very fun way to take a 15 min break from my day.
You are one of the geniuses of youtube. And besides your intellect, I'm envious of your soothing voice
Sebastian voice's sounds like he's smiling all the time doing those videos! And all your videos made me smile all the time as well! So thanks for that!
The "local" mode could be made accessed by flying into the said city on the world map. For example, for big, "accessible" cities you could add points on the map indicating that you could zoom in on them.
Change this to a war game where you are a bomber and you need to fly to city's and military locations
What a great result!
Thanks for sharing your experience.
One year since the release of this video and its still amazing
Brilliant! Humble suggestions:
1. If you want to combine cities and the globe, players could fly down toward a city (through a cloud transition) and fly up again to return to the globe.
2. Rather than ramming hot-air balloons, use the stranger-than-fiction Fulton Skyhook.
3. Add other things to the sky like little RC planes, 🎈party balloons, hang gliders/parapenting, individual birds like albatross and boid flocks. If you hit one you slow down, the opposite of boosting.
4. Add satellites in a shell above the player, probably only visible at the curve of the earth.
5. Make the pick-up / drop-off arrows color coordinated. Blue for pickup and red for drop-off or something similar.
Re: 2, Thats what I thought right off the bat when he put the ships in the game, having the boats Fulton him packages if you fly over them
16:20 You're not only thinking the different star colors give them a nice feeling of depth! Due to the slight difference in index of refraction for red and blue light the eye actually has to focus slightly in front or behind the screen in order to get the best focus of a single dot, depending on the color. The effect is minimal, but noticeable if you pay attention to it, especially in a red-blue, high contrast image.
I'd noticed a similar effect in VR and always assumed it was some artifact of of the subpixel arrangement on the display. It might be that, but I'd never considered it could be anything like chromatic aberration in my eyes...
Can't even begin to understand how much work and thought was put into the game. I'm trying to slowly understand the whole video by pausing and googling the terms you mention.
I know how much effort it takes to build a project and have absolute respect for people who make such amazing projects
0:10 The Nepal looks soo beautiful. I really impressed by your work.
Awesome game!
I bet an aurora effect around the poles would look awesome if it could be pulled off
Now that's cool.
*One idea you could implement is that for major “target” cities, there is some kind of portal you can enter that ‘zooms in’ into the city scape view you’ve made. Sort of like a personalized city challenge. Different cities could have different requests, too, which is where the skywriting and such would come into play.*
interesting idea... sort of like a sub level
Maybe if you're close enough to the city and you drop, then you'll get the opportunity to deliver even more precisely using the city scape.
For example, delivering the package right on top of the Eiffel tower.
After they drop, or if the user flies to the edge of the city without dropping, the view goes back to the planet view.
Maybe when you get transported into the city scape you become an soaring eagle, pigeon or the like :) . Just on the idea of scale and for something fun.
I was thinking this too! Great idea
I love your content, it’s genuinely satisfying and calming🙏🏽❤️
Hey Sebastian!
Your work is full of a wholesomeness and sweetness we don't see in games anymore. The result is heartwarming and lovely to say the least. Brings me back to the simpler times of my chidhood
I like thy sky-writing idea a lot! You can implement it as a bonus mission - lets say you are tasked to communicate with astronauts on the ISS, f.e. their loved-ones want to send them a brief message in their language. This way you can both use writing legible from top-down position and various languages.
Fantastic idea! Also gives him an excuse to model þe ISS
@@XenoTechnian thorn isn't going to catch on. quit embarrassing yourself for attention
When he talks he always sounds like he's smiling and it makes me feel comfortable.
to me it's really disturbing, it feels like he's constantly condescending - I had to turn off the audio after a while, unbearable for me, great content tho
@@LucaDelBianco tf...
@@LucaDelBianco he said it makes him feel comfortable, not uncomfortable
@@lioplimusic lul good point, I feel the total opposite so I misread it!
@@LucaDelBianco fair enough lol
Wow!! Sebastian, it is so satisfying to play this game😍well done m8!
I absolutely adore this game. Just finished obsessing over the geography quizzes in Sporcle and this is a fun way to implement and expand on that knowledge. Absolutely amazing. If I were going to change something I would make the map always be oriented north but that is no biggy. I love playing this game. It's almost like meditating to be honest.
“Imagine a plane at the center of the sphere, uh not that kind of plane”
I did not expect that and god damn was it golden
I laughed so loud on that one that I not only scared the dog but also my wife.
here are some suggestions i have:
Gameplay:
1- a height meter; idk how practical this is but since the plane can go up and down i thought it might be helpful for players to have a height meter next to the speed meter.
2- a hint system (or easy mode); this game look like it could do well with little kids, and it would be very beneficial for them as well. the hint system (or easy mode) works by adding a point on the compass that will lead you to the drop-off location, or by text, such as saying "it's a country that boarders Germany" or "it's a country in western Europe" etc..
3- country mode; this might be a pretty big side project and may take months to finish. as you showed the paris example we could have a large scale map where we could fly over a specific country and drop off packages on cities rather than countries. but this should be on certain countries only, such as USA, Canada, France, Germany etc; since the world map data could be very limited to this matter.
visuals:
1- auroras
2- an occasional space shuttle leaving earth
3- shooting stars
4- world famous landmarks such as, Eiffel tower, pyramids of Giza, burj Khalifa, statue of liberty, Christ the Redeemer, Taj mahal etc... that stick out of the terrain. they shouldn't stick out too much, but should at least be visible. idk how this could effect night view tho since a landmark could overlap the lights.
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That's a very nice suggestion!
I appreciate you putting so much time into this. Good ideas
I hope the 3rd suggestion became real!
I don't think people would like it if for example when you have to drop off a package to Poland, a hint would say "it's a country in eastern Europe"
I've just played the game. I LOVE it! So cool, relaxing and fun to play.
I love watching your videos, they're so inspiring and beautiful!
I almost dont want to watch this yet because once I do its over. These videos are the most cozy calming enjoyable videos on the web. Please make more cute little games like this.
Really interesting, it's looking very refined now! Well done Sebastian.
Thanks!
I don't know how relaxing playing this would be, but your videos are always relaxing themselves
Omg, your work is so impressive!
The game looks amazing! Some feedback though, when you collect a hot air balloon rather than having it fade away I feel there should be a satisfying sound and particle effect for the balloon disappearing.
One idea would be to have a disappearing cloud effect where it poofs into a cloud. Or another where the plane pokes a hole in the balloon and you see it shrink and fall
You change your entire rendering method and it's fine. I change a variable name and lose my entire project. Fantastic work as always.
Thanks for this little gem @SebastianLague, downloaded in May 2022 and still one of my fav pastime. Runs flawlessly on my M1 Mac and it seven upports a Xbox controller.
Better than most games on Apple Arcade, no doubt! Keep up the great job!
This is fantastic! Great work!