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Hi everyone.

Only 4 days ago I started to work on an Space Taxi clone. I'm trying to mix old gameplay elements from the original Space Taxi + an Amiga PD clone (also called "Air Taxi") with some new gameplay ideas.

Version 0.2

• [ADDED] Taxi can bounce off pads
  [ADDED] Movement animation for passengers
  [ADDED] "Thanks" / "Thank you" sounds for passengers
  [ADDED] Basic Main menu & Splash Screen
  [ADDED] Sound when a level is completed
  [ADDED] City theme: Background traffic
  [ADDED] Gravity Balls ( currently not in use )
  [ADDED] Xbox Controller Support! (Warning, really difficult)
  [ADDED] Settings Menu
  [ADDED] Pause function

Future updates will include things like:

• - alot of code optimizations ( a huge mess o.o )
  - enhanced graphics / map design / animations
  - more & better sounds ( voice recorded by myself )
  - new gameplay elements ( like the gravity ball in Space Taxi (C64), laser beams, ...)
  - more levels ( aimed: 50-60 level // 4-5 different themes )
  - slopes [no idea how, help would be appriciated ]
  - highscores
  - music [help would be appriciated]
  - hopefully alot other stuff...

How to Play
Pick up passengers and take them to their destination. Earn money for each delivered passenger. Make sure you've enough gas. Take care when landing on pads, if you're to fast or you're landing outside of the grey area, your cab might gonna explode.

Controls
Space - lower landing gear
Arrow Keys - move
P - Pause

Controller:
A - lower landing gear
DPad / Left Stick - move
Start - Pause
Back - Restart from first level
B - Back to main menu


Download
Newest version: Previous version: As always, sorry for my bad english
Any bug report, advise or feature request is highly appreciated.

Nice game! Looking good so far. I did run in to a bug however:

Level 2
Collided with the thing that blocks you from entering level 3 (green laser)
Facing left
Landing gear up

Arrow keys don't work for me, only up arrow key for moving up, otherwise nothing else works. In other Love2D games no problems.

Jeeper wrote:Nice game! Looking good so far. I did run in to a bug however:
Level 2
Collided with the thing that blocks you from entering level 3 (green laser)
Facing left
Landing gear up

fixed, thanks.

dusoft wrote:Arrow keys don't work for me, only up arrow key for moving up, otherwise nothing else works. In other Love2D games no problems.

I guess I had to mention that, left and right movement is only possible when the landing gear is up.

Very cool, loved the graphics and it suprisingly difficult. Even on old hardware the game ran smoothly.

Very nice, I loved Space Taxi on the C64. Maybe my memory is a bit wrong, but it seems that your version is harder than the original one. I remember that the taxi could bounce a bit if you landed a bit too fast, here the taxi explodes very easily.

Or maybe I just suck.

Your memory is right however, this version is not intended to be an exact clone of the original Space Taxi so things gonna be different. i.e The pads in space taxi vary in size, in this version all pads are exactly the same size. But this could change in an future build.
For the bounce, I'm going to add some slightly bounce as warning that the taxi was a little to fast while landing.

Game Updated!
Time for an update. Changelog & download can be found in OP.
Next update is going to add some new levels and gameplay elements. Stay tuned.

Nice intro and menu! Unfortunately I did not get any further than that. As i pressed play, this happen:

Jeeper wrote:Nice intro and menu! Unfortunately I did not get any further than that. As i pressed play, this happen:

Thanks again There is a problem with the controller support.
I fixed it for the moment, but I have to change some code later.