Developer posts and news about this game.
My plan for 2023 was to definitely release a new update for Downtown Drift... so now here we are one day before the year ends. Just in time! I had been quite bothered with the state of the game from the previous update. I made some pretty hard changes to the map design and overal
It has been a long time since the last update for Downtown Drift, also it has been quite some time since I had initially announced this update to come out... my bad. I suppose I've gotten a bit rusty when it comes to estimating how long the final stretch of an update can take. A
After having to postpone the initial release of Update 2.0, I unfortunately have no other choice than to delay its release once more. However, there are good news: the current state of the update is playable on the beta branch right now! The reason for the delay is that there are
Well well well... it has been awfully quiet around here for a while now, for a good reason: Downtown Drift hasn't seen an Update for almost 2 years. So finally, after a long hiatus, there will be a new Update coming this Friday Monday, the 27th 30th of May 2022 ! For a lot of rea
Downtown Drift Devblog #4 is out. Go ahead and check out what I am currently working on!
I am doing most of the development for Downtown Drift live on Stream now. If you want to drop by and see how I am working on the game and what I am doing, head over to my Twitch Stream . Streams will usually go from around 5pm-7pm CET. Sometimes might also go live sporadically wh
I believe this is long overdue, but there now is a Discord Server for Downtown Drift! I think it is important to create an easy and intuitive way for the community to get involved in the development process and give much needed feedback. So for anyone who wants to take an active
This Update introduces bonus multipliers. Also there is now a new tutorial track that focuses more on mechanics instead of pure information. Up until now each drift would increase the overall multiplier for all drifts coming after that. However its somewhat unrewarding for each d
Downtown Drift is going to be Free starting on the 13th of June 3PM PST! It has now been a little bit over a year since I have released Downtown Drift. This has been the first game I have published on Steam so I am very thankful for everyone that bought the game, seriously very m
In this Update I am adding some much need settings to the options menu including custom controls for both keyboard and controller and also introducing the dashboard with meters for speed and rpm. Over most of the past year a lot of complaints have been made specifically about the
In this Update I am adding some changes to the level design. In the past there has been a lot of complaints about the brightness in the game, which I try to fix as best as I can. Just increasing the brightness in general was no option cause it would completely destroy the visual
In this Update I am addressing most of the issues that have drawn my attention since the past update. Including Downtown Drift in the Jingle Jam 2019 (Humble Bundle) obviously drew a lot of attention to the game. First off, I am very grateful for being able to help out such a gre
In this Update I finally got to improve performance and reworked some design flaws I have noticed in the past. First off and most important: The game rules have changed! Before it was all about creating a highscore by drifting and police would try to chase you. If you hit anythin
In this Update I finally got to rework some visuals and fix some major bugs. The visuals have been a problem right off the start. Up until now the map was only made up of intersections, traffic lights, street lights and some grey cubes that were supposed to be buildings. My inten
In this Update I tried to fix some minor issues. One big complain with the game was the intense bloom. The Post processing has been adjusted with this update. The bloom has been reduced by 50%. Also some color grading has been changed to create a more realistic feel. The way how
This update includes quite a lot of changes. First off the new Tutorial Track: I included a written tutorial section in the main menu last update, but I feel like the average player does not actually care to take the time to read through it. So now I included a Tutorial Track whe
The first and most obvious problem I have noticed from launch is that the game gives no hints how to actually play. I have worked on a Tutorial section that explains different parts of the game through primarily text but also video sequences. I would love to get some feedback on
Here are all the changes for this Update: fixed Steam Achievements not working properly Best, ThatMadProgrammer
Since the rate at which you get points has been changed the leaderboard is going to reset for this Update. Here are all the changes for this Update: fixed options menu being disabled adjusted drift score multiplier from 1000 to 100 fixed an issue causing a new highscore not to be