Hello everyone.
We have quite a number of things to talk with you about in today in our last post of 2017. We believe 2018 will be a very exciting year! Flashing Lights will enter Early Access and by the end of the year we hope to have implemented many of the suggestions from the community.
But let's get this year out of the way first and tell you what we've been working on for the last couple of weeks.
First Person Driving View
With a simple press of a button, you'll be able to switch back and forth between third person and first person driving view.
Of course, this is still very muck work in progress with the spedometer not working right now and some of the art is still placeholder while we begin our work in securing artists. But it already makes driving much more exciting, even when involved in some crashes!
The mirrors also work, as you can see from video evidence of the patrol car being rear ended by a civilian!
The In Car Computer
Some of you may have noticed the chunky PC screen inside the patrol car. We're actually very pleased with this system and hope that it makes a lot of sense to players who want to operate the PC while driving.
Simply when in the car you can press the Shift key and this will create a cursor in the bottom right corner of the screen. This means that you can operate the PC by gently moving your viewpoint up or down while core focus is still on the road. It takes a bit of getting used to but it is very intuitive to use.
AI Drivers
And lastly as part of today's update we have also been working on AI drivers. They can use all of the roads for the new map.
They do right now have some lightning quick reflexes and are by no means complete. There is still quite a bit of work to do as some particularly nasty accidents can also occur at times.
So that's it for todays post, we hope that you join us into the new year when development will really start to ramp up. We'll have new artwork to share, new features and of course the games first release as a Early Access title.
We thank every one of you for the support and if you want to continue to support the game and be the first to find out any news, make sure to wish list the game on Steam.
From all of us, happy holidays and here is to a spectacular new year!