#riding simulator

[procedural-generation]

4Ever Transit Authority

Another game that was originally made as part of the Slow Game Jam, 4Ever Transit Ride takes you on bus trips through procedurally-generated cities.

Your interaction with the city is indirect and at a distance: you can choose when to transfer to another line or how much to slouch in your seat, but the buildings will be forever out of reach. Yet they still feel a lot more concrete than many other outside-the-window decorations, which I suspect is due to the entire city being generated. Even if you’ll never be able to touch that tower in the distance, it’s still there, in the same relation to the other buildings, until you move on to the next town.

https://turnfollow.itch.io/4ever-transit-authority

[ourarabianaristocrat]

Racewood Riding Simulator

I had my first lesson on a Riding Simulator this morning.

Overall a good experience.

Pros:

*Your instructor is RIGHT THERE and can walk around you, touch you to remind you to move in certain ways and manually fix your position.

*It’s in a quiet room so it’s easy to concentrate. Certainly better in that way than trying to have a lesson in a arena full of other instructors, horses and riders as often happens at that particular venue.

*”Bonnie” is really consistent so if you give the right aids you WILL get the right result.

*”Bonnie’s” paces are smooth and she feels nice and round underneath you. Gives you a good feel for riding a collected and balanced horse.

Cons:

*The sensor for the canter leg aid is *really* far back. I wouldn’t be keen to develop a habit of applying such an exaggerated leg aid.

*Rein sensors are nowhere near sensitive enough. Instructor explained that if you were on a real horse and working on the bit you’d be feeling a fair bit of weight in the reins. However even on the educated horses I’ve ridden I’ve never had to apply anywhere near that amount of pressure. If you rode “Bonnie” a lot you’d end up learning to be quite heavy handed which is *not* something you would want.

*Learning on Bonnie you’re not going to develop the awareness and feel you need to be a good rider IRL.

Overall though, because my current goals are working on my position flaws and rebuilding my riding fitness it was a pretty good experience.

My hands (which were the main thing I wanted to work on) didn’t give me too many issues. I quickly started carrying my hands and softening my elbows. I need to work on my core (not swaying my back) and softening my ankles as I’m forcing my heels down rather than just sinking into them.