The Voice of Oddie

[thevoiceofoddie]

Discord Server (18+)

Decided to make a discord server for SKWT dev. Marked as 18+ despite there being no NSFW content, mostly because I want it to be a space for adults

Check out the Sixfour Kart: World Tour (+18) community on Discord - hang out with 16 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

[thevoiceofoddie]

Blog hiatus, sorry

Hey, sorry I missed POTW and Character Spotlights, just been a rough few weeks. Posts will continue once I can get into the mood for it again

[thevoiceofoddie]

Character Spotlights #4 - Rudy

Here's one racer that could put you in a trance! Rudy is an Alolan Vulpix from the Arcadia region, and probably the cutest racer on the roster! Don't be fooled, though, as a Jet class character he could slip by unnoticed and blitz the competition! (If they're not already busy being flirted with by him...)

SPEED............................★★★★★★★★★ ACCELERATION..........★ WEIGHT.........................★ HANDLING....................★★★★★★★★★

(Rudy is owned by yummieramenz. Art by me.)

[thevoiceofoddie]

Pic of the Week #5

Driving over certain bodies of water will cause a propeller to spring out from the back of your kart, allowing you to drive over water! This is usually signified by a sign before a segment of a course with a mode change.

(Baylene belongs to Mr. Diamond. (18+) Sage and Biggs belong to me.)

[thevoiceofoddie]

Character Spotlights #3 - Bianca

Believe it or not, this is one of the two Biancas in Sixfour Kart World Tour. This Bianca is a Zoroark who is laid back and is often seen relaxing, but will not pass up the opportunity to make sarcastic and often times vulgar remarks. She joins the World Tour Grand Prix once she recieves an invitation in the mail from an unknown sender.

SPEED............................★★★★★★★ ACCELERATION..........★★ WEIGHT.........................★★★★★★★★★ HANDLING....................★

(Bianca is owned by @eternazrael. Art by me.)

[thevoiceofoddie]

Bewitched Boardwalk Preview!

Just put up a preview for SKWT, go check it out!

[thevoiceofoddie]

Pic of the Week #4

Command your air movements with the Air Trick! In the air, press the DRIFT button to perform a stunt in the air. The type of stunt you'll do varies with the direction you hold on the control stick. You can trick as many times as you want in the air!

(Nova belongs to me.)

[thevoiceofoddie]

Character Spotlights #2 - Ivoria

Gentle, but teasy when she wants to be, Ivoria is a college student and the sister of Feye the Mega Absol. Entering into the World Tour Grand Prix allows her to show off what she can do!

SPEED............................★★★★★ ACCELERATION..........★★★★★ WEIGHT.........................★★★★★★★★★ HANDLING....................★

(Ivoria is owned by Eclipsis. (18+) Art by me.)

[thevoiceofoddie]

Pic of the Week #3

These racers are about to fall! Luckily, the bungee cord found in Solarbeam Jungle saved them. This setpiece will make it seem like you're about to fall, only to launch you right back up!

(Hinomaru and Namijin belong to me.)

[thevoiceofoddie]

Character Spotlights #1 - Akira

Every Monday will be a Character Spotlight day! On these days, I'll pick a random character from SKWT to highlight.

Akira Hayashi is one of the main stars of SKWT. Having experienced many adventures prior, he steps up to join the World Tour Grand Prix after receiving a mysterious invite in the mail. Akira is a rather balanced character, making him perfect for beginners!

SPEED............................★★★★★★ ACCELERATION..........★★★ WEIGHT.........................★★★★★ HANDLING....................★★★★★

(Akira belongs to me. Art by me.)

[thevoiceofoddie]

Pic of the Week #2

When the heat of Grand Prix racing gets too hot, feel free to take a break and cruise at your own pace by going into Free Play mode. In this mode, you can visit any of the courses you've previously been to, allowing you practice, learn the layout, and potentially find secrets.

(Az belongs to @eternazrael)

[thevoiceofoddie]

Introducing, a potentially game-breaking feature!

Influenced by the recent Mario Kart World, the Charge Hop is an ability that lets you charge up a jump! This allows for you to get some height and maybe take some creative shortcuts. Can't pass Tripwires with it though.

Pros!

-Extremely satisfying to use

-Could open up interesting movement options

-Just overall looks cool

Cons

-Possibly will break certain setpieces, as they were designed before this

[thevoiceofoddie]

Pic of the Week #1

Here's a new thing I'm doing here as a way to showcase screenshots! Every Wednesday I'll showcase a new screenshot of Sixfour Kart World Tour.

Never pass up the opportunity to intimidate your opponents! As you pass someone, hold the LOOK BACK button and you'll glare at whoever you passed.

(Sandy is owned by RedfernTheCynicalPhox. (18+) Beau is owned by SpeedBumpVDrop. (18+))

[thevoiceofoddie]

A rather unfortunate bug...

So I've been testing Shield Scaling a bit more, and noticed that it's currently extremely buggy. Well, for bubbles, at least. Testing it on a netgame allows the player to hit someone from across the map with it, and that's no fun. So I'm forced to essentially remove shield scaling for bubbles from the game and just make the shield sprites themselves larger. It's not a very pretty fix, but I want to make sure its playable firsthand

[thevoiceofoddie]

THE SIXFOUR KART WORLD TOUR MEGAPOST

Oddie here, bringing you a pretty big post about Sixfour Kart: World Tour, a massive total modification of Dr. Robotnik’s Ring Racers with new tracks, characters, and a lot more under the hood changes. If you have already played Ring Racers most of this will be stuff you know.

= General Changes =

= Items =

First off, every single item in Ring Racers has been reskinned to fit the general aesthetic of SKWT. The list is below:

Rings - Coins

Orbinaut - Squirtle Shell

Jawz - Chewtle Shell

SPB - Turtonator Shell

Banana - Nanab Berry

Sneaker - Oran Berry

Rocket Sneaker - X-Speed

Super Ring - Stack ‘o Coins

Pogo Spring - Air Balloon

Hyudoro - Haunter

Eggmark - Fake Item Box

Ballhog - Bullet Seed

Proximity Mine - Blast Seed

Land Mine - Blast Trap

Drop Target - Bumper

Gardentop - Spinning Top

Flame Shield - Flame Charge

Bubble Shield - Bubble

Thunder Shield - Zenith Shield

Gachabom - Gyro Orb

Invincibility - Awakening Emera

Grow - Wishing Star

Shrink - Minimize Ray

Additionally, SKWT contains three items not seen in Ring Racers. These include...

= TORKOAL SHELL =

Meet the volatile cousin of the Squirtle Shell, the Torkoal Shell! This item which is based on the Black Shell from the Mario Kart Arcade games is a very hard but very rewarding item to use. When used, it functions similarly to a Squirtle Shell, though instead of causing normal damage, it explodes on contact!

= CRACKED WISHING STAR =

A returning item from the original Sixfour Kart that was axed for Ring Racers, the Cracked Wishing Star makes its return as a powerful last resort item! Upon usage, all drivers in front of the user will be stunned, shrunk, and prone to being wiped out when rammed into! It appears extremely rarely in the roulette, only when you’re very far behind.

= ICE SHARDS =

Ice Shards are used similarly to Blast Traps, they pop right out of your kart and land on the floor, and cannot be thrown forward. When someone runs over it, they freeze and start sliding along the course with zero control! In order to regain control, you have to mash the drift button to break free.

= Physics =

Not too much to see here, aside from adjustments to how slopes and water work. Slopes are much easier to climb now, and turning underwater feels a lot more loose.

= Characters =

SKWT’s character list is giant. So much so, that we can’t disclose how many characters are in the game yet. However, we do have tons of new and returning characters from the original Sixfour Kart, so be on the look out for that!

Also, shields will now properly scale with your character’s size. Previously, it would look awkward with how tiny a shield would look on a large character, so this change should hopefully bring some visual consistency!

= Race Mode =

SKWT contains three main race difficulties, and two unlockable ones.

Breezy - 50cc racing. Kick back and enjoy the sights!

Normal - Fast paced fun for everyone at 100cc. Are you up to it?

Brutal - Kick things up to 150cc with harder CPUs!

Nightmare (UNLOCK) - CPUs are at their best and will do anything to win!

Godhand (UNLOCK) - 200cc. This isn’t even remotely fair.

Grand Prix races have been significantly altered for Normal mode. CPU players will start to get better midway through the GP, keeping things challenging but still fair for newcomers. Your rival will also have the same item odds as you on Normal, but from Brutal onward, they’ll put up a fight!

= Closing Words =

Before I close off this post, I would like to showcase a few maps.

= Sixfour Raceway =

= Starlight Bridge =

= Sapphire Lake =

That’s about all I have for now, I will continue to showcase more gifs and screenshots as time goes on! Thanks for reading this, this is Oddie, out.

[thevoiceofoddie]

The Voice of Oddie

So, I'm not sure how often I'm going to use this, but I set up a blog to document development of my Ring Racers mod, Sixfour Kart World Tour. I'm hoping I can update it every once in a while, but if not, oh well.