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My Summer Car Game

172 points by pmcpinto 12y ago

blahedo 12y ago
There's something really wonderful about that 90s web aesthetic, as tacky and free of design sense as it is.
- glaberficken 12y ago
  I've been noticing that same transformation in my own perception of webdesign. As I become more and more jaded about web "3.0" flat this, paralax that, my font is bigger than your font bullshit, the more nostalgic I become about default browser styles and table layouts from the 90s. oh and the colours =)
  - PhasmaFelis 12y ago
    I miss when most content was there because someone thought other people might find it interesting/entertaining/useful, as opposed to because they wanted to drive daily pageviews.
s3cur3 12y ago
Reminds me of X-Plane in the old days (note the massive changelog on the home page): https://web.archive.org/web/20040203100812/http://www.x-plane.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20040203100812/http://www.x-plan... Clearly the passion project of one very detail-oriented developer.
- jmspring 12y ago
  X-plane is of course still around. http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/home/ http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/home/
jluxenberg 12y ago
The video on that page is worth watching, game itself is really impressive: https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M
hip911 12y ago
develop'per reminds me of Raikonnen! 5
sehugg 12y ago
So it's like the Dwarf Fortress of driving simulators?
hayksaakian 12y ago
drunk driving simulation too wow https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M?t=22m28s https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M?t=22m28s
- mcantelon 12y ago
  It's going to have saunas too. Insta-buy!
- joshuapants 12y ago
  Did the avatar say "perkele" after chugging the beer?
  - gulpahum 12y ago
    Yes of course.
- teamonkey 12y ago
  And the natural result: https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M?t=31m30s https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M?t=31m30s
jimbler 12y ago
I don't know if it's real, but it's awesome.
- mcantelon 12y ago
  Seems like it's real. The creator's put out a lot of videos of gameplay and development.
Xorlev 12y ago
I would play this. Incredible work, so much detail going into the actual car. I rather appreciated his dry humor in the YouTube video, it's worth the watch even at 60 minutes.
meshko 12y ago
This is the funniest video I have seen in my entire life and I saw some pretty damn funny videos about llamas.
- sebastianconcpt 12y ago
  The guy is hilarious yeah. A little bit too much beer too
xornor 12y ago
This will be the greatest art project ever about genuine finnish culture. Almost every finnish man has lived this fantasy in the summer when he was 18. It needs also small town with girls - if you are drunk enough and your music from stereos is louder than anyone else's, they will come to back seat of your car for the drive.
mikkom 12y ago
The pricing policy is great! http://steamcommunity.com/groups/mysummercar/discussions/0/617329150705025798/ http://steamcommunity.com/groups/mysummercar/discussions/0/6...
hcarvalhoalves 12y ago
Tweaking the car parts and putting bolts into place reminds me of an absolute DOS era classic called Hot Rod [1]. [1] http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/34/street+rod+2+-+the+next+generation.html http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/34/street+rod+2+-+the+next...
- xellisx 12y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzAdeySo0Xk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzAdeySo0Xk I miss Motor City Online.
- yaleman 12y ago
  I loved street rod so much... hard to reproduce it.
  - deleted 12y ago
    [deleted]
- qbrass 12y ago
  Gearhead garage, was based entirely around the assembly/disassembly aspect, with 3D graphics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75coXr23Pc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75coXr23Pc
smacktoward 12y ago
IMPLEMENTED: * Walking simulator * Car stereos with installable subwoofers * Camera to take photographs * Parts shop for spare parts and tuning parts * Does have graphics of some sort Priorities! :-D
Pxtl 12y ago
I love the sound of jingling beer bottles every time he closes the car door.
Geee 12y ago
It isn't shown in the video, but you have to put the whole car together from parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0TxB9rspI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0TxB9rspI Btw, the developer is the same guy who is known from the sports documentary (enable subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOjmGxK5EQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOjmGxK5EQ
- herdrick 12y ago
  In the first video he adjusted the valves with the valve cover off and the engine running ... did this madman simulate movement of the valves, cam, pistons, etc? To do it at the granularity needed to make that valve adjustment an organically arising need would be too computationally intensive I think. But how far did he go? Doesn't matter - this guy is great.
ptaipale 12y ago
Oh. Furry dice. I had never thought of the reason why people put furry dice in their rear mirrors - apart from knowing the "I know it's kitsch and I want it" part - but this triggered be to look it up. And according to study linked by Wikipedia, it's not even actually suggesting a reckless driving style: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8166776 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8166776
yorak 12y ago
Greg Anderson [1] from the Arcticstartup summed it up nicely: "My Summer Car ... is better described as bored Finnish guy in the 90's simulator." [1] http://arcticstartup.com/2015/04/14/my-summer-car-looks-like-a-masterpiece http://arcticstartup.com/2015/04/14/my-summer-car-looks-like...

My Summer Car Game

172 points by pmcpinto 12y ago

blahedo 12y ago

There's something really wonderful about that 90s web aesthetic, as tacky and free of design sense as it is.

glaberficken 12y ago
I've been noticing that same transformation in my own perception of webdesign. As I become more and more jaded about web "3.0" flat this, paralax that, my font is bigger than your font bullshit, the more nostalgic I become about default browser styles and table layouts from the 90s. oh and the colours =)
- PhasmaFelis 12y ago
  I miss when most content was there because someone thought other people might find it interesting/entertaining/useful, as opposed to because they wanted to drive daily pageviews.

s3cur3 12y ago

Reminds me of X-Plane in the old days (note the massive changelog on the home page): https://web.archive.org/web/20040203100812/http://www.x-plane.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20040203100812/http://www.x-plan... Clearly the passion project of one very detail-oriented developer.

jmspring 12y ago
X-plane is of course still around. http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/home/ http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/home/

jluxenberg 12y ago

The video on that page is worth watching, game itself is really impressive: https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M

hip911 12y ago

develop'per reminds me of Raikonnen! 5

sehugg 12y ago

So it's like the Dwarf Fortress of driving simulators?

hayksaakian 12y ago

drunk driving simulation too wow https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M?t=22m28s https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M?t=22m28s

mcantelon 12y ago
It's going to have saunas too. Insta-buy!
joshuapants 12y ago
Did the avatar say "perkele" after chugging the beer?
- gulpahum 12y ago
  Yes of course.
teamonkey 12y ago
And the natural result: https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M?t=31m30s https://youtu.be/r0IZ_TEzg7M?t=31m30s

jimbler 12y ago

I don't know if it's real, but it's awesome.

mcantelon 12y ago
Seems like it's real. The creator's put out a lot of videos of gameplay and development.

Xorlev 12y ago

I would play this. Incredible work, so much detail going into the actual car. I rather appreciated his dry humor in the YouTube video, it's worth the watch even at 60 minutes.

meshko 12y ago

This is the funniest video I have seen in my entire life and I saw some pretty damn funny videos about llamas.

sebastianconcpt 12y ago
The guy is hilarious yeah. A little bit too much beer too

xornor 12y ago

This will be the greatest art project ever about genuine finnish culture. Almost every finnish man has lived this fantasy in the summer when he was 18. It needs also small town with girls - if you are drunk enough and your music from stereos is louder than anyone else's, they will come to back seat of your car for the drive.

mikkom 12y ago

The pricing policy is great! http://steamcommunity.com/groups/mysummercar/discussions/0/617329150705025798/ http://steamcommunity.com/groups/mysummercar/discussions/0/6...

hcarvalhoalves 12y ago

Tweaking the car parts and putting bolts into place reminds me of an absolute DOS era classic called Hot Rod [1]. [1] http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/34/street+rod+2+-+the+next+generation.html http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/34/street+rod+2+-+the+next...

xellisx 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzAdeySo0Xk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzAdeySo0Xk I miss Motor City Online.
yaleman 12y ago
I loved street rod so much... hard to reproduce it.
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]
qbrass 12y ago
Gearhead garage, was based entirely around the assembly/disassembly aspect, with 3D graphics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75coXr23Pc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75coXr23Pc

smacktoward 12y ago

IMPLEMENTED: * Walking simulator * Car stereos with installable subwoofers * Camera to take photographs * Parts shop for spare parts and tuning parts * Does have graphics of some sort Priorities! :-D

Pxtl 12y ago

I love the sound of jingling beer bottles every time he closes the car door.

Geee 12y ago

It isn't shown in the video, but you have to put the whole car together from parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0TxB9rspI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0TxB9rspI Btw, the developer is the same guy who is known from the sports documentary (enable subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOjmGxK5EQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOjmGxK5EQ

herdrick 12y ago
In the first video he adjusted the valves with the valve cover off and the engine running ... did this madman simulate movement of the valves, cam, pistons, etc? To do it at the granularity needed to make that valve adjustment an organically arising need would be too computationally intensive I think. But how far did he go? Doesn't matter - this guy is great.

ptaipale 12y ago

Oh. Furry dice. I had never thought of the reason why people put furry dice in their rear mirrors - apart from knowing the "I know it's kitsch and I want it" part - but this triggered be to look it up. And according to study linked by Wikipedia, it's not even actually suggesting a reckless driving style: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8166776 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8166776

yorak 12y ago

Greg Anderson [1] from the Arcticstartup summed it up nicely: "My Summer Car ... is better described as bored Finnish guy in the 90's simulator." [1] http://arcticstartup.com/2015/04/14/my-summer-car-looks-like-a-masterpiece http://arcticstartup.com/2015/04/14/my-summer-car-looks-like...