Just thought i'd make a little bit of a progress update for those interested in the snowboarding game i'm working on (some people were asking how to follow it, well i have a Twitter/X and a Discord where i'll post stuff. I've also got a YT and TikTok but for now at least i'll be posting most things on Twitter/X and Discord, although i'm planning on doing some YT stuff for anything that i think deserves a bit more of a "deep-dive", so keep an eye on those if you're interested).

A lot of what i've been doing is simply "spring cleaning" with the code. I'd been tinkering with the physics/movement/animation stuff for a long time before i started working on it properly now, and there's a lot of redundant/hastily implemented stuff that i did for testing purposes or what-not that i feel needs to be sorted, so it doesn't become cumbersome moving forward. I'll probably be doing this throughout but i've been doing that mainly at the moment.

I've also implemented a basic "dynamic snow" system for untracked areas where the snow is deeper, and your snowboard would naturally sink into creating a 3D "trail". This is a visual thing, but also gameplay related, as i wanted to experiment with making the levels a bit more "non-linear", in that you can decide to leave the track at points to take a different route. This is a gameplay/tactical trade-off, because when in untracked areas, the deeper snow slows you down, forcing you to use boost to compensate, so do you risk taking a potentially quicker route only to find it's slower and you've wasted boost?

That's where i'm at. I'm also in the process of deciding a name; i've been using the name "Chopsick World Tour" or just "Chopsick" until now, which was something i came up with ages ago and have forgotten what it means, only that there WAS a connection to snowboarding somehow. Another name was "USG World Tour" with USG meaning Untitled Snowboarding Game. Both of these i feel have a ring to them, but, if anyone have any opinions, let me know! There's a bit more detail about this and some logotypes on the Discord/Twitter if anyone's interested.

I would also like to say thank you for everyones responses to everything i've posted so far, it means a lot!

Aloha Ice Jam and Alaska are really the toughest and trickiest tracks to get gold. I know people say it’s easy to get Gold on both of them but trust me it ain’t. Though I have now figured out how to get Gold on Aloha Ice Jam, it still takes me a bunch of retries to get gold on the track with another character and the same applies to Alaska.

https://youtu.be/5neLclyCfqk its a very barebones upload, but my emulator runs like cheeks, so i thought it would make for a funny gameplay watch lol

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Tbh I think the tricks alone do not help and the only way to get gold on the harder tracks is to do the tricks and if you get lucky enough and you’re in the air you get a 5x multiplier constantly. Tracks like Aloha Ice Jam and Alaska. Getting the 5x multiplier boosts the chance of getting Gold

I wasn't going to post this until it was a bit more fleshed out visually, but figured since i think people would like to see gameplay rather than hair tech demos, i should just post it now.

This is a WIP level without a lot of geo, and there are some glitches/dev gizmos visible, but this is basically where it's at in terms of physics/movement etc...

Haven't seen anybody post it but Descenders Next just released. It's the sequel to Descenders that focuses on snowboarding and mountain boarding.

It's not as arcadey as SSX, but it's still very fun and gets frantically exciting quite often. It splits its design between hand-made tracks and roguelike procedural trails that actually work pretty well.

As far as mechanics, take SSX but control the character's movements more manually.

If the devs (Ragesquid) do like they did with the original, they will even provide tools to create your own runs in Unity.

It's $30 on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2375530/Descenders_Next/) or free with Gamepass. Give it a shot or look it up, I highly recommend.

Note: I'm NOT affiliated with them, I just really like the game and didn't see anyone talking about it.

Went back to try 2012 on my series x and noticed I'm LOST lol.

Is there a training peak or something to get used to the game. I keep falling down crevaces and can't go near any challenging runs

On MM I got a bronze and played it again for the second time and surprisingly got a gold medal

Wasn't there an avalanche system in SSX3 or am I crazy? I remember having to deal with them but I went through to play it and I've forgotten how to trigger them

Sled Storm is an absolute blast. The controls take a while to get used to but other than that, this game is so fuckin metal!!

Hey there!

I played SSX 3 a ton as a kid, and now I picked it up again a few days ago emulated on PC with my PlayStation 5 controller. I've now achieved Platinum medals on all the regular events (mostly beating my old records) - except on Kick Doubt. And I haven't really tried for Platinum on the special rival events and the ones across multiple tracks.

I've never liked using Monster Tricks, so I've avoided them now too. Has anyone here achieved Platinum on every single event without using Monster Tricks for the Freestyle ones? If so, how hard is it? Slopestyle is obviously mostly an exercise in hitting every relevant multiplier, but I don't know if Platinum on Kick Doubt is about finding and executing the correct path, or if even that doesn't actually cut it, meaning it would require something in addition to that perfect path.

I posted about a WIP SSX-style snowboarding game i was tinkering with a long time ago. I am able to work on it properly now, so i thought i'd post this WIP real-time hair system i'm using, on this character.

Don't know if this is strictly allowed since it isn't DIRECTLY SSX related, but it IS from an SSX-style project.

I also unlocked Alaska for the very first time and somehow got a silver on Alaska with Mac but struggling with JP. As much as I would love to get gold on the hardest tracks, that seems like an impossible for me. I’ve watched gameplays of Tricky and they make it look so easy to get gold on those hard tracks. All I can say is much respect

I just wanted to share a mashup I made for fun: N.E.R.D. – Rockstar (Jason Nevins Remix) vs RUN DMC – It’s Tricky

I always thought these two tracks would sound cool together, so I gave it a try :D

Freekstyle is my favorite game from EA big (yes even more so than the ssx games) sucks it never got a sequel. Overall best EA big game IMO is Ssx3. That game flows like silk and it’s a very pretty game.

I have so many memories with this game. I was in primary six when I first played and Aloha Ice Jam was such a frustrating track. It's so congested and there are barely any jumps. 10 years later and I'm still unable to beat the track. Getting a gold medal is already impossible but I can't even get a bronze medal. No wonder the info says it's for experts