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Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Trampolines, Physics, Somersaults, Oh My!

http://www.gamesetwatch.com/tramp.jpg Thanks to Tim 'Walaber' Fitzrandolph for mailing us about his most interesting new PC title: "I have created a game called "Walaber's Trampoline", which is a 3D trampoline simulation game, where the player controls an athlete jumping on a trampoline, performing gymnastics maneuvers."

He claims, somewhat loopily: "The game has a "Tony Hawk" vibe to it, which I think is obvious in the official game trailer hosted on YouTube", also noting: "The game features realistic trampoline and crash physics, and multiple game modes that give it a polish and depth beyond many freeware sports games."

The game uses the Newton Game Dynamics system for physics, and the official description sketches out: "Utilizing an unique control scheme using only 7 buttons, players can perform almost every move possible on the trampoline- including multiple flips and twists in different positions." It's actually a pretty cool alt.gaming idea, and we look forward to experimenting with it - if we were less politically correct, we'd suggest a Man Show license might be in order.

Comments

Looks feature rich and fun. If I had more bandwidth I'd be playing it.

this game is friggin sweet. I've been playing it like mad. I've gotten to the second competition stage at the mall, and its pretty tough. Its probably taken me 10 hours to get there. Way to go walaber!

Can anyone send me the link for the ogre 3d thing coz i cant get that to work

i want a trampoline

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