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[aeiowu]

hmmm, maybe i'll change that wheel. I should note though, the bike _does_ have pedals and they are animated.

If you're on FGL, friend "intuition" up and you can play the game.

[mcc]

A thought, it seems to me the bicycle is clearly a bicycle if you already know it's a bicycle. Maybe the solution is to find some excuse to have the bike be shown in profile for a split second before the game starts (or start with an animation of the "camera" zooming from street view up to birds-eye-view while remaining trained on the bicycle)? Um, I don't know.

[aeiowu]

A thought, it seems to me the bicycle is clearly a bicycle if you already know it's a bicycle. Maybe the solution is to find some excuse to have the bike be shown in profile for a split second before the game starts (or start with an animation of the "camera" zooming from street view up to birds-eye-view while remaining trained on the bicycle)? Um, I don't know.

good point, that's actually how you start the game currently.

[fucrate]

A thought, it seems to me the bicycle is clearly a bicycle if you already know it's a bicycle. Maybe the solution is to find some excuse to have the bike be shown in profile for a split second before the game starts (or start with an animation of the "camera" zooming from street view up to birds-eye-view while remaining trained on the bicycle)? Um, I don't know.

good point, that's actually how you start the game currently.

Yeah, the game starts with the bike on the ground clearly identifiable.  When you hit a button it pops up into the view shown in the trailer.  Hopefully that's enough to get the point across, not that it really matters that much in the end anyway

[aeiowu]

i posted a wee [more like "huge"] write-up on my experiences trying to find a sponsor for Fig. 8. Check it out if you're interested. Some tips for flash devs trying to find sponsorships...

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=7647.0

[Constance]

This is a really cool idea. I love the art direction.