Story Mode “Chapters 0 & 1” Update RELEASE!

With this update a lot has been included, here’s some patch notes:

> Your save file will be wiped > Changes to internal systems and progression made it inevitable. > Your records will be wiped as well, since… > All major vehicles have had their stats adjusted very slightly.

> Story mode is now available. > It works in a calendar system and features all events from 1st of December 2999, to 25 of January 3000 > The Story mode includes a lot of new features, here’s a few > Night races mode. ( adds a total of 6 tracks + reverse variants) > Story event races. ( total of 3 new tracks) > No-Go zones which totals 8 on-foot levels > All story exclusive racing content was added to the single races menu. > I’m still unsure of how to place those tracks into a tournament format so they only exist as single races for the time being. > Fully playable Shell (main character) third person gameplay, platforming and combat. > Note: Some special moves are more or less placeholders and this area of the game is very likely to change in the future. > Beware of some visual bugs. I intend to address them as other “chapters” (or more accurately, months) get released. > Lots of new music, including some arcade tracks as well. > There’s a cheat to skip the arcade mode tutorial, hold S, T, and U at the same time in the main menu until you hear a sound. > To unlock all of arcade mode, hold "U, L and K".

Developer note: All of this is extremely experimental, the story mode itself has been a major downsizing in scope since it was originally planned. Some areas of the game, like Shell’s apartment or his work have been fully modelled but remain un-used aside from a few cutscenes. Those places were intended to have some meaningful content as well but were cut as part of the general cut in the game’s scope. Regarding the story mode and the future of the game, I’m going to make a “ask me anything” thread in the discussions at some point. Remind me if I forget.