{"id":5154,"date":"2018-06-06T13:49:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T12:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mechafatnick.co.uk\/?p=5154"},"modified":"2022-06-23T07:04:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T06:04:10","slug":"introducing-vector-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/2018\/06\/06\/introducing-vector-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Vector Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good while ago now I started a series of blog posts about my adventures with Unity. I quietly retired that series when it became obvious that writing about game development with clarity and precision was probably as hard as the development itself, but I kept squirreling away in the background experimenting with the game itself. Now, after plenty of hard work, early mornings and time away working on other projects, I&#8217;m finally happy to show you the results.<\/p>\n<p>I present to you: Vector Highway.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5173\" src=\"https:\/\/mechafatnick.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VH2-480x303.png\" alt=\"vector highway\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VH2-480x303.png 480w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VH2-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VH2-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VH2-768x485.png 768w, https:\/\/fatnickindustries.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VH2.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set on a straight (and decidedly abstract) stretch of computer-generated road, Vector Highway is a traditional arcade score chaser where the aim is to survive as long as possible. Featuring 16 looping sectors that contain a car with badly maintained tyres, exciting bonus rounds, unexpected surprises and a satnav having an existential crisis; Vector Highway is aims to provide all of the fun of a traditional arcade game without the need for a bag of 50ps or the risk of an invasion by puffy jackets.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s the catch? There is none! Built for the web, Vector Highway is completely browser based and can be played without downloading anything onto your machine. Go give it a try over on Itch.io here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/embed\/262922?bg_color=000000&amp;fg_color=19a901&amp;link_color=717171&amp;border_color=333333\" width=\"552\" height=\"167\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"margin-left:22%\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIf you like the soundtrack &#8211; which was built for traditional arcade sound hardware and written to evoke the experience of drifting between radio stations on a road trip &#8211; it is available for stream\/download: <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/gb\/i\/1383180222\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good while ago now I started a series of blog posts about my adventures with Unity. 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