I whipped up a 3d model of our favorite vehicle, and did some renderings. They’re sized perfectly to serve as a new thumbnail here on Gamejolt, but I’m not sure exactly which view to use…

Here’s the first three if you’re interested:

http://postimg.org/gallery/31b6wtfku/509228f9/

The left one was the first render, the middle one was the second, and the one on the right I doubled the quality settings and changed the lighting a little bit. I’m not convinced on any of these, I will most likely grab the grass texture from the actual game and possibly some other refinements.

But please, Give me your opinions.

Also, It wouldn’t be a true news update if I didn’t tell you what I’m planning. In the few seconds of free time I do have I’m adding small things. There will be a text box in the pause menu, and if you type in the right code it’ll unlock a special feature; Like changing the color of your tractor. I’ll post the codes here on gamejolt and/or whatever else. Why not just have the things unlocked straight away then? Because its an awesome feeling punching in a secret code and making your tractor do something the others cant. There will most likely also be little notes in secluded areas around the map - each one with a code on it.

So then, what can these codes unlock? Well, maybe the color red, or yellow, maybe blue, or most likely a set of sliders so you can change it to whatever you want. Even black. Man, that would be cool.

Missiles can be unlocked this way. We don’t want to trust just anyone with our missiles now do we?

Same goes for flying tractors…

There really are a lot of possibilities here. A top hat? How about a controllable scoop? A minion AI from the soccer map?

So far color changing is working happily, I’ve got plans for everything else but have yet to implement it.

Sleep well,

~Navi

Update: I’ve changed the thumbnail just for the novelty of it, But please I would still love some opinions on what looks good. Even recommend another light setting or render angle. Anything is good.