Watermark

I have created a simple watermark, which will appear in the bottom right of screen-shots from this point onwards. I think there's nothing more frustrating than discovering a screenshot on the web and not knowing where it came from.

Mountain top Chalet

More work done on the housing last night. This time a mountain top Chalet. "Afro-boy takes to the descent with hair-a-wobbling".

That's just reminded me, all riders will have a flapping/wobbling animation triggered on the descents. I tried it without, and it was clear it just didn't feel thrilling enough.

Mountain Backdrop

Created a snowy mountain backdrop for the mountain stages. Also started on small details such as signposts and armco safety barrier as can be seen here. In this shot we have 3 layers. The clouds in the background, the mountains in the middle-ground and the road in the foreground. All move at different speeds, giving a nice parallax effect.

Finish Kite Animation

Another simple 6-frame animation. I remember seeing the energy sponsor "E.ON" on a kite once at the Tour of Britain. Thought I'd play with that idea and swap for "FIN". Not entirely sure why it's moving in the wind so much, as the rest of the game has no wind effects. Balls. I may have to re-look at it, but again for now it'll do. Actually quite pleased with how it turned out.