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| T-Mobile commissioned this 3D racing game for their booth at a European tradeshow. The target platform for the game was the handheld Compaq iPAQ. |
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| The game itself was built using the Race3D engine, written entirely in Java by David Brackeen. The Jeode VM allowed us to port the game successfully to the iPAQ. |
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| Below is a screenshot from one of the game's three tracks. The game could be played using either the iPAQ's built-in arrow pad, or with a stylus applied directly to the touch screen. |
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| Players could choose from one of four 3D cars, each with different handling characteristics. Race3D is a sprite-based engine, meaning all images in the game are pre-rendered and then scaled dynamically to simulate a 3D environment. For more information on the Race3D engine, see the Snapple Speedway game description page. |
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| Each track has a unique background image that is scaled and animated to give the illusion of a much larger playing area in the game. The factory background below was cut at the last minute and never made it into the final game. |
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| T-Mobile iPAQ Race3D Credits |
- Lead Engineer: David Brackeen
- Artwork: Zachary Present
- Producer, Track Design: Tom Jacobson
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