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- Modify: YES - Maintain: YES - I give permission for my entire submission to be modified by others or used in their own work. I give permission for my entire submission to be maintained by others as well.
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- Yes
- I named my file(s) correctly (see Filename Conventions)
- Yes
A new track from yours truly. Didn't start with a specific visual theme in mind as I started it as a prototype...and eventually turned that into the motif. And that's how that prototype track turned into Prototrack.
*The screenshot below has four ceiling decorations removed for the sake of clarity
WHY NOT IN ARCADEPAK?
Well...
1. Don't want to give ArcadePak an update that only adds this track and nothing else that's substantial either in visual polish, remakes, or at least two-three new maps instead of one.
2. What you see here does NOT have PlayerBot support yet.
3. In the case this track needs some polishing from the multiplayer testing I didn't get to do for it before release, I'll save server owners the hassle of SOCing it out from ArcadePak if they have it. Or if they just want this new toy, they can add this single file.
4. Shi-Springs integrated in the track make it incompatible with unmodified Record Attack unlike my other maps.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
January to the first week of April, chalk it up to choking with thesis. I actually started creating this to celebrate the fact that I passed my final defense after wanting to get back to mapping something again since ArcadePak 1.8 which was released near the end of 2022.
WHAT NOW?
Prototrack both as a concept and as a motif is "yeah I just wanna map something fun" personified, although I still apply myself as I can to make the tracks look well even if I rely in the flat colors instead of custom textures. But you are probably more than used to this if you have enjoyed my classic trackpack.
Currently this stands as a single release, but in the happening that I were to make more, Prototrack will turn into "Prototracks" for more new tracks in this style.
WHAT'S THAT SONG?
22kr_gabr_femur_mix, found it on The Mod Archive.
But...I did modify the song to be slightly longer with a slightly new segment and loop back earlier to the initial buildup instead of after it.
That's why it will say "+ custom extension" in the song credits in-game, and why it might sound different in-game than from the website/online version.
RING RACERS?
Shhh, no waking him up.
Someday. But until then, I hope you enjoy this gift I made while crawling out of my coffin, because after all, I'm still alive.
CREDITS
Mayo - Informed me of Shi-Springs's existence
Ashnal - Shi-Springs included in the track
toddoestuff - The one feedback I got to add an extra item batch to the track
And everyone who has supported any of my projects, including my oldest of tracks [Dinosaur Canyon] and ArcadePak to this day. Of course, any people that give useful future feedback/bug reports I receive to fix will also have their names here.
