Soaring at Sunset - Windhaven dev. #6

Gliding through thermals in my bird flight simulation game; in 'soaring challenge mode' the thermals are visible, similar to Pilotwings 64. I'm using the albatross here, so it's pretty easy to stay up without flapping. This video also shows recent improvements to the vegetation model and lighting. There are some glitches with the tree rendering here, which have since been fixed.

Windhaven uses an unusual control mapping that aims to feel more like actual bird flight; one stick for each wing and the triggers for flapping. It is written in XNA and will be released on PC and Xbox 360 (XBL Indie Games). The target release date is March - April 2010.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• bird
• flight
• simulation
• xbox
• 360
• game
• xna
• procedural
• landscape
• shadow
• map
• tree
• rendering
• albatross
• thermal
• soaring
• gliding

[dieevilness]

what are the tubes? i would assume rising, hot air which bigger birds use for gaining hight, am i correct? if not then what are those :o

[StargliderX]

@dieevilness Yes, those are thermals. For playability reasons I've simplified them to circular regions with a visible border, similar to Pilotwings 64.

[StargliderX]

It will be available on Xbox Live when it is finnished, hopefully this summer. I will release a PC version if I can find a good non-gamepad control scheme.

[StargliderX]

Thanks. Did you get any further with your dragon game?

[emmiear5]

you need some work on the birds heads

[maryamchami9]

Hello, im meriem, im 12 years old can you please tell me when this game will be downloadable and where to download it? thanks a lot!

- meriem

[SwtCubana]

can u land?

[TheMewluver]

This looks cool, Moonlight online is a game im waiting for too :)

[OGMO11]

nice lens flare ^-^