Neon Express

Devlog

• Polishing, Polishing, Polishing V0.9
  August 31, 2024 by danfriedz#polish, #demo, #steam

  Hey, Still polishing up for the official demo. Autosaving Support! after finishing every job a small saving icon will now appear in the top right corner. If you close and open the game you can resume... Continue reading

  
• Monorail and Automobiles! V0.8
  August 26, 2024 by danfriedz#monorails, #visuals, #polish, #traffic

  It feels like we are getting close to an official demo. I can say that at this point I'm happy with the amount of story content which is 22 jobs over 8 or so characters. We are trying to add as much p... Continue reading

  
• A New City For The Demo v0.7
  August 11, 2024 by danfriedz#demo, #steam, #new, #city

  Hey, We are working towards a nice little vertical slice that will become a demo for steam and itch. The content in the current build should take around 20+ minutes to complete. The next few updates w... Continue reading

  
• Cyberpunk Uber Driver. It's a comedy now V0.6
  June 16, 2024 by danfriedz#bees, #changelog, #backend, #rewrite

  Hey, I spent weeks rewriting the back end to get ready for an official demo! This took heaps of effort but fixed some major issues. Mainly that characters couldn't disappear and reappear from the stor... Continue reading
• Writing genuine human connections + Music for v0.5
  May 29, 2024 by danfriedz#devlog, #bathroom, #dialogue, #writing, #cage, #josh, #music

  Hey, version 0.5 is out now! Working hard towards getting an official demo out. If you clicked on this because of the great title perhaps this will get you interested: Beautiful Dialogue between norma... Continue reading

  
• Cyberpunk Uber Driver 0.4 Major Update!
  May 19, 2024 by danfriedz#changelog, #0.4

  Hi, We have been working hard on Neon Express. It's been a few weeks since the last update. Glad to be able to share the changes. Note that we are now also on Steam so please wishlist https://store.st... Continue reading

  
• I Nearly Killed My Main Character
  May 19, 2024 by danfriedz#devlog, #video

  A short video devlog where I discuss my Cyberpunk Uber Driver Game - Neon Express. Thins brings us close to the current builds of the game. Not a bad place to jump in if the game interests you... Continue reading

  
• Cyberpunk Uber Driver Steam Page Launched
  May 19, 2024 by danfriedz#Steam, #marketing, #wishlist

  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2952840/Neon_Express/ This project was created to learn how to market a game and getting a steam page up is a big part of that. If this game interests you please wis... Continue reading

  
• Cyberpunk Uber Driver Game Visual Update v0.3
  April 09, 2024 by danfriedz#visual, #trailer, #traffic, #sfx, #shaders

  Hey, The game should look notably different! and run much better (Looking at you web version!) Web version has reduced traffic 40 cars for the web build vs 240 for the local builds. Performance reason... Continue reading

  
• Hovercar NPC Traffic Improvements v0.2.2
  March 30, 2024 by danfriedz#patch, #traffic, #npc, #performance

  Hey, Turns out the way we were dealing with the NPC ships was a big performance bottleneck. I've done some work to improve this but could possibly see this improving more in the future. Changes have a... Continue reading
• New Character - Razergirl Alita v0.2.1
  March 27, 2024 by danfriedz#alita, #characters, #patch, #dialogue

  Hey, I'm added a new character with two introductory deliveries. Alita last driver got his brain fired from orbit. She needs a new driver and will introduce you too ongoing jobs with an underground ga... Continue reading
• 0.2 Character Portraits, Menus, Performance
  March 26, 2024 by danfriedz#major, #update, #patch, #Portraits, #mabel, #jessie

  Hey, Its been a few weeks but we have been hard at work on this update. The biggest visual update is the character portraits that are beginning to appear in the game. Throughout gameplay, you will see... Continue reading

  
• Discord Launched
  March 14, 2024 by danfriedz#discord

  Hi, Feedback has been great for Neon Express. It would be great to have one place to keep y'all up to date on new builds. Join below... Continue reading
• Dialogue SFX implemented v0.1.1
  March 13, 2024 by danfriedz#patch, #audio, #fx

  Hi, The base works for the dialogue audio have been implemented. Currently, each dialogue word generates a 'beep'. Each character has a voice in that their beeps are either low, medium or high in tone... Continue reading
• New Cockpit model for version 0.1
  March 12, 2024 by danfriedz#patch, #update, #cockpit, #redesign

  Hey, Big visual change this time. The cockpit has been completely redesigned. I've created a bunch of new gifs for the games page to show it off. Seems a big enough change to call this the 0.1 version... Continue reading

  
• SFX and Web version fixes - patch 0.0.6
  March 10, 2024 by danfriedz#patch

  Hi, I just threw up version 0.0.6. This fixes NPC traffic in the web version (which may solve other web issues hopefully). As well as adding sound fx. NPC traffic has been reworked. Should now work on... Continue reading
• Web Build Playable Now
  March 05, 2024 by danfriedz#web

  Quick update today. I dropped in a HTML5 build to encourage people to drop by and give the game a quick shot. I had a quick playtest and it visually looks different with some slight graphical bugs. Al... Continue reading

  
• Slum Doctor Zoya needs your help - Patch 0.0.5
  March 04, 2024 by danfriedz#patch, #characters

  Slum Doctor Zoya hails the ship expecting Gus for a regular dicress delivery. Gus hasn't been seen in days in Nat has taken to flying the ship in the meantime. She agrees to give Zoya a lift. 0.0.5 pa... Continue reading

  
• 0.0.4 3D compass added to ships dashboard
  March 04, 2024 by danfriedz#patch, #update

  Hi, A little update that will be really helpful as the city grows in size. Since the city is planned to expand in all directions including vertically. I have included a rudimentary compass on the dash... Continue reading

  
• 0.0.3 Bugs, QOL changes and Linux build
  March 02, 2024 by danfriedz

  Hey, Quick patch to fix up some user-reported issues. Shep speed slightly increased can no longer select jobs unless zoomed into the terminal q and e keys for roll are now disabled. Ship should auto l... Continue reading

  
• Early arrival dialogue issue is fixed in patch 0.0.2
  February 28, 2024 by danfriedz

  Hey, Had an annoying issue whereas arriving at a delivery destination before the trip dialogue had ended would cause some issues. Firstly, that the trip dialogue (the bulk of the story) would be cut o... Continue reading

  
• Launch Pre Alpha 0.0.1
  February 27, 2024 by danfriedz

  I've been working on this game for a few months in my free time. It's a narrative game where you transport passengers about a city. A bunch of work went into making the dialogue system work. I am most... Continue reading