I've started work on a Skyroads game.
I wonder how wide and high a level is in the original?

I was thinking of making it more of a racing game than the original, with several two player modes.

Have you got some cool suggestions?

I was also thinking about how to store the level.
I want to build it with layers of w*h blocks.

I came to the solution.

//w and h are constants for the size of a layer.
class BLOCK{
  char type;
};

class LAYER{
  BLOCK block[w][h];
};

class LEVEL{
  vector<LAYER> layer;
}

The LAYER class feels a bit awkward though, since it's never going to be more than a struct for BLOCK[10][5]. Unless I do a waypoint thing with it.
Is there a better way to solve this?

I was also thinking about using list instead of vector.

You haven't played Skyroads!? Weirdo!

I think there's a Skyroads clone on the depot, it didn't work when I tested it though.
I recommend testing the original.

A short description.
You have a vehicle that can jump.
You play on a level of blocks, and have to get through it without falling off or crashing into a wall.
Some blocks speed you up or slow you down, some are slippery, others burn you up and yet another refuels your shuttle.
Originally it's a kind of racing puzzle game.

The probability of me finishing this game is unsure. But if ppl bug me about it, the chances will be greater.

About finishing, if you want campaigns in Miffonoid, don't hold your breath.

I just realized, SC thinks it's a cool idea, that must mean... HE LOVES ME! ähum

Nyah, I'm pretty busy nowadays, and between stresses I play games to wind down. So programming happens on rare occasions.

My guess is that you'll be seeing a Skyroads editor on the depot, some day.

But hopefully I'll make a two player battle game, so you can knock eachother off the track.

And I was thinking off adding fog as a block type.
And don't think for a second that I've forgotten the tunnels.

Challenge/Scramble with timeattack
Single player.
Levels of increasing difficulty.

Race
One or two players.
Several laps, hmm, see *1 below
Maybe add weapons, hmm, *2
Respawn where you fall off.

*1 I might render the level curved so you get the impression of racing on a circle.

*2 A blaster gun in the front.
Mine layer
Oil, you can't steer on a slippery layer.

EDIT: I forgot about the tunnels that were rounded on the outside. Those didn't exist in Kosmonaut IIRC.

My little contribution to the conversation: Sky Roads is based on a much older game called Trailblazer which google tell me is available for at least the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, C64, Amiga and Atari ST, and has prominent clones whose names I don't recall across several other micros including all of the Acorn series. No doubt the Acorn Archimedes clone will be the closest of any to Sky Roads and probably one-ups it on graphics. All of these games (except maybe the Arch) have you piloting a ball over a flat level may but otherwise are identical.

EDIT: Archimedes game is named 'Fervour'. BBC/Electron (8bit Acorns) game is called 'Sphere of Destiny' and is one of the ones I used to test my emulator.

So, I wondered if SKyroads had something to do with Trailblazer. I found that game to fast for me, but I've cleared more than half the tracks in Skyroads. (It runs in XP!)

I've done the rendering code now. Flatshaded only. Still a couple of things to do before it's rendered correctly. Then I should have an editor in no time.
That is, if I keep on working on it.

Spirals, sounds nice.
I thought of, as mentioned before, making the track look like you race inside a circle.

I have made an editor, can do everything except tunnels or fog. Those need some extra work on the rendering.

I'm glad to see there's some interest, even though it's expressed by so few.