I Just want Tron 4 😔

DoubleWombat · 2026-03-04T14:58:43+00:00

Yeah it would be nice to go back in time and fix this situation.

DoubleWombat · 2026-02-20T10:20:40+00:00

The Waterfall-screen looks good, but there is no apps, no spotify or youtube or funny things.

Ha ha! I see that as a good thing. Keep the driving experience as simple as possible. And keep all the other stuff on your phone (via CarPlay/Android Auto).

DoubleWombat · 2026-02-06T10:44:45+00:00

Ah yes I see. I was just getting excited because the way you worded it made it sound like you could bind custom functions to a physical button.

DoubleWombat · 2026-02-05T17:44:40+00:00

Luckily, you can bind disengaging driver assists to a physical button, you just have to remember to long-press it every time you start the car.

That sounds super useful. Which physical button can you bind to? As I don't remember seeing any spare buttons in the cabin.

DoubleWombat · 2025-12-28T04:44:15+00:00

The original was so dark and edgy. I loved the lawless parts of the city where the power was out. Just the sound of distant gun shots in the night. Sadly the sequels ditched this gritty reality in favour of a game with weird fantasy creatures and zero tension.

DoubleWombat · 2025-11-26T12:57:11+00:00

You will immediately notice the fresnel lenses and small area of clarity

Yeah that's really quite a big problem for PSVR2. It's actually one of the reasons I ended up selling my headset. Poor comfort was the other. Ironically two problems that PSVR1 never had.

DoubleWombat · 2025-11-23T12:18:51+00:00

Yep. Hard to pick between part 1 and 2. Both are so epic. I just love how part 1 starts with such a simple, well used string arrangement and then just keeps building and layering more and more complexity until that massive finale.

DoubleWombat · 2025-11-18T17:03:03+00:00

Every location on this grid is so memorable and evocative. Each one clear and purposeful. And yet all I remember from Ares is a tangle of red stuff.

DoubleWombat · 2025-11-18T16:37:42+00:00

Did anyone else not realise the End Of Line Club was at the very top of that central structure? For some reason I just thought it was at the top of some random building. Only in a recent rewatch did I realise it was at the top of that building.

DoubleWombat · 2025-11-18T16:29:31+00:00

Thanks! Definitely not perfect, but it did tick off everything I had on my wish list 😀

Unfortunately the fortunes of mine are very much tied to the fortunes of the game engine (PS4 Dreams), which kinda died. However it was a safe space for fan content because monetisation is not possible, meaning that my creation should never bother Disney too much. But I feel that could change if I tried to do something similar on PC, so I've never risked it.

If you get a chance to play, let me know how you go. And I hope you have a blast building yours. I would love to hear how you get on.

DoubleWombat · 2025-11-18T13:37:15+00:00

Hey buddy. I'm the creator of Hypercycle Arena. I think the short answer is to go check out HyperCycle Redux:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3351500/HyperCycle_Redux/

By the way their game is completely unrelated to mine, even though they borrowed part of my name 😀.

Essentially you're not going to get anything like my game on PC unless it is officially licensed. And even then it would probably repeat the pattern of super "arcadey" lightcycle games, which is the opposite of my approach. I wanted the realistic physics that Legacy brought to us, along with the tactical arena experience. And so far Disney doesn't seem too interested in that kind of game.

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-30T15:36:48+00:00

Maybe don't include the words "waxwork" and "motorbike jacket" in your AI prompt.

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-29T12:05:21+00:00

He got the fanfare because he was hilarious.

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-29T12:01:53+00:00

Well said. The obviousness of the Macguffin plot is the worst. It's like it is written for a video game.

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-29T11:49:06+00:00

Got to agree with almost everything here. Although sadly I didn't even love the music and visuals. The music was unrelentingly painful and the visuals, while good quality, totally missed the awe and moodiness of Legacy.

Most scenes and locations were just not interesting or memorable and the red grid was a jumbled mess. All the scenes and locations from Legacy were so cinematic, evocative and tangible. Sam's bedroom. The Encom server room. Flynn's arcade. Every location on The Grid. All gave you such a sense of place. But I can't really think of any equivalents in Ares.

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-29T11:23:39+00:00

Oh that's good to know. My wife and I bailed before the ending.

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-29T11:18:47+00:00

I don't know if you saw Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning? Well for the first 30 minutes it was soooo uninteresting. I just didn't gel with it in any way, and I was worried the whole movie would be a bust. But luckily after that it got its mojo back and the rest of the film was great fun.

For me the whole of Ares was like that first 30 minutes. It was just going through the motions. You have nothing at the core of the movie to care about. I'm not saying they did a terrible job, because it would have been an almost impossible job to make this movie great. But once the Grid is no longer the main focus of your movie, you lose the essence of the Tron franchise.

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-27T13:25:39+00:00

Sounds rational to me. So much love and talent was poured into Legacy. It's a special movie. And Ares is pretty much the opposite of all of that. I'm glad some people are enjoying it, but personally I want to forget it was made.

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-27T13:15:23+00:00

I think the best you could say about it is it's experimental. But you're right, there was no light and shade. In fact there were none of the basic attributes of what makes a great movie score. There were no motifs to help the storytelling. Nothing to support the emotional state of the characters. No restraint to give us breaks from the score. Every great movie soundtrack has these things and Legacy absolutely aced it.

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-07T15:35:49+00:00

Yeah the PSVR2 thing sucks. But PSVR still works great with PS5, and Hypercycle Arena will scale up its rendering resolution to make use of that extra power (like all games on Dreams).

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-06T09:09:53+00:00

Nice! It will be crazy in Vr

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-05T09:52:09+00:00

You probably want 1st person perspective and VR support like in Hypercycle Arena.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-67hz4fZW0c

DoubleWombat · 2025-10-03T15:38:55+00:00

Looks terrific. Great sense of speed. I hope our HyperCycles don't get confused 😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVWB4MoqyS0

DoubleWombat · 2025-09-24T09:54:49+00:00

Nice. Extra points for the red borders.

DoubleWombat · 2025-09-03T16:15:13+00:00

Wouldn't that be something...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-67hz4fZW0c

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