Скачать или смотреть SHARchive February 21 2016: SCM Riding This Thing

Talk about a blast from the past for all the wrong reasons. I don't really like talking about the 2016-2017 era much because I was extremely obsessed with self-loathing because of this mod. Well... that, and also because my sense of humor was less than juvenile.

SCM is an abbreviation of Some Challenge Mod, my very first SHAR mod ever from 2015. This is not to be confused with the knockoff mod of the same name made by someone else; this is the original. When I was fairly new to Donut Team, I uploaded four of these videos unlisted to be used in one of Donut Team's status update videos that would promote other mods by the community. While this wasn't the video they used for SCM, they only used less than four seconds of footage. Before you ask, the real Some Challenge Mod is never getting re-released.

I was actually really happy with how this mission turned out, but not too long after, I had second thoughts. There are A LOT of problems with this type of mission. This is heavily dependent on the game's framerate. You need more than 60fps to stay on top of these vehicles. Around 1:13 is where you would otherwise fall off uncontrollably. When the framerate is unlocked like this, the results would not be consistent and you may still fall off at places. The collectible placements are also unfair. The mission expects you to know them before playing. I wasn't experienced with game design and difficulty scaling at the time, and the missions' difficulty was based on how Donut Team did it in Donut Mod 3.0 (which also wasn't done very well to be honest). I shouldn't have forced people to use Mouselook mode or get a better computer. That reduces accessibility.

At the time, SHAR modding was very limited. Nowadays, it's possible to make an autoscroller with a similar idea using animated props instead of vehicles for a more consistent experience.