Additionally, the Head-to-Head links will no longer become invalid after making some games secret - now the page displays normally, just hiding the secret items.
Another improvement suggested by Xuzz is displaying links to other commented games in the "Related" section. This helps finding older comments for HoF games replaced by later submissions.
Small screen version of the website Releasing the iPhone version motivated me to implement the "mobile" version of the BoD website (finally!). It is not much smaller by data transfer, but its layout is better suited for small screens. This was done by replacing the left column navigation with combo boxes, using smaller images and omitting some information.
The website automatically recognizes Blazer and iPhone/iPod Safari as mobile browsers. You can also switch between these versions using the new icons (see the top right corner): =mobile =regular
I made a small levelpack Gravity Fun as a demonstration - you are welcome to create more gravity-bending levels using the new Bike or Design v1.4 Download Bike or Design v1.4
Hall of Fame News BikeForce has been added to the Hall of Fame. This means 13 new gold medals and numerous opportunities to outrun your competitors!
BikeForce looks best in Bike or Die 2 but it is also playable in the old Bike or Die v1.x.
Do you prefer freestyle over time trial racing? The new competition has just started: Final Frontier "To boldly go where no one has gone before..." - the goal is to reach seemingly inaccessible location in some level.
More about Freestyle
Improving the website As you may have noticed, there are 2 new elements in the player profile pages - rank distribution chart and small green/red level rank charts. (Both these ideas come from Ibanez - thanks!)
This is the first of many planned improvements i'm going to implement before releasing BoD v2 (the most important ones are the search facility and Freestyle competition revival)
Coming Soon: Arcade Reality This is the game that was supposed to be released at least 2 months ago... Now it is almost ready (expected release date - next week) and there is also a youtube video for your enjoyment
3D Mines released At last, the new game from Toyspring! This is not the famous ever-late game, which was promised months ago, but I just thought I should release anything this year to save my dignity 3D Mines Homepage
Moving to a new server My website is moving to a new server - I will have to disable the submission for a while to ensure the database consistency. Sorry for inconvenience!
If my understanding of the DNS is correct, the new IP should work within one hour
[edit: if you are reading this, you are already accessing the new server - so you can disregard this news!]
Along with the release of v1.5, the new levelpack has been added to the online competition.
Play Supernatural, get know the mindbending portals and the treacherous sticky grounds!
UPDATE: the new version 1.3b fixes a bug in loading old levelpacks: depending on the circumstances it could change the regular checkpoint and obstacles into "dynamic" ones (in other words, the additional numeric attribute in these objects was not always zero).
Head to Head This feature allows you to replay two recordings simultaneously.
It looks like two player were chasing one another in a direct race. This is not only amusing, you can also utilise this feature to improve your skills by finding places where your competitors outrun you.
Here is how use it:
1. Go to the Hall of Fame listing for a level, or "Games on-line" in the player's profile
2. Click "Head to Head" in Tools (upper right corner)
3. Select two public recordings using checkboxes
4. Click "Show Head to Head"
Note: You can navigate between pages while selecting the recordings (in step 3), and also between Hall of Fame and games on-line.
Bike or Die v1.5 (release candidate) is here! everyone knows what new features can be expected in this version (see 3 Years on Bike!), so just click here and download:
BikeOrDie-1.5test1.zip (there is a little "v15 testpack" in the package, containing several simple v1.5 levels so you can start learning new tricks)
please report all bugs you can find
but that's not everything - there is also a brand new level editor able to create portals and sticky surfaces:
BikeOrDesign-1.3.prc (later i will make some documentation on portals, this is the most complicated level element that not always works as one might expect - for now just learn from experimentation and the included v15 testpack )
"Arcade Reality" released! Finally, the game is ready! Let's celebrate - I'm going to give away 10 free registration codes for the top 10 "Bike or Die!" players (you will receive the instructions in private messages).
But there is more: "Arcade Reality" contains a hidden "Bike or Die"-related game. The first person who discovers how to enable this game will get another free registration. We all love "easter eggs", don't we? (i'm announcing this "competition" only on this forum - it is meant for active "BoD" players)
News
Xuzz
rachman! vs. 4 others
=mobile 
Gravity Fun
BikeForce
Do you prefer freestyle over time trial racing? The new competition has just started: 
Ricardo
Ideas
Arcade Reality homepage
This is not the famous ever-late game, which was promised months ago, but I just thought I should release anything this year to save my dignity 
It looks like two player were chasing one another in a direct race. This is not only amusing, you can also utilise this feature to improve your skills by finding places where your competitors outrun you.
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RSS link so you can track comments and threads easily.
Let's celebrate - I'm going to give away 10 free registration codes for the top 10 "Bike or Die!" players (you will receive the instructions in private messages).
