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Wind-Up Racer
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About the game
Wind-Up Racer is a short arcade racing game about a toy car with a key in its back. The car drives by itself as long as its spring has energy, and the energy keeps running down. Your job is to keep it on a narrow wooden track that twists over a red canyon between dark green cliffs, and to finish three laps.
Small orange gears spin above the track. Each one you drive through gives a quick burst of speed and winds the spring a little, and a big gear meter in the corner of the screen shows how much energy is left. If the energy runs out the car stops. If you steer off the edge, it falls. Either way the race starts over. Braking helps in the tight turns, but it costs energy, and a jump gets you over gaps and across corners.
The game was made in one week by Edmar Braga Gomes Filho for the Brackeys Game Jam 2020.2. Everything is drawn in simple, clean low-poly shapes and warm colours. There is no sound.
Playing it here
Click Play and wait for the game to load (about 13 MB to download, only when you press the button). Click inside the game so it gets the keyboard, then press Space to start: the car winds up and sets off on its own. The on-screen counter shows your laps out of three.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | start the race / jump |
| A / D or Left / Right | steer |
| Shift, S or Down | brake |
Tips
Follow the gears. They mark a good line through the track and keep your spring wound. Missing several in a row is what makes the car stop.
Brake little. Braking costs energy. Steer early instead, and save the brake for the sharpest turns.
Jump on purpose. A well-timed jump can save you from a bad turn, but landing off the track ends the run.
FAQ
How long is a race? Three laps of one track. It is short, and meant to be retried.
Does it work on a phone? No. It needs a keyboard.
Is it free to share? Yes. The game is under the MIT licence and the font under the SIL Open Font License.
Credits and licence
Wind-Up Racer was made by Edmar Braga Gomes Filho for the Brackeys Game Jam 2020.2, with Godot. Code, 3D models and textures under the MIT licence. Font: Germania One by John Vargas Beltrán, SIL Open Font License 1.1. It runs on Godot Engine 3.5.3 (MIT), with no changes to the game.
The licence texts and the source of this build are linked from this page.
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