Racers.p8

A zero-g racing prototype for Pico-8

How to play

⬆️ Up to accelerate
↔️ Left and right to steer
🛑 Z to brake
💨 Braking and steering will let you drift
🆙 Drifting will charge your boost
⚡️ X to boost

🐞 There are lots of bugs... it's just a preview version I'm afraid.

About this Prototype

I started this prototype in late 2019, then worked for it for a number of months into 2020. Unfortunately, it fell by the wayside, mainly because it's quite complex to get the performance profile right. (A 60FPS top-down racer with physics is an interesting challenge!)