Tracer

A neon, heart pounding, endless arcade racer!

Race down the gauntlet, faster and faster! How far can you go before you crash?

Pick up shields, power ups, and bonus points, if you can...

How to Play

All you need is a keyboard and nerves of steel.

Movement

Move left [A] and right [D] to dodge obstacles.

Use Power to Boost [W] or Slow [S].

> Tip: Your ship will continuously pick up speed as you race down the track. Use Slow to more easily dodge obstacles or get items (like Power Ups).

Repairing

When you're hurt, quickly Repair [Spacebar] your ship with Power. Hitting an obstacle causes cascading critical damage to your ship, and Repairing only fixes a little bit at a time. Mash [Spacebar] to fix your ship before you die!

> Tip: Keep an eye on your Power, if you run out you can't Repair, and if you Repair when you're not hurt, you'll waste Power.

Controls

* A - Move Left

* D - Move Right

* hold W - Boost (uses Power)

* hold S - Slow (uses Power)

* hit Spacebar - Repair (uses Power)

Items

Snag some of these, you'll need 'em.

Power Ups

Power can be used to speed up , slow down, and repair your ship. This thing does everything!

Shields

Shields protect your ship when you run into hazards. You can have as many as you can get.

Bonus Gates

Collect these for bonus points and a higher total score!

Credits

Made in Unity, Asset Forge, and Photoshop. Thanks to Flyover Indies and MidCoast Game Developers for feedback, testing, and support. Thanks to Catlike Coding for inspiration and a really fantastic tutorial to base this on. And thank you everyone who's played and provided feedback!

* SFX - Kenney
* SFX - Anomaex
* Music and SFX - Antti Luode
* Font - Geronimo Font Studios

Changelog

4/24/20

- Increased starting power levels slightly for all difficulty modes

4/22/20

- Updated obstacle materials, now they're slightly translucent because translucent is clearly better
- Updated menu background to an image instead of a very too bright but also boring color

Bugs Squashed

TODO: Find more bugs
- Screen shake not so shakey
- ~~Power usage not reset on respawn.~~ Fixed 4/24/20
- ~~Some game difficulty settings were not being reset on respawn.~~ Fixed 4/24/20
- ~~After dying, ship spin rotation affects the next game.~~ Fixed 4/21/20

Future updates?

If I keep working on this game, here's a list of things I'd like to add or change:

* Add leaderboards
* Adjust power, how it's collected and used
* Redo in-game UI, make power, health, and shields clearer
* New effects for boosting and slowing
* Update music track order
* Different ships to choose from and/or ship customization (faster rotation, better boost/slow, better defense)
* More touch controls, better mobile support