We wanted to make impressive tracks, whether it be with highly detailed illustrations or by exerting fine control over the rider's movement. We were young, creative, and imaginative, but we also had something to prove. We gathered into a community and the Line Rider subculture was formed. It had an odd universal appeal, quickly propagating through the internet and reaching many other teens who were similarly captivated by this toy. I was immediately sucked into it, doing things like devising elaborate tracks for the rider to overcome, building worlds for the rider to explore, and manipulating the rider to perform stunts. I remember when I first discovered Line Rider, that Flash game from 2006 with the simple premise of drawing a track for a sledder to ride on. It's really worth reading in full - here's the beginning: Those latter two fields have a lot of overlap, in a sort of Platonic-forms fashion - the math being the aetherial immortal shapes, and the 80s games, their glitchy and worldly instances. He outlines not only his design decisions - and shows his early sketches - but includes pictures of source material from which he drew inspiration, which included a lot of mathematic forms and low-rez early video games. Lu wrote an equally epic post about his creative process. Watch that video above and you'll see him ride the whole thing. Fixed issues related to uploading tracks or high scores.David Lu spent 11 years working on an incredibly epic course for "Line Rider" - a video game where you draw lines on the screen to create a course for a little character riding a sled.
Share high-scores and new tracks through Facebook! What's New in Version 2.1 - Line Racer now officially Line Rider Racing! Get Line Rider Racing!™ now and let the fun begin! * Play music from your iTunes library ( OS 3.x only ).ĭon't get left behind. * Share tracks with friends over Bluetooth ( OS 3.x only ). * Accelerometer inputs: Tilt your iPhone/iPod touch to tilt your rider while airborne, and shake it to recover from a crash. * "Rivals" system which automatically pits you against competitive racers for your skill level. * Uploading and downloading of custom tracks. * Track editor with four choices of automatic art themes. Race to the bottom of the hills and to the top of the leader boards!
Control your landings by tilting your iPhone/iPod touch to avoid crashing and maximize your speed.Ĭompete against AI racers on randomly created tracks, or against the recorded races of friends and community rivals on custom tracks.
With forward and reverse controls, you determine the action.
This high-energy offspring of the original mega-hit sends you down the slopes in a race to the checkered flag! From the people who brought you Line Rider™ comes Line Rider Racing!™.
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