Brookdash: Retro Arcade Racer

A retro sprite-scaling road racer: drive a red roadster along a river road through five stages, from a sunny meadow to a night storm, overtaking carts and beating the checkpoint clock. Rain cuts grip and fog hides the road. Free, no ads, no tracking; keyboard or touch.

Brookdash is a time-attack road racer in the style of the old sprite-scaling arcade games. A little red roadster follows a brook from a sunny meadow to a night storm, and the clock only stops when you cross the finish arch.

The road is built from projected segments, so it really bends and climbs. The brook runs beside you all the way, behind a wooden rail that bumps you back if you drift over.

• Five stages: meadow morning, mill dusk, willow rain, marsh fog and a storm run at night with lightning
• Checkpoints: each half stage adds time; run out and the race is over
• Traffic: hay, apple, milk and log carts plus faster post vans; every overtake scores
• Weather that matters: rain lowers grip, puddles make you slide, fog hides the road ahead
• Dash pads: blue pads on the road give a short burst of speed
• Keyboard or touch: arrows, or hold a screen half to steer while it accelerates for you

Code and text written with AI assistance; checked by PN Scripts with automated tests. Every shape is drawn and every sound synthesised by code; there are no AI-generated image or audio files.

Controls

• Arrow keys / WASD: steer, Up / W / Space: accelerate, Down / S: brake
• Touch or mouse: hold the left or right half of the screen to steer; it accelerates by itself; hold both halves to brake
• P / Esc: pause, M: sound

Made by PN Scripts.