rorymcgit / exhaust-ed

🏎️ An obstacle-dodging car racing game in vanilla JS

EXHAUST-ED

A left to right car-racing obstacle-dodging arcade game in your browser.

Written in vanilla JavaScript and HTML5/CSS3. Try it out on Heroku.

To race:

• Clone this repo
• Open index.html in your favourite browser
• Press return to begin race countdown
• Race!
  • Mash spacebar to increase speed
  • Use ↑ to swerve car up
  • Use ↓ to swerve car down
  • ⌘ + R to race again
• If you hit an obstacle, your speed will be reset. Try to beat the score in the image below!

Our initial user stories for MVP:

As a racer,
So I can play a game,
I want to be able to press a button to start a race.

As a racer,
So I can move my car faster,
I want to be able to press the spacebar to increase my speed.

As a racer,
So I can finish a game,
I want to know when I reach the finish line.

As a racer,
So that I know how fast I went,
I want to see my race time.

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Features to add in the future:

• Multiplayer (online or local play)
• Accumulating vehicle damage (leading to a disqualifying crash)
• Larger or moving track
• Additional obstacles (moving/crossing/destructable)
• Select car with different acceleration/durability/turn speed
• And of course, sound effects