Line Rider
| Line Rider (Flash or Silverlight 2 version) | |
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| Developer(s) | Boštjan Čadež |
| Publisher(s) | inXile entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Boštjan Čadež |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Flash |
| Release date(s) | September 23, 2006 |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Line Rider is an internet game. Versions are available for Microsoft Silverlight and for Flash. It was originally created in September 2006 by Boštjan Čadež (also known as "fsk"), a Slovenian student. Originally appearing on DeviantArt on September 23, 2006, Line Rider quickly became an internet phenomenon.
Line Rider is featured by several websites, such as Yahoo! but is mainly used on the website Linerider.com,Time Magazine's website and has appeared in several McDonald's commercials for the Snack Wrap in 2008. Line Rider was also selected by staff and voted by users as the Best Webtoy of 2006 in the Jay is Games polls. A two-page article about the game was published in Games for Windows: The Official Magazine.
The basic concept is to draw one or more lines with the mouse on which a boy (referred to as "Bosh" by the creator) on a sled can ride after the player presses the "Play" button. The game includes simulated physics, which means the track must be sufficiently smooth to prevent the character from falling off the sled. The author has said that he prefers the description "toy" to "game," as there is no goal to accomplish, nor does it have an end. In spite of its simplicity, many complicated tracks have been created, which include loops and other stunts. New tracks can consist of unrealistic tricks such as "flings" and "manuals" both on and off the sled. Some tracks are even set to music and include hand-drawn mountain slopes and trees. Tracks are typically shared among users by uploading a video to web sites, such as YouTube or Google Video. Revision 6.2 of Line Rider was released in August 2007, and was optimized to run more smoothly, and to have a higher-powered zoom tool. The game does allow created tracks to be saved, and shown to the public (only if creator wishes to do so). The storage is not on the Line Rider website, but on the user's hard drive, therefore allowing maximum storage implication and quicker access to stored tracks. In order to allow public viewing, the user must be logged into the website server.
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