Pixel Battle Racers

by Vincent Knapp, Tobias Heid and David Groys

Screenshot of Pixel Battle Racers

A local split-screen arcade racer for two players on compact tracks with short rounds. The distinctive design decision is the steering: unlike most top-down racers, input is not relative to the screen but always from the car's perspective, as if sitting in the cockpit.

The team pitched it as a couch party game — one screen, two players, and the eternal question of who is better. Both keyboard and controllers are supported, with accelerate, brake, a drift and a boost; the short rounds are what make it easy to learn and hard to put down.