Punk Runner [Early Access]

An upcoming Racing Game in a Flying cyberpunk city. Prove your dominance as you race against other high-performance vehicles, and push the limits of speed. You will win big, only to spend it all on customizing your ride to make it truly unique.

Release Date: TBD

Developer: Max Parata

Genre: Flying Car Racing

ABOUT THIS GAME

Punk Runner is an upcoming indie racing game that takes you through the neon-lit streets of a cyberpunk future. 

You play as Hero, an unknown figure with a love for speed and a reputation for being the best street racer. The objective of the game is to prove your dominance as you race against other high-performance vehicles and push the limits of speed. You have the opportunity to win big, but also to spend it all on customizing your ride to make it truly unique. 

With fast-paced, high-adrenaline action and an immersive cyberpunk aesthetic, Punk Runner is a thrilling ride from start to finish.

Description of the Genre

Punk Runner is a combination of the fast-paced excitement of a racing game and the futuristic, dystopian world of cyberpunk.
Players will race through a neon-lit city, facing off against other street racers and navigating dangerous, high-speed tracks. With a focus on customization and high-tech vehicles, Punk Runner offers a unique take on the racing genre.

Unique Selling Points

• Punk Runner offers an innovative approach to flying cars, unlike other games where they are unrealistic and operate differently
  
• The game pays homage to NFSU2 and other classic racing games, while incorporating a new level of customization inspired by Japanese car culture.
  
• Players can race anyone, anytime and anywhere in the open world, with a seamless initiation process.
  

Key Features

Flying cars that drive like real cars, with a new approach

• Punk Runner features flying cars, with a new approach. Unlike other games, where flying cars are unrealistic and operate like helicopters, drones or spaceships, Punk Runner presents flying cars that drive like real cars, only with thrusters instead of wheels.

Modernizing the classic racing game formula with a focus on customization inspired by Japanese car culture

• Modernizing the classic racing game formula, like NFSU2, with a focus on customization inspired by Japanese car culture.

Ability to challenge any driver to a race anywhere in the open world.

• Challenge any driver to a race anytime and anywhere in the open world, seamlessly. The winner of the race is the one who leads by 1 kilometer over their opponent. -- Feature yet to be developed.

About the developer

I'm Max Parata, a senior 3D artist working in the digital marketing field since 8 years now; besides that, I am also a solo game developer.

I started when Unreal Engine 4 became free, I saw an opportunity to bring my 3D art skills and experience to game development. I learned Blueprint, UE4's no-code programming language, by creating small prototypes and gradually developed the skills needed to make a game.

Before Punk Runner, I released Embuscade, a short horror game that was recognized as best free game of 2017 by PC Gamer, and also created a voxel asset collection on my itch.io page under the brand monogon.