Seaside Racing

Announcement: Since the game is now out on Steam, I'm disabling new purchases on Itch in an attempt to focus the (already small) player base to one platform. Anyone who bought the game here on Itch can claim a Steam key for free and continue playing there. Read more about what's new in the Steam release in this blog post!

Below is the original description:

Experience the thrill of driving a soapbox car down a mountain in this chaotic cult classic kart racer, accidentally knocking your competitors into the sea or getting lost in green fields without as much as a road sign to help you find your way.

Actual features

• Physics-based multiplayer kart racing!
• Up to 12 players over the Internet or local network
• 1-4 local players split screen (online or offline)
• Share-a-gamepad option for up to 4 players using 2 game pads

Questionable features

• 3 large seaside maps (no more, no less)
• Randomly generated avatars (you can switch but not choose)
• Possible to get lost (the game doesn’t even know where to go)
• Unpredictable respawn logic (that makes it possible to reach tricky places)
• No placement indicator

Cult classic

This is a remastered version of the original Seaside Racing that was released on Xbox Live Indie Games in 2010.

The original game has a cult following among at least one group of friends in Indiana, USA, since its original release on Xbox Live Indie Games in 2010. Since publishing this, I’ve also been notified that there is a cult following in High Wycombe, England, UK in addition to the aforementioned cult following in the USA.

Difference to Steam version

• The Steam version of the game uses Steam Networking to connect players over the Internet and this is more robust than my own matchmaking server as if there is a connection problem between two players, the traffic will be relayed over the Steam network. In theory, players should always be able to connect in the Steam version. If you plan to play online, I recommend the Steam version over the Itch version.
• Steam requires macOS apps to be signed (which I don't want to bother with) so the game is not available for macOS on Steam at the moment

Instructions

Windows

Extract the .zip archive to a folder, open the folder and double-click the SeasideRacing.exe file to run the game.

macOS

Extract the .zip archive to a folder, CMD+Right Click the SeasideRacing.app file and choose "Open", then in the dialog window that appears, choose "Open". If the game doesn't start the first time after you have done this, try double clicking the .app file to start the game a second time.

Important!

You have to allow the game through your computer's firewall to play over your local network or over the Internet. The window usually appears after you have chosen to search for games or start a new one, so make sure to ALT+Tab (Windows) or CMD+Tab out of the game at this point and allow the game through the firewall.