Drone Rush

Drone Rush is a combat racer set on a steel track floating in black space. Twelve drones race three laps around a 4 km orbital circuit: a launch crest that throws you into the air, a shipyard full of cranes and half-built hulls, and a tube through a space station. You pick one of four frames, each with its own pace, armour, cooling and fuel, then fight for position with a laser that heats up, homing missiles, mines, a barrier and a short overdrive.

The race runs on a fixed 60 Hz simulation, so the same seed and the same inputs always produce the same race. That made it possible to test the rules automatically: checkpoints that cannot be skipped, respawns, damage, AI that passes and dodges, and a balance check where a skilled bot finishes around 3rd and a passive one around 8th.

The art direction is simple shapes with high-quality rendering: physically based materials, ambient occlusion, bloom and a colour grade, with drones built from smooth lofted bodies. Game feel was tuned on top: a Style score with combos, a points feed, hit-stop and flashes on takedowns, and a chase camera that keeps the drone large in frame at 600 km/h.

The build is under 1 MB. Graphics quality steps down automatically on slower devices, and the release build was checked against draw-call and triangle budgets on a 1080p desktop and a phone-sized screen.