Radar Rider

Radar Rider puts a spaceship between you and a stargate, then makes reliable sight arrive in ten-second slices. Each radar sweep briefly reveals another part of the route, turning a tiny top-down trip into a nervous exercise in memory, timing, and not cuddling the red spikes.

What is Radar Rider?

The rules fit on a postcard: move with WASD or the arrow keys, find the stargate, and avoid the red spiky hazards. The wrinkle is the radar. It takes ten seconds to complete a circle, so no part of the surrounding space stays continuously visible. That constraint was built for Ludum Dare 51's “Every 10 seconds” theme and also answers the Waterloo jam theme “Far from Close.” The result is a compact navigation challenge where waiting supplies information but movement spends it. You can run it in the browser or download Windows and Linux builds.

What you can do there

• Steer a spaceship with WASD or arrow keys
• Read a radar that refreshes over ten seconds
• Reach the stargate while avoiding hazards

Why we picked it

One timer does nearly all the design work. A full radar sweep sounds helpful until you realize it also guarantees that most of the map is stale at any given moment. That clean mismatch between where the ship is now and what the display last showed gives a very small jam game a sharp, memorable identity.

How to get the most from it

Move with WASD or the arrow keys and aim for the stargate. Watch a complete radar sweep before committing to a long move, remember where the red hazards appeared, and use shorter corrections when the display is showing an older slice of space.

Good to know

The page labels the game as keyboard-controlled and a few minutes long. It runs in HTML5, with name-your-own-price Windows and Linux downloads that allow a zero-dollar choice. Touch, controller, audio, saving, accessibility, and mobile behavior are not documented.

Who made it, and when?

Avery Hiebert is the credited creator or organization.