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ithoughtiwascrazy @ithoughtiwascrazy

https://youtu.be/cDQ7Ggkz66U This is a good game. Sadly, I am not good at it, but I had fun either way! XDD

indestructor @indestructor

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stantheslav @Stantheslav

This is seriously a great game! I've played it just for a bit but stil I can appreciate the amount of effort put into this project!
Well done!
https://youtu.be/Y-jQe7gJggI

slayer64 @slayer64

I ran outta money and lost. I play games to get away from real life.
What can I do with those secret tapes?

Fernando @YLivay

This game proves there is no such thing as too much screenshake :D

You’re broke, you’re hungry, and your only friends are a vintage hoverbike and a bowl of ramen noodles.

In Desert Child, you are a young and talented hoverbike racer who needs to figure out how you can scrape enough cash together through racing and odd jobs to punch your one way ticket to the Red Planet to enter the biggest race in the universe, the Grand Prix.

The world as we know it is slowly starting to become unhabitable, as many people on Earth have moved to Mars for a better quality of life, thanks to a government subsidy that assisted in relocating citizens by providing affordable passage. After several years of running this program, the government announces that in two weeks, tickets to Mars would go up in price, making the exodus to the Red Planet unobtainable for regular citizens.

You’ll deliver pizzas, collect gun parts, hunt bounties, and make some fans along the way. In between races, you’ll explore colorful cities where you can repair and upgrade your bike, dine on the local cuisine, and fight your way through gangsters, bounty hunters, and all sorts of interesting characters, just so that you can have a decent meal and keep your bike running.

Nothing’s free in Desert Child.

Features

Hunt bounties, deliver pizzas, throw races - do anything you can to earn cash
Explore a pixel-art solar system inspired by Cowboy Bebop, Akira and Redline
Customize your beloved bike with Guns, Amplifiers and shameless advertising
Dine on a range of interplanetary cuisine with sweet buffs to help you win
Master deep combat and racing mechanics and define your own style
Race, shoot, and get better! Designed for replayability, with secrets that keep you coming back
Chill to an original lo-fi hip-hop soundtrack
Challenge your friends through local multiplayer

#rpg #multiplayer #action #adventure #space #alien #race #racing #retro #shooter #scifi #strategy

Development Stage

Complete

Engine/Language

Game Maker

Published On

December 11, 2018

Game Website

Mild Cartoon Violence

Alcohol Use

Drug Reference

Tobacco Use

Suggestive Themes

Strong Language

In the Hack Mars Bank task, the more money you have in the bank, the more you can take. Shoot white statues and collect as much cash to successfully pull off the heist.

For best results, eat a Moth Bean, and use the Stavros $$ Hack Mod.

Bike Mod Tip 2

Fill up any spaces in the grid with remaining power cells, as the more power cells placed on the grid, the more you can allocate toward each bike part mod, making them more powerful.

Bike Mod Tip 1

To mod your bike, use the power cells to connect the battery in the middle of the grid to the red connector on the placed bike part. Afterwards, you can allocate the power cells into each mod in the previous screen.

Currently, high refresh monitors can result in short races and glitchy graphics.

Quick fix:
1) Run game in Windowed mode
or
2) Drop monitor's refresh rate to 60Hz before starting the game

Apologies for this issue - we'll add patch notes when fixed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_g2ikGNTjM

Rev your hoverbikes! Desert Child is NOW AVAILABLE!

Explore a vibrant pixel-art solar system in this stylized racing adventure flavored with colorful sidequests, fierce hoverbike competitions, and a chill, lo-fi hip-hop soundtrack.