Drive and Jump

Drive and Jump for iOS is a simple, retro-styled arcade racing game for iOS. Race through 4 different environments jumping your racer over obstacles, collecting items, and smashing other cars for bonus points.

Drive and Jump was created as a homage to the Data East classic Bump ‘n Jump. It was a ton of fun to make, and even though it’s far from amazing, it’s probably the best pixel art I had created up until that point.

Development was relatively quick: I think I completed the game in about 3 months, only working on it during evenings and the occasional weekend.

Features

• Simple one-hand/tap controls
• Power-ups
• Retro-racing action

Technologies used

• Cocos2d
• Accelerometer/Gyroscope
• Twitter SDK
• Game Center achievements and leaderboards

Madie in Shanghai, China in 2011