Anticipated Release: Q2 2008
Platform: PC
Publisher: Genius Products LLC
Developer: inXile entertainment
Number of Players: 1
Genre: Puzzle/Action
Target Audience: 13-35
Anticipated Rating: Rating Pending (Anticipate “E” for Everyone)
MSRP: $19.99
Product Summary:
In Line Rider 2: Unbound, the sled-stealing scumbag Chaz is up to no good and only you, as the clever and cunning Bosh, can defeat him. For Bosh to save his true love Bailey, players must complete tracks in over 40 mind-bending puzzles created by the #1 Line Rider player in the world, TechDawg. Players can also create their own puzzles and story-telling masterpieces and share them on the Internet. The possibilities are limited only by physics and your imagination...providing endless hours of creative play!
Game Features:
New Characters: Bosh is joined by his true love Bailey and his arch-nemesis Chaz
Story mode: Bosh vs. Chaz to get the best sled...and Bailey's love...with over 40 mind-bending puzzle tracks designed by TechDawg
Puzzle Creation mode: design your own twisted puzzles for the world to solve
Freestyle mode: the classic way to create your own masterpieces with cool tricks and sound effects
Track Upload and Movie Output features enable track and puzzle sharing amongst Line Rider community
New, easy and intuitive user interface
Players can upload and download user generated clip art, tracks, puzzles and font through their own personal Line Rider page with full Internet support
New line types, including acceleration and deceleration lines, scenery lines, trampoline lines, trick lines, trap door lines and specially animated finish lines
Special features include a Pixel Perfect Eraser, Flag Markers for saving progress, Clip Art to help build tracks and scenery and Real Time Draw Mode
Library of Sound and Visual Effects brings Bosh and the tracks to life by enabling players to feel the effects of the course through Bosh’s emotions
Players can make creations with multiple Line Riders on the same track
Supports PC Tablet
The Line Rider Story:
Originally created by Boštjan Cadež, a Slovenian university art student, the idea for Line Rider came from one of Boštjan’s drawings in his sketch book and moved from sketch book to the Internet in September 2006. Combining easy-to-use, engaging gameplay with viral user-generated content, Line Rider became an Internet phenomenon, with over 31.6 million visits in 2007. Over 23,500 Line Rider videos can be found on YouTube, with the top 10 videos weighing in with a combined 26.5 million views to date.
Line Rider received the ultimate peer recognition by winning the Game Developers Choice Award for Innovation in 2007.