Alex vs Bus: The Race is a free and open source platform runner game in which Alex is just a man who depends on public transportation in a developing country and needs to run in order to catch the bus, or else he will have to wait an eternity for the next bus to come.
Key features include:
- A finished game, no longer WIP, complete with 13 levels across 3 different difficulties and an ending sequence.
- Audio and visual style inspired by the 8-bit era, although the game is not bound to all of the technical limitations of the period.
- Keyboard, gamepad, and touchscreen (Android only) supported as input devices.
- A different cutscene when clearing each level.
- Customizable screen size.
- Scanlines visual effect.
- Cross-platform.
This repository (https://github.com/M374LX/alexvsbus) contains the current C port of the game, which was originally written in Java. The original Java edition, which has been discontinued, can be found at https://github.com/M374LX/alexvsbus-java.
Note: not officially on Google Play. Someone has published the original Java edition of the game on Google Play without having contacted us and charges for it. It is not official and we cannot ensure it is identical to the official build. At present, the game is officially distributed only through GitHub, where it is free of charge.
The library used by this port of the game is raylib (https://raylib.com) with some modifications.
The game can be described as a "platform runner" (not an endless runner). In each level, the player has 90 seconds to catch the bus while jumping over holes, banana peels, crates, and other obstacles.
For extra score, you can optionally collect the coins found in the levels. Collecting a silver coin adds 50 to your score, while collecting a gold coin adds 100 to it.
When reaching the bus, 10 is added to your score for each remaining second before the next level starts. If you run out of time before reaching the bus, however, it will depart without Alex in it and you will be offered the option to try again. By selecting the check mark, the current level is restarted, but your score is cleared to zero.
The game can be controlled by using a keyboard, gamepad, or touchscreen buttons (Android only).
When using a keyboard, the ingame controls are:
Left arrow/Right arrow/A/D: Move character
Ctrl/Spacebar/Up arrow/W: Jump
Escape: Pause
F9: Toggle audio
When using a keyboard, the controls during menus are:
Arrow keys/W/A/S/D: Select item
Ctrl/Spacebar/Enter (aka Return): Confirm selection
Escape: Close current menu
F9: Toggle audio
On French (AZERTY) keyboards, W becomes Z and A becomes Q.
Touchscreen functionality is currently not supported on desktop platforms,
but can be simulated by using the mouse if the command-line option --touch
is used.
On a touchscreen, menu items can be selected by touching them.
The game's manual can be found in HTML and PDF formats at https://github.com/M374LX/alexvsbus/tree/main/docs/manual.
On desktop platforms, the list of supported command-line options can be found
in the manual or by launching the game with the --help (or -h) option.
See docs/Build-Desktop or docs/Build-Android.