Lane Rush
Three lanes, one car, and a constant stream of obstacles falling toward you. Switch lanes at the right moment to stay alive — every second you survive adds to your score.
There's no acceleration, no power-ups, and no extra mechanics to learn. It's a pure test of reading the lane ahead and committing to a move before it's too late.
How to Play
- Switch lanes: Left / Right Arrow keys
- Mobile: tap the left or right half of the screen
- Avoid every obstacle in your lane
- Survive longer to score higher
About This Game
Lane Rush is a minimal 3-lane dodging game. Obstacles fall continuously from the top of the screen in one of three lanes, and your only job is to be in a different lane when they reach you. Your score climbs automatically for every moment you stay alive, so there's no separate scoring system to think about — just survive.
Why We Built It
We wanted to strip a lane-switching reflex game down to its simplest possible form — no speed-up curve, no items, no second mechanic competing for your attention. Just three lanes and a decision to make every time something approaches. It turns out that simplicity makes the timing of each lane switch matter a lot more, since there's nothing else to distract you from it.
How It Works
A new obstacle spawns in a randomly chosen lane roughly every 0.78 seconds and falls down the screen at a constant speed. Your car sits near the bottom of the play field, and a collision is checked whenever an obstacle in your current lane passes through a fixed vertical zone close to your car. Your score increases by one for every animation frame you're still alive, so longer survival directly becomes a higher number — there's no separate point system layered on top.
Tips & Strategy
- Pick a lane and commit — switching back and forth without a clear reason is the most common way to accidentally drive into something.
- Watch the obstacles as they spawn at the top of the screen rather than waiting until they're right in front of your car.
- The middle lane gives you an escape route in both directions, which makes it a safer default position than either edge.
- On mobile, keep a finger ready over each half of the screen so you're not reaching across to switch lanes at the last second.
Ideas for Improvement
- Speed ramp — gradually increasing obstacle speed the longer a run goes, for an extra layer of difficulty.
- Near-miss bonus — extra points for switching lanes at the last possible moment.
- Lane-specific hazards — obstacles that behave differently depending on which lane they spawn in.
- Visual car and obstacle variety — different sprites instead of flat colored blocks.