Distance (video game)

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Distance
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Steam coverart
Developer Refract Studios
Publisher Refract Studios
Director Jordan Hemenway
Engine Unity
Platforms
Release
  • September 18, 2018
  • July 19, 2024 (PlayStation)
Genre Racing
Modes Single-player, multiplayer

Distance is a 2018 racing game by Refract Studios for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation consoles. Following a crowdfunding campaign and an early access launch in 2014, it was released in September 2018 and is scheduled for release on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in July 2024.

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Gameplay

Distance is a racing game where the player controls a vehicle with the ability to fly. [1] Courses feature obstacles like gaps or saws.

Development and release

Distance was developed by Refract Studios, founded by former DigiPen Institute of Technology students in Seattle. [2] The game is as a spiritual successor to Nitronic Rush, a student project developed at DigiPen and released in 2011, which intellectual property is owned by DigiPen. [3] In October 2012, Refract launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign seeking $125,000 for Distance. [4] It features the addition of a multiplayer mode compared to Nitronic Rush. [3]

The game was released into early access via Steam on December 9, 2014. A PlayStation 4 version was announced on December 2, 2014 and showcased at PlayStation Experience 2015 with PlayStation VR on December 4, 2015. [5] [6] Distance was fully released for Windows on September 18, 2018. [7] PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions are scheduled for July 19, 2024. [8]

Reception

The PC version of Distance received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregation website Metacritic. [12] Reviewing the early access version in September 2017, Ali Jones of PCGamesN found the multiplayer to be the best part due to the availability of thousands of courses. [13] Upon release in September 2018, Gamekult noted the delayed development and found it to be an exhilarating racing game. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Webster, Andrew (December 26, 2012). "Designing race cars of the future in 'Distance'". The Verge . Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ Zacny, Rob (April 24, 2014). "Distance: Oh hell yes". PCGamesN . Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Mejia, Ozzie (October 22, 2012). "Distance: Making a spiritual successor to Nitronic Rush". Shacknews . Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  4. ↑ Matulef, Jeffrey (October 19, 2012). "Creators of superb free racing game Nitronic Rush take to Kickstarter for follow-up". Eurogamer . Gamer Network . Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  5. ↑ Barker, Sammy (December 2, 2014). "Distance Is the Eyeball Melting PS4 Racer You've Been Asking For". Push Square . Gamer Network . Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Distance announced for PlayStation VR". Gematsu. December 4, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  7. ↑ Linken, André (August 9, 2018). "Distance: Indie-Racer verlässt nach vier Jahren die Early-Access-Phase". PC Games (in German). Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Distance for PS5, PS4 launches July 9 [Update: Delayed to July 19]". Gematsu. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Distance critic reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Test: Distance, le petit frère démoniaque de Trackmania". Gamekult (in French). September 21, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Distance". CD-Action . December 2018. p. 70.
  12. ↑ "Distance". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  13. ↑ Jones, Ali (September 15, 2017). "Distance brings Rocket League-style acrobatics to the race track". PCGamesN . Retrieved July 12, 2024.

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