Dust Devils

Dust Devils is a retro-inspired post-apocalyptic browser combat racer about scrap-built vehicles, brutal road survival, and tracks that mutate under endless sandstorms.

The hook is simple:

The track is your rival. The rivals are your parts bin.

Race across unstable desert roads while dodging sinkholes, ramps, dunes, soft sand, and wreckage. Use nitro to punch through bad terrain, fire a harpoon at rival cars, and deploy a once-per-race Dust Devil to reshape the road ahead.

This is a lightweight v0.1.0 browser prototype built with plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No engine, no framework, no install required.

Current prototype features:

• Isometric desert racing
• Keyboard driving controls
• Terrain that mutates during the race
• Dust Devil terrain-shaping ability
• Rival racers
• Harpoon combat
• Nitro boost
• 60-second race timer
• Scrap payout
• Junkyard garage with starter parts and loadout persistence

Known limitations:

• Best played on desktop with a keyboard
• Safari and mobile browsers are not primary targets yet
• Gamepad and touch controls are not implemented
• Audio, pause screen, and deeper rival AI are planned future work

Dust Devils is small, scrappy, and intentionally prototype-shaped — a first playable slice of a bigger wasteland racing idea.