The Short Drive
Games / The Short Drive
Driving · Shipped · 2023

The Short Drive

A short drive down a long, lonely road.

2023
Released
Driving
Genre
48h
Jam build
Web
Platform
Free
On itch.io
About the game

One road, all night.

The Short Drive is exactly what it sounds like: a short drive. You get a car, a stretch of empty highway, and the quiet that comes with both. That's the whole game — and that's the point.

Built in a 48-hour jam, it strips driving games down to the one thing we actually love about them: the feeling of being alone on a road at night, headlights catching the edge of something, the radio low.

No objectives. No timer. Drive until you feel like stopping.

Atmosphere over everything
(01)

Atmosphere over everything

Every system in the game serves one goal: mood. The lighting, the engine hum, the way the road unfolds — all tuned to make a quiet drive feel like something.

The whole point
(02)

No score. No timer.

We cut everything a driving game usually leans on. What's left is the part that doesn't need a number attached to it: just the drive, for as long as you want it.

Restraint as design
(03)

Made in a weekend

Our first shipped game, built start-to-finish in 48 hours. Rough, small, and exactly the kind of thing that taught us we could actually finish something.

Where it started

Take the drive.

Free in your browser on itch.io. Headphones on, lights off — that's how it's meant to be played.

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