Line Rider Update

About a month ago, I keyed you into the original version of Line Rider. You remember– it’s the game where you start with blank canvas, and you draw lines, loops, jumps, and whatever else you want to make a ‘course’ for your Line Rider guy. All the rules of gravity apply– so it becomes a challenge to create a course that your rider can survive. Since I last wrote about Line Rider, it seems as though it has really caught on and has become a cult classic of sorts (you should see some of the new courses people have built!). It has become so popular, in fact, that Nintendo (DS and Wii) will be jumping on the Line Rider bandwagon this spring. This super-simple program, invented by Slovenian university student Bostjan Cadez, is truly addictive– probably why it has generated over 16 million page views and became the 7th quickest gaining keyword in Google. The new version comes complete with an eraser, a checkpoint system, zooming, and acceleration lines. I know what I’ll be doing over the holidays!