I've been solo developing a parkour game called Freerunners for the last few years in my spare time, chipping away at its development! 

The game is based on my own experiences of doing parkour a couple of years ago. I wanted to try and give the feeling I got of finding a flow and underlying rhythm of movement through an environment. Vaulting, climbing, jumping, ducking, swinging, sliding, doing what it takes to complete a route as fast as possible.

This week the game is taking part in Steam Next Fest. That means you can play the demo on Steam, as well as here on itch!

Since I’ve been making the game I realised that there really aren’t that many parkour-focused games out there. Lots of games have vaulting and ledge grabbing etc but very few are themed around parkour. I’m sure there are a bunch that I don’t know about but really the main ones I can think of are Mirrors Edge, Dying Light, Assassins Creed and a mobile game called Vector. I don’t know if I’ve stumbled upon a niche or if there is a good reason that people don’t make parkour-themed games ha.

Go play the Demo and let me know what you think!

Remember to wishlist the game on Steam or follow me on itch if you like the game and want to keep up to date with it!

Cheers,

James