u/CarveRush-Wheel-Run

A week and a half ago I posted a one wheel game I was building and got taken apart in the comments — in the useful way. The iPhone beta is live now, so here's where it stands.

iPhone (TestFlight, public link, no signup): https://testflight.apple.com/join/Fgu9XH1E

Android (open testing): https://play.google.com/apps/testing/at.ncn.carverush

iPhone took longer than planned, and it was my fault, not Apple's. The first builds had problems that only showed up on iOS: tilt steering was mirrored (the sensor reports gravity inverted there), the app could die if you backgrounded it mid-run, and the intro screen hung on the first launch after installing. I didn't want anyone's first ride to be that. Fixed now.

What this sub changed, since I owe you the list:

• "Tilting back doesn't let me come to a stop." Correct — and worse than reported: throttle AND brake were tilt-only, so about 86% of players never had a brake at all. There's a brake pedal in every control mode now.
• "The jump over the house is ludicrous." The jump was fine. The house was 4.6 m wide with a 4 m ridge — a garden shed. Rebuilt at 7.6 × 6.4 m, two storeys, door left at 2 m so your eye has something to measure against.
• "The gyro default is too sensitive." Dead zone and expo curve reworked.
• Riding off the trail now actually costs you speed, instead of the trail being decorative.
• Separate leaderboards per control mode — gyro riders were never going to beat touch riders on a shared board, the median gap was about 2.8×.

What's next: a third world (forest road), drops, and switch stance — asked for more than once in here, which is the strongest signal I get.

Still a beta and still rough in places. The 💬 button in the menu goes straight to me and is faster than this thread.

More game info: https://carverush.com/

Quick follow-up from the solo dev in Tyrol: about 20 of you joined the open test within days — thank you. You didn't hold back, and that's exactly what I hoped for. Everything below shipped in the last days, updates land automatically:

• "I spin when I don't want to" → Fixed. Tricks now only trigger on a deliberate flick — holding your steer through a jump will never spin you again.
• "Let me roll over small stumps for style points" → It's in. Stumps spawn near the line; roll one at speed for a bonus. There's a hidden mission attached, that's all I'm saying. 🪵
• "Ask me how I want to steer" → First launch now offers touch, swipe, buttons or gyro up front (gyro is the sleeper hit — try it).
• Battery tuning (from watching your runs, not a request): carving rhythm now costs about half the battery it used to — the mechanic should punish greed, not good riding. Bonus batteries sit closer to the line and the HUD tells you which side the next one is on.
• Leaderboard names: after a new personal best the game now asks for your rider name right on the results screen. The top-10 list finally has faces — beat "Rommi" (that's me, and I'd honestly love to see it).

Still open from your feedback: charging stations as mid-run checkpoints — that one needs the next world (uphill forest road, in the works).

Not testing yet? Android: → carverush.app/beta?src=reddit (iPhone riders: there's an email signup behind the same link — TestFlight is coming.)