u/SteerITapp — reddlx

▲ 67 r/localmultiplayergames+1 crossposts

My phone-controller party racer got a bunch of updates — here's the full flow (no app, up to 8 on one screen)

Hey all — sharing an update on Steer It (disclosure: I'm the solo dev, posted here a couple

weeks back and the feedback was great).

Quick recap for anyone new: it's a browser party racer where everyone's phone becomes a

steering wheel — scan a QR code, no app, no downloads, up to 8 players sharing one screen.

No splitscreen squinting, no hunting for controllers. Made exactly for the "we've got a room

full of people and one screen" situation this sub is about.

Since last time I've added:

- A new track (built it from a hand-drawn sketch)

- Time Attack + XP modes with global leaderboards

- And I just opened those modes up free for signed-in players

Still completely free to try — Free Ride is free, and the racing modes are free now too if you

Would genuinely love more feedback from people who actually play couch/local multiplayer —

what works, what's missing. Happy to answer anything about how the phone-as-controller thing

works under the hood.

u/SteerITapp — 3 days ago

▲ 2 r/LaunchMyStartup

I built a browser racing game where your phone is the controller — no install, no app store

Hey everyone,

I'm a former pro MMA fighter who can't write code. Over the past year I've been building products with AI instead, and this is one of them.

Steer It is a local multiplayer racing game that runs entirely in the browser. One person opens it on a laptop or TV, everyone else scans a QR code and their phone becomes the controller — tilt to steer. No downloads, no accounts, no app store. Up to 6 people racing on one screen.

The hard part was the real-time side: getting phone input to the game with low enough latency that steering feels responsive, plus handling reconnects when someone's phone drops off wifi. Took a lot of iterations on the physics too — arcade drift that feels good is harder than realistic physics.

It's live at steerit.app if you want to try it. Works best with a few people in the same room.

Happy to answer anything about how it's built.

u/SteerITapp — 9 days ago

▲ 2 r/ProductHunters

Launched on Product Hunt today: a browser party game where your phone is the controller

Solo dev, first ever Product Hunt launch — went live this morning and I have no idea what I'm doing.

Steer It: open it on any screen, everyone scans a QR code, and their phone becomes a tilt steering wheel. Up to 8 players, nothing installed on any device.

Built it because every five-minute team break dies the same way: someone needs to install something, someone's on a locked-down work laptop, and the break is over before it works.

The game was the easy half. Keeping phones connected when P2P dies on mobile data took longer than everything else combined.

Would appreciate feedback — on the product, but honestly also on the launch page itself. First time doing this and I'm sure I got things wrong.

https://www.producthunt.com/products/steer-it?utm_source=other&utm_medium=social

reddit.com

u/SteerITapp — 9 days ago

▲ 6 r/Smalltwitchstreamers+4 crossposts

Steer It — a browser party racing game where your phone is the steering wheel (no download, free to play)

Solo dev here. Steer It is a party racing game that runs entirely in the browser — no download, no app, no account needed to play.

One person opens it on a laptop or tablet, everyone else scans a QR code with their phone, and the phone becomes the steering wheel — tilt to steer, tap for gas and brake. Everyone races together on one shared screen, so no splitscreen and nobody's squinting at a quarter of the display.

It's an early version — the core loop is genuinely chaotic fun with friends in the room, but there are rough edges and bugs I haven't caught yet. Free ride is free with no signup, so you can just jump in.

steerit.app

u/SteerITapp — 7 days ago

▲ 3 r/playmygame

Steer It — browser party racing where your phone is the steering wheel (early version, free to play)

Game Title: Steer It

Playable Link: https://steerit.app

Platform: Browser / HTML5 (phones act as controllers)

Description:

Steer It is a local multiplayer party racing game that runs entirely in the browser — no download, no app, no account needed. One person opens the game on a laptop, TV or tablet, and everyone else scans a QR code with their phone. Their phone becomes the steering wheel: tilt to steer, tap for gas, brake and handbrake. Everyone races together on the one shared screen — no splitscreen, so nobody is squinting at a quarter of the display.

Right now there's free ride mode on a couple of maps, with drift physics that reward actually learning the car rather than mashing buttons. Built from scratch as a web app — vanilla TypeScript, Canvas 2D, WebRTC for the phone-to-screen connection.

Fair warning: this is an early version. The core loop works and it's chaotic fun with friends in the room, but there are rough edges and bugs I definitely haven't found yet. Feedback very welcome.

Free to Play Status:

Free to play

(Optional paid tier for extra maps and modes, but the free version needs no account and is fully playable.)

Involvement: Solo developer — I built the whole thing myself: physics, netcode, art direction, everything.

u/SteerITapp — 22 days ago