Wild Pass is an off-road truck game for your phone, in portrait, with one thumb on the glass. A run climbs one long trail until the fuel runs dry. Every foot pays, every upgrade buys you further up, and the mud remembers where you have been.
The ground deforms. Wheels push ruts into it that stay for the whole run, so the line you cut on the way up is the line you meet again. Deep mud drags the truck down and sinks it, spinning wheels dig themselves in, and clods fly off the tyres and build up on the body.
Water drags and lifts, splashes and leaves a wake. Rocks and logs take the suspension through its whole travel. The truck is heavy and planted: it does not bounce off an obstacle, it climbs over it or it does not.
Ten seconds of fighting up a muddy ridge is the product. Getting stuck burns fuel, which is why tyres, the diff lock and knowing when to rock out of a hole matter more than the throttle.
Hold anywhere on the screen to drive, and slide your thumb left or right to steer. Let go to brake. There is no gearbox to manage, no pedals to find, and no buttons in the corners. Four-wheel drive, the diff lock and the winch work on their own, or come as tuning you earn.
Distance pays cash, and the tank decides how far you get. Between runs you spend it on three things: Fuel for the seconds, Engine for the torque, Payout for the cash per foot. Every price rises with its level, so the first upgrade lands in under a minute and the later ones are a decision.
Fixed distances on each trail unlock one thing at a time: the shop, the daily calendar, Tuning, the Garage, and a crate. The summit pays a large reward and opens the next region on the map. Nothing is dumped on you at the start.
A second mode in the works: tow a loaded trailer up the same trails, with the weight and the winch in the physics, and get paid for what arrives intact. Lose a log on a switchback and you lose the money with it.
A truck is built from shards you win, and tuned from there: tyres, suspension, gearbox, four-wheel drive, the diff lock and the winch. A region can ask for a role, so the right truck for the ground in front of you is a real choice.
Clear, overcast, rain, snow and fog run over forest, swamp and snow country, with more regions on the way. Weather changes what the ground does under the tyres, not just what it looks like.
The game is still in development. Write to us for a question, a bug, or to hear when it reaches the App Store.