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Ignition to Extinction

Release date: 2026 April 17

A runner game about survival where you are the obstacle, and it's whatever that is on the road that gotta avoid you to survive. Ignite your might, outrun extinction!

The mighty Mammoth realized it was not fair to go extinct before those weak tuskless humans and started rampaging its way through to show who's stronger.

Pick up fallen trees on the way and run over campfires to burn them, setting yourself on fire to ignite your survival instinct, giving you a speed boost.
Eat cavemen on the way to gain proteins as fuel and carry on as far as you can.

Your offspring will carry over your strength and evolve, unlocking different tusks, fur, and trunk to become even stronger and run ever further.

Keep running until you defy your own fate. Outrun your extinction!

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Codeberg Source code, Godot project, and assets - If you're curious about how the game was made, want to download the assets, or use some parts of it for your personal projects.

If you beat my first game, Buried Spirits, or watched the ending of it, you'll know where this game idea comes from :p
It initially was supposed to be about being the caveman and having to dodge mammoths, but I figured it would be much more fun the other way around :D

I initially wanted to make it feel like you are driving a motorcycle, like the mammoth is just one giant motorcycle wheel with the tusks acting as the steering bar at the front.
However I was quickly confronted with having to deal with physics and feeling, I needed to design whole graphics, controls, physics, and audio to make it feel this way. And to be completely honest this is not something I wanted to spend so much time on in the end, that was more required skill and complexity than I wanted deal with!

It was just a fun idea I had and wanted to make, I didn't want to spend too much time on this and move on to other projects, so I just simply reduced the scope and mechanics into something that's just playable for free c:
In the end the minigame turned out to be more fun than the final game xD

Tips and Tricks

  • Pick up wooden logs, and run over campfires to burn them for a speed boost
  • Weight and speed decide if you are strong enough to break through gates, so prioritize these two stats.
  • You have to break through the final gate 5 times to complete the game. Game is beatable in under an hour.

Source code

You can find the game's source code and its entire Godot project with assets on Codeberg here.
If you plan to reuse the code or assets, make sure to check the licensing details in the LICENSE.txt file, and on the licensing section of my website.

  • A or Left arrow key to steer left
  • D or Right arrow key to steer right
  • Eat cavemen to regain proteins fuel
  • Outrun extinction for as long as you can
  • If you experience performance issues, you can disable the CRT effects with the button at the top of the arcade cabinet
  • Music: Koi-discovery - The odysseus-return