Hill Climb Racing

Hill Climb Racing is a two-dimensional racing game from the Finnish company Fingersoft . It was first released in 2012 for iOS and Android and in 2013 for the Windows Phone . In the game you have to drive as a single player with different vehicles on different routes (levels) and try to get as far as possible in order to achieve records. With collected coins you can buy new levels and vehicles and upgrade old ones to be able to continue driving.

In the first year after its release, the game was downloaded over 100 million times, and in July 2014 it hit 200 million downloads.

Gameplay

The player plays the character Newton Bill , a man with blue trousers, a red top and a red cap, and can choose one of 34 vehicles (with the workshop there are 35) (the jeep is the only vehicle available from the start). Then he selects one of 32 levels, most of which have to be bought free, and is dropped off with the vehicle in the relevant area. Now he can press the accelerator and brake pedals to accelerate the vehicle forwards or backwards or to turn it to the left or right in the air. He always has two advertising sheets on RPM and boost on his screen. The steps differ in color and background, gravity, friction, interruptions in the floor or ceiling and various obstacles (see below).

The aim of the game is to get as far as possible and collect as many coins as possible (since 2016 also diamonds) before the petrol runs out or the vehicle falls down or lands on Newton Bill ("Driver Down"). Refill gasoline in the form of canisters is located along the route and has to be collected, but as the distance increases, it becomes less and less common, so that it becomes more and more difficult to reach the next gasoline with the one that is still available. Coins can be obtained in four different ways. You are at the bottom of the route at regular intervals, with the amount of coins also increasing as the distance traveled; Times when the vehicle is in the air also bring money (the longer the air time, the greater the profit); so-called flips, which can be performed in the air, bring fixed coin amounts (forwards and backwards 1000, with subsequent death 2500); and reaching new, never-before-traveled step sections (level) also brings fixed amounts of money, which increase with further distance. Most of the money is typically obtained through air times and ground coins. The diamonds are also along the route, but are much rarer. (1.33)

With the obtained coins you can either unlock new levels and vehicles at fixed prices, or you can use them to upgrade vehicles. All companions have four categories in which they can be improved between 4 and 25 times. This takes the most money, fully upgrading a vehicle usually requires a tedious coin collecting. All tiers, vehicles and upgrades combined cost 419,563,500 coins. Records are shown for each level in general and also for each vehicle at each level. 69 different achievements can be achieved, among other things you have to cover 1000 km with each vehicle. Coins and diamonds can be purchased for real money. In the workshop, which was added in 2016, you can upgrade the body, engine and tires of vehicles as you wish and create new vehicles.

stages

step	year	particularities
Hill country	original	bridges
Seasons	2016	four repeating sections (the seasons) with changing backgrounds, temporary ceiling, ponds, balls, mud, flying platforms, moving platforms, leaves, ice surfaces, ice blocks, notification at the turn of the year
desert	original	Bridges, flat
Arctic	original	Bridges, high mountains, little friction
Highway	original	very even, refill fuel seldom
cave	original	Bridges, permanent low ceilings, high slopes
moon	original	extremely low gravity, very steep, many changes in incline
Training camp	2015	Temporary ceiling, changing surfaces, sandbags, wooden bridges, approaching tires, ponds
Mars	original	low gravity, bridges, temporary ceiling
Christmas	2013	regular drive-around fir trees, gifts
Alien planet	original	very high gravity, steep inclines, constant change between mountain and valley
Ice cave	2013	Bridges, permanent ceiling, falling and slowing icicles, low friction
Forest	2013	Bridges, permanent maneuverable conifers with stump, in groups
Mountain world	2013	Bridges, very steep, big bumps
Ragnarok	2015	only outlines can be seen, ads are hidden, vehicles look smaller, changed coin, pedal and information design, moving coins and jewels, moving refill canisters, moving floor, moving platforms, moving / deadly columns, deadly ponds, temporary ceiling, very much angular roadway, stones, flying platforms, sudden thrusts, huge cliffs, own background noises; Level is an allusion to the computer game Badland
Mud lands	2013	strong friction, slowing down mud ponds, vehicle dirt on contact with the ground
volcano	2013	flat, petrol-devouring lava lakes
Beach	2013	slowing lakes
factory	2016	Temporary ceiling, sudden steep inclines, packages of pipes on the ceiling, poisonous ponds of liquid, conveyor belts, flying platforms, exploding gas bins, moving metal struts, carrots to lift the poisoning, pipes to be driven vertically,
Roller coaster	2013	huge ascents and descents, loops to be driven
night	2013	Darkness, route more difficult to see, Newton Bill wears a headlamp
roofs	2014	consists only of roofs, wooden ramps as a connection, sometimes larger ramps in front of frequent precipices, chimneys
Junkyard	2014	Car scrap heap with five removable parts, removable jeep bodies on cranes, buildings, many peaks
Building site	2014	consists only of roofs connected by ramps and movable metal girders hanging from cranes, some of them tiltable or with bricks, including abysses
Rainbow	2014	consists of floating drivable rainbows, in between abysses, almost constant incline, no abrupt changes, requires flying backwards
Ghost mountains	2014	Halloween-themed, destructible pumpkins, long, fogged bone bridges, skeletons and trees that can be driven around, sudden hurling lightning bolts, own background music
North Pole	2014	Christmas-themed gifts, roofs with chimneys (coins for gifts pushed in), low friction
Nuclear power plant	2015	temporary ceiling, control equipment and movable containers, radioactive liquid pools, sudden slopes, large seesaws, exploding buoys
arena	2017	Boost ban, ski jump with flight distance measurement, catapult, car scrap which has to be run over, temporary ceiling, gas-devouring fire jets from the ground
jungle	2018	Collect 10 treasures and get a reward, but watch out for mouth-opening crocodiles, dangerous snakes and moving ground passages.
neon	2018	Bridges that are constantly deforming, resolution into larger pixels, of the vehicle only the outlines are visible.
forecast	2019	Mushrooms, small mountains, slim-like elements.

vehicles

vehicle	year	particularities
Workshop	2017	vehicles that you can assemble yourself
jeep	original	Starter car
Motocross	original
Monster truck	original
tractor	2013
Hippie bus	2014	Goes around trees; Tires lose the coating and are then replaced
Standing scooter	2013
Quad	Original?
Trophy truck	2017
Coach	2013	The body falls off if you hit it twice. The three passengers are also gradually lost. This makes the bus lighter and can fly further.
race car	original	Front and rear spoilers can break off and lose their effect.
Driller	2016
Police car	2014	loses body parts in the event of an impact
ambulance	2014	loses body parts in the event of an impact
Electric car	2016
Super diesel 4x4	2013	The roof falls off when you hit the ceiling lightly.
Rally car	original	Various parts can fall off and make the car lighter: roof, roll cage, bumper, etc. After a front-end collision, the engine starts to smoke (without any further consequences).
Dragster	2013
Fire truck	2015
Chopper	? ?
Lowrider	? ?
tank	2013	The gun breaks off if you hit it several times.
Snowmobile	2013
Great off-road	2015	loses the rear spoiler in the event of a strong impact, then it loses stability and contact pressure
truck	2013
Desert buggy	2013
Hovercraft	2013
Minibike	2015
Big fingers	2014
Tourist train	2013	Team with two trailers; if there is too much gas, the locomotive overheats and consumes a lot of fuel
Moon rover	2014	Has thrust nozzles with which the vehicle can take off. If he lands on the roof, the transparent dome is blown off.
Hot rod	2015	Nitro injection gives a boost. If you stay too long on the gas, the engine is overloaded and briefly fails. On the third overload, the engine explodes and the driver dies.
Sledge	2014	upgradeable to four reindeer; ideal for north pole range
mutant	2019	Three different cars in one

Sequel

The sequel Hill Climb Racing 2 was released on November 28, 2016 in the Google Play Store and in early December 2016 in the App Store . It focuses on the multiplayer mode; you compete against three opponents from all over the world, but not in real time. The game now includes 19 vehicles, over 60 routes and changing events with special tasks to be fulfilled.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Oululaista hittipeliä ladattu vuodessa yli 100 000 000 kertaa ( Finnish ) MTV.fi. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
^ Fingersoft, the Creator of Hill Climb Racing, Announces its First International Game Studio Collaboration with the Release of Irish Studio Six Minute's Game Pick A Pet . Gamasutra.com. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
↑ Article about Hill Climb Racing 2 on adweek.com

[MTV.fi-1] Oululaista hittipeliä ladattu vuodessa yli 100 000 000 kertaa ( Finnish ) MTV.fi. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

[Gamasutra.com-2] Fingersoft, the Creator of Hill Climb Racing, Announces its First International Game Studio Collaboration with the Release of Irish Studio Six Minute's Game Pick A Pet . Gamasutra.com. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

[3] Article about Hill Climb Racing 2 on adweek.com