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Aftercurrent v0.3.38

Just for me
Aftercurrent gameplay in Ashvale, with a red electric bike, weathered buildings, trees, and a live minimap

What it is

Aftercurrent is the electric motocross game my kiddo and I are building together. It's a third-person game with a whole abandoned city to explore. Each seed creates a roughly one-mile-square world with hills, downtown streets, neighborhoods, industrial areas, parks, and scattered wrecks and ruins.

The playable Mac prototype has keyboard-controlled riding, assisted balance, suspension and traction, wheelies, rear-brake skids, powered slides, jumps, and airborne tricks. Land cleanly to bank the points; find a better line and try again. A riding minimap and a larger city map help us explore, and we can return to a city by reusing its seed.

The riding has improved through hands-on iteration. The next focus is making the city convincing: buildings that fit the hills, believable decay and overgrowth, and debris that looks and rides the way its shape suggests. The current environment is still prototype art, and the newer district work is in progress.

This is a personal project, currently tested on my Mac. Intact buildings remain closed, and controller support, other platforms, and public distribution are still ahead.

Why it exists

My kiddo and I decided to create a game together. He wanted it to be electric motocross, so that's what we're building. It's a fun project for us to work on together.

Details

Stage
Just for me
Version
v0.3.38
Started
Sep 5, 2026
Updated
Sep 23, 2026

Status

  1. Just for me, reached
  2. You can try it, not reached
  3. Live product, not reached
Built it for me (now)

Built for my own use. Readable, but not available to try.

Open to anyone

Working and available, some rough edges possible.

A live product

Supported, maintained, and safe to depend on.

Updates about Aftercurrent28

AftercurrentMore ways to ride and trickAftercurrentRolling onto the ramps more smoothlyAftercurrentSeeing the cars on the mapAftercurrentGetting back on the bike nearbyAftercurrentDifferent streets, with traffic that keeps movingAftercurrentGetting the bike and rider into proportionAftercurrentA little traffic in the abandoned cityAftercurrentTrying two landscapes for the same cityAftercurrentFuller downtowns with better ways inAftercurrentAbandoned vehicles with their own characterAftercurrentMap labels that are easier to followAftercurrentMaking the town feel like one connected placeAftercurrentComing back to the city I was ridingAftercurrentA visual library for the world I’m buildingAftercurrentLess waiting for a city to loadAftercurrentA rider who moves with the bikeAftercurrentMore variety in the abandoned townAftercurrentA larger neighborhood, with homes around every turnAftercurrentA reclaimed neighborhood to exploreAftercurrentA red electric bike and a rider to matchAftercurrentTown places worth riding toAftercurrentA city with more places to rideAftercurrentWorking toward a more believable abandoned districtAftercurrentThe first ride through AftercurrentAftercurrentStarting an electric motocross game with my kiddoAftercurrentMaking the bike respond more naturallyAftercurrentSkids, slides, and a wheelie I can holdAftercurrentFixing the first serious riding problem