Diesel Runner Devlog - itch.io

Big update: brutal collisions, day/night cycle, and a sprite HUD

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:30:02 GMT

Three updates landed on the Iron Highway today, driven directly by player feedback. COLLISIONS THAT HURT Raiders were too easy to shrug off. Every enemy class is tougher now - trash health scales much...

Horde update: Vampire Survivors-style raider swarms + AI-painted textures

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:34 GMT

Two big updates rolled onto the Iron Highway this week. RAIDER HORDES The sparse enemy waves are gone. Raiders now pour onto the road in a continuous stream, Vampire Survivors style, on top of periodi...

Patch: finger-follow touch steering (drag the bike!)

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:06:24 GMT

First player feedback arrived within hours of launch, straight from a phone: "touch doesn't work, the bike slams into the right barrier." THE BUG The original controls split the screen into halves - h...

Diesel Runner is live - from River Raid homage to dieselpunk highway war

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:01:10 GMT

Diesel Runner started life as a question: how much of a complete game can an AI build end to end? The answer is now playable in your browser - a dieselpunk arcade shooter where you ride a leaking scra...