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HaberDashers

HaberDashers is a console-style arcade (kart) racer for the PC in which players control miniature humanoid inhabitants of an everyday home, racing past outsized household items and through rooms as they compete against human and AI opponents with both driving skills and item pick-ups.

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May 27, 2020
6 years and 67 days ago
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Mostly Positive92 reviews70.7%

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HaberDashers is a console-style arcade (kart) racer for the PC in which players control miniature humanoid inhabitants of an everyday home, racing past outsized household items and through rooms as they compete against human and AI opponents with both driving skills and item pick-ups.

HaberDashers is being developed by graduate students at SMU Guildhall.

The game is in pre-alpha development.

Key Features:
  • Single-player and couch multiplayer with split screens for up to 4 players
  • Remote multiplayer using Steam's Remote Play Together feature
  • 8 racers in each race (humans as well as AI)
  • Modular car design featuring at least 4 car bodies, 4 car wheel types, and various paint jobs and decals
  • 4 original characters that fit in the world
  • 3-lap races lasting roughly 5 minutes each
  • Surface types with varying drag
  • Players have the ability to use a drifting mechanic to execute tighter turns
  • One-time use weapons and abilities in the form of on-track pickups