Our daily pick of the best free software – send a boxed ragdoll flying through a set of challenges inspired by circuses and skate parks.
« What if, when people die, they do go to heaven… only they’re still dead and their bodies are now used as competitors in challenges? »
That’s the question posed by Kabi Jedhagen, the developer of distinctly strange indie racing/platform game Corpse Box Racers .
You control a cardboard box containing a limp rag doll, which you must guide through a series of increasingly tricky courses that take their inspiration from circuses, fairgrounds and skate parks.
Corpse Box Racers has a single-player mode, which is great for mastering its controls, but the real fun starts when you challenge up to three friends in split-screen multiplayer.
The game supports Xbox controllers, or you can all huddle around a keyboard, each using a different set of four keys to guide your box and its late occupant to victory.
The game is free to download and play, but you can also make a donation to Jedhagen to fund the development of this extremely strange but addictive little game.
Download of the Day is our pick of the best free software around – whether it’s useful, fun, or just plain silly. If you have any recommendations, please send them to downloads@techradar.com.
