Nova Road Racers

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Nova Road Racers is a community-led racing kart game with RPG elements. The project is meant to hold all kinds of content, whether it be original or from any other kind of medium. The project was spearheaded by Toroko for The V² and Nintendo Switch.

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Gameplay

Basic Gameplay

Nova Road Racers on it's surface appears to be very similar to Mario Kart or other kart racers, and includes mechanics such as drift and boost. Drifting allows you to swerve the cart to help make turns and increase your speed, while boosting determines your acceleration and how fast you go when you ride across boost pads or other boosting mechanics.

Where Nova Road Racers stands out is it's RPG elements. Nova Road Racers allows you take on classes that can alter your gameplay, provides you with a health system, and introduces level and experience point mechanics.

Racer Classes

Racer Classes are a huge important part of Nova Road Racers and are a defining mechanic. Classes change how drift mechanics work on a per class basis- for instance, the Healer Class can heal by drifting and the Wizard class can restore mana by drifting- and alters the stats of a character further. All classes are available for all characters- and no character starts in a specific class, leaving it up to player's choice.

If a class stat maximizes one character's stat, that stat becomes maxed out and any further penalty stat will not be taken into account. Same goes for character stats that become zeroed as a result of penalty stats- they cannot gain extra points when a stat hits zero.

Classes also influence the vehicles that a character can ride as well as change their item pool to get a different set of items. While items can be shared between multiple classes, their percentage chance of showing up is different for each class.

Battle Damage

Each racer and their vehicle has 100 health and their defense against attacks depends largely on their strength stat, which also determines how powerful they are when they use items. While racers and their vehicles can shrug off even heavy attacks when at full health, it can cause them to spin out or need to re enter at a checkpoint if they take a hit too big for their health.

As such, some classes focus on fighting or defending as it can sometimes be the key to victory as opposed to being a speedy kart.

Evolved Racing

As you race, you can slowly gain experience points to level up and gain gear points that you can allocate to your stats to try and make up for your weaknesses. These gear points can be turned on or off in races and your level will determine the kind of opponents you find yourself up against in online play.

Modes

Multiplayer Racing

Multiplayer Racing is the free-play mode with up to 8 players, provided there at least four Nintendo Switch units (for 8 joycons). You can select any unlocked characters on any of the tracks of the cups unlocked and then race. There are options to go through multiple races on different tracks or race as teams. When selecting through this mode, you begin with the ruleset, track, and then characters. You can also switch items and the class system off if you want, but where's the fun in that?

Tournament Cups

Tournament Cups is basically the story mode for the game, allowing you to pick a character and level them up over the course of all the races in the game. You first complete tournament cups and then can go up against spirits who are imbued with special properties for additional challenges. While you can play this with friends, you cannot set up the conditions for each race. You can also collect treasures and quickly earn experience points to put into Gear Points for your character.

Battle Arena

Are you tired of being nice? Don't you want to go apeshit? In this mode, you are set in a arena fashioned after some of the tracks in the game and must quickly find items to use against your opponent to get their health down to zero so you can take a stock from them. You can set the amount of stocks they have and a handicap.

Classes

Image + Name	Info	Stats
Speedster Added by Exotoro	Speedster is a class that focuses on well, speed, at the cost of everything else. Speedsters have access to speed boosting items as well as items that can mess with a opponent's speed. Speedsters loose strength and minor drift, but gain a lot of speed and a minor bit of boost.	Stats Speed +20 Strength -20 Drift -5 Boost +5
Wizard Added by Exotoro	Wizard is a strange class that gives a boost to drifting and uniquely has drift fill up the chances of picking up powerful items as opposed to a speed boost. A magic meter appears next to the speedometer and the more magic you have, the more likely you'll be able to pull better items from this class' selection of items, which mostly consist of magic objects.	Stats Speed -5 Strength +5 Drift +20 Boost -20
Healer Added by Exotoro	Healer maximizes their drift mechanic, which they use to heal both themselves and their team mates as opposed to a speed boost. They take a minor hit to speed and strength, as well as a decent hit to their boost. They mostly use healing or protective items such as shields and sprouts. Having one healer can be valuable to a party set-up or keep you on the road longer in more intense combat-heavy races.	Stats Speed -5 Strength -5 Drift +25 Boost -15
Brute Added by Exotoro	Brutes maximize their strength as the cost of everything else, and use their drifts to slam into other racers to knock them back. They use heavy weapon items to attack and generally due to their strength, can tank through attacks by other opponents.	Stats Speed -15 Strength +25 Drift -5 Boost -5
Trickster Added by Exotoro	Tricksters boost their drift primarily, which allows them to do a dodge dash after exiting it. This class is seen as great for newcomers due to it's invaluable use of dodge mechanics and it's general boosts to speed and drift, although it's cuts to strength and boost are seen as the weakness of this class.	Stats Speed +15 Strength -15 Drift +15 Boost -15
Gunslinger Added by Exotoro	Gunslingers can fire weak bullets from the front or back of their vehicles by honking and their drifts allow them to refill their ammo as opposed to a speed boost. They also gain a boost to their boost and strength but weaken their speed and drift stats.	Stats Speed -15 Strength +15 Drift -15 Boost +15

Characters

Image + Name	Info	Stats
Geno Added by Exotoro	Geno is a Star Spirit that inhabited a doll to aid Mario in his quest to retrieve the Star Pieces in Super Mario RPG. His true form far exceeds his physical form, but in order to manifest and aid heroes, he needs a physical form in our world. In Nova Road Racers, he acts as sort of the main character of sorts- being the box art character and the story focusing on him as he races with allies to recover the Star Pieces, which are being scattered as prizes across the various cups.	Stats Speed 50 Strength 60 Drift 40 Boost 50
Oni Added by Exotoro	Oni, who also goes by the name of Onigōru, is a demon of the Oni subspecies that resided in the Paradigm, a cluster of realm that pulled in warriors of various backgrounds on a wide expanse, where a game of survival and hunting played out. Since then, she has popped up in other universes from time to time, looking for a good fight and maybe get in a good flirt with a cute girl. She is a rather strong woman who carries around a club to attack with, best fitting the Brute class.	Stats Speed 30 Strength 80 Drift 40 Boost 50
Duma Added by Exotoro	Duma, one of the gods that resides in Valentia and is the patron deity of the kingdom of Rigel specifically. He was once revered but fell into madness, giving him the title of the Fell God. While his body and mind decayed over a period of time, his strength was restored thanks to a Star Piece which granted him his missing strength. He won't give it up so easily, and with his massive base strength stat, it is not best to underestimate the War Father's power.	Stats Speed 10 Strength 90 Drift 40 Boost 60
Margo Mecha Added by Exotoro	Margo Mecha is a girl who built her vehicle out of construction equipment and her family's old car. She has wanted to race since she was a child and when she was offered to participate in the Nova Road championships, she jumped to the chance. While lacking a surprising amount of strength, her light-based boosting system gives her quite the advantage against her competition.	Stats Speed 50 Strength 20 Drift 50 Boost 80
Hinoka Added by Exotoro	While Hinoka may be Hoshidan royalty, she is more of a warrior instead, often leading an army of Pegasus riders into battle. She has an exhaustive pledge to her country and people, defending it at the cost of her own sanity and health, often over-exhausting herself. She values the life of others more than her own. Hinoka's strengths are her speed and drift, which give her a lightweight feeling that can outpace her competition provided the player is doing their best to drift to make up for her lack of inherent boost.	Stats Speed 70 Strength 30 Drift 70 Boost 30
Jocelyn Polar Added by Exotoro	Jocelyn is a lifeguard that also has the ability to separate and collide dimensions up to the third, being able to utilize her powers to create 3D objects and flattening her opponents into two dimensional space. While she said she wouldn't use that kind of power in these races, she can't help but show off. Jocelyn is mostly average with some strength in drift and weakness in strength.	Stats Speed 50 Strength 40 Drift 60 Boost 50
Deku Added by Exotoro	Deku, aka Izuku Midoriya, is the successor of All Might, gaining his quirk One for All from him. While his responsibility and power literally strain his body enough to break it while using it, he has gotten a better grasp on it through experimenting and training. His knack for research has led him to further explore One for All in ways that All Might never had to. Deku has a massive strength stat, a weak boost stat, and average speed and drift.	Stats Speed 45 Strength 80 Drift 55 Boost 20
Xazalea Added by Exotoro	A mysterious woman infected with a parasite. While she may be infected by it, it doesn't have full control over her- yet. She can shift into various forms for battle, although in this particular instance she is just using it to tether her into the car. While she has overall average stats, her drift and boost are where she particularly shines.	Stats Speed 40 Strength 40 Drift 60 Boost 60
Arbiter Added by PabloDePablo	Thel 'Vadamee, better known as the Arbiter, has lived a legendary life of service to the Covenant; once commander of an entire fleet, his failure to secure the sacred Halo ring from destruction lead him to become a disgraced warrior prepared to die for his Prophets. Little does he know the suicide missions he's sent on may shake his allegiance to the core. What he lacks in speed and maneuverability, The Arbiter makes up for with his strength and boosting.	Stats Speed 40 Strength 65 Drift 30 Boost 65

Items

Image + Name	Info	Appearance Rate
Mushroom Added by Exotoro	Mushrooms give the rider a very fast speed boost that carries into momentum, allowing them to be used for a quick burst of speed or to recover fast from a nasty peel out from an attack. The speed boost also ignores terrain changes so long as the user was on the track when they activated it, allowing them quickly boost over water.	Speedster: 25% Healer: 15%
Speed Force Added by Exotoro	The Speed Force emblem imbues the kart to go at doubled speed for a short period of 3.5 seconds. During this time, the kart gains invulnerability to attacks and ignores terrain changes so long as the user was originally on the track. While it can be used to recover from a peel-out, this isn't advised as it doubles the current speed, not bring you to a certain speed like the Mushroom.	Speedster: 20% Trickster: 10%
Fireball Added by Exotoro	Fireballs are standard projectile weapons that can be used to hit opponents from afar. While fireballs do not home, they bounce and get faster the longer they are active. Contrary to their name, Fireballs actually take on the elemental properties of their rider.	Wizard: 25% Brute: 15%
Nova Added by Exotoro	Novas are magical motes that will heal you 15% back of your max health but also let out a ring of elemental energy that deals damage to nearby racers, with racers with under 50 strength peeling out from the sheer power of the force. Very handy and pretty powerful.	Wizard: 20% Healer: 10%
Healing Sprout Added by Exotoro	Healing Sprouts can be attached to your team mates or yourself to heal gradually at a rate of 3.5% per second. These last for 4-6 seconds and then wither away. While it is a weak healing item, the amount of use you can get out of it due to it's constant healing buff, as well as it's secondary ability to make sure you always have 1 health point, makes it pretty invaluable.	Healer: 25% Wizard: 15%
Back Shield Added by Exotoro	The Back Shield protects you from attacks from behind the kart for a period of 15 seconds, stopping even hard and heavy attacks from landing. The shield will always rotate around you so you can always feel safe using it. Time will be reduced the more damage it takes.	Healer: 20% Trickster: 10%
Lucifer Added by Exotoro	Lucifer is a weapon that attaches to the back of the racer and allows them to throw swords at the track or opponents. When it hits a opponent, it will damage them for a small amount of damage. Up to 7 swords can be thrown before Lucifer runs out of ammo. By honking, you can detonate the swords so they explode. Using all 7 swords will also cause them to explode.	Brute: 25% Trickster: 15%
Kalina Ann Added by Exotoro	Kalina Ann is Lady's trademark rocket launcher and can be used to fire rockets by honking or using it as a grappling wire to attach and pull yourself towards other racers one time. Kalina Ann has 6 rockets which have slight homing. When Kalina Ann is used to grapple three times or all the rockets are used up, it will no longer be usable.	Gunslinger: 25% Brute: 15%
Totem of Undying Added by Exotoro	The Totem of Undying is a really interesting item as it will save the player from peeling out or death so long as they are holding it. If it is activated, it will heal the player for 50% but if it saves a player from death it will heal them for 100% and continues to recover their health for 3 seconds. While every class has access to this item, it is more common among Wizards and Healers.	Healer: 10% Wizard: 10% Speedster: 5% Brute: 5% Trickster: 5% Gunslinger: 5%
Infinity Gauntlet Added by Exotoro	The Infinity Gauntlet is a powerful item that can be used to kill half of the racers on the track, which will require half of the racers to start from last checkpoint. However, great power comes at a cost- for the rest of the race, one of your stats will become zeroed out. Additionally, the Infinity Gauntlet takes five seconds to fully activate- if hit or bumped into before activating, the snap will not happen and the Infinity Gauntlet goes away from your inventory.	Wizard: 5% Brute: 5% Speedster: 3% Healer: 3% Trickster: 3% Gunslinger: 3%

Equipment

Image + Name	Info
Blessings Added by Exotoro	Blessings are items you can find that change a character's elemental alignment. There are a total of eight elements in the game, each with a different strength and weakness against a element. Astra and Anima are unique as they are both strong and weak to each other. Fire - Fire makes you strong against the Earth element but weak against the Water element. Water - Water makes you strong against the Fire element but weak against the Earth element. Earth - Earth makes you strong against the Water element but weak against the Fire element. Wind - Wind makes you strong against the Dark element but weak against the Light element. Light - Light makes you strong against the Wind element but weak against the Dark element. Dark - Dark makes you strong against the Light element but weak against the Wind element. Astra - Astra makes you strong against the Anima element but weak against the Anima element. Anima - Anima makes you strong against the Astra element but weak against the Astra element.
Spirits Added by Exotoro	Spirits are items you can equip up to three of onto a vehicle, which each can influence your vehicle such as giving you access to a item or increasing your stats or attacks in a different way from stats. Each spirit is collected from defeating possessed racers, who take on the qualities of their ghostly possessors. Once defeated in a race, you are able to equip them to your character. A section for Spirits is coming soon.

Tracks

Milky Way Cup

The Milky Way Cup is the first cup in the game, featuring four tracks. It hosts the Light Blue Star Piece. By completing it in first place, you get the Light Blue Star Piece and unlock Duma, as well as open the Andromeda Cup.
Image + Name	Info
Mario Circuit Added by Exotoro	Mario Circuit is your standard eight-shaped course with two basic hazards- the Goombas that appear towards the first part of the track that can spin out racers if they bump into them without disposing them using items and the Chain Chomp near the ramp that is towards the center of the map. Since this course is meant to be the beginner's course, it has a distinct lack of real obstacles. Since it is primarily based off the Mario Kart Wii version of Mario Circuit, you can see Peach's Castle at the start of the race.
Dragon's Table Added by Exotoro	The Dragon's Table was where Naga had sealed the degenerated Earth Dragons and other bloodthirsty dragons away after her and the other Divine Dragons had defeated them a war to defend humanity. To create a seal that would last, Naga forged the Binding Shield using one of her fangs and reinforced it's power with orb-like gemstones. It was later transformed into an altar to the Fell Dragon Grima. The track takes place inside the Dragon's Table, which takes the form of a mostly U-shaped track with a small loop connecting the two ends. There are no traditional obstacles- instead, the player can gather orbs that go into the Binding Shield and can steal orbs from other players by bumping into them. If a player collects all five orbs, they gain the Binding Shield, which rotates around the player to protect them against all damage for 30 seconds before the orbs split apart across the track again.
Mila Tree Added by Exotoro	The Mila Tree is a intertwined twin set of trees located in Valm that was planted onto the graves of Mila and Duma. The tree is considered a sacred place by Mila and her followers. The tree appears in Fire Emblem: Echoes of Valentia and Fire Emblem Awakening. The Mila Tree is a twisting track that takes place going up the tree and then onto a semi-circle track that then continues down the tree before looping back again. The obstacles in this stage are Cervantes and his army, who throw axes and chuck spears at ongoing vehicles. They appear at the bottom of the tree, which is mostly covered in water save for the roots which make up most of the track. By firing items at Cervantes, you can temporarily remove him and his army for 45 seconds before they return.
Star Road Added by Exotoro	Star Road is the final track of the Milky Way Cup, taking place high in the clouds on a giant star-shaped track. Star Road features no railings of any kind on one side, which means you can be bumped off the track and may fall down and need to be picked back up. There aren't any real obstacles here, but the track can be hard, especially if people are attempting to bump you off. Completing this track will you show you the top three racers and if you're the number racer, you'll get the Light Blue Star Piece and unlock the next cup: the Andromeda Cup! Duma will also be unlocked.

Gallery

Nova Road Racers logo

Update History

Here is a complete overview of all the updates made to Nova Road Racers. As of writing, the game has had a total of 0 official updates. The update numbers are internal. The current version is Version 1.0.0.

• Version 1.0.0 (August 26th, 2017‎): Game launch.

Trivia

• Nova Road Racers was created as a successor to B.O.K.O and Boss Battles, this time taking on the kart racing genre.