Dune Drift

Cinevva's analyzer read this game's design doc and its source, then wrote the brief below. "Make your own" hands it to the game creator as your opening message, so you start from a real spec rather than a one-line idea.

Create a playable low-poly 3D desert racing game titled “Dune Drift.” Use a warm orange/tan desert world with a flat sand ground, atmospheric orange background and fog, soft stylized lighting, shadows, and a third-person chase camera positioned behind and above the player car. The camera should smoothly follow the car and look slightly ahead of it.

Build the course as a large oval/circular dirt track: a dark brown ring road on the sand, with a sandy inner island and a reddish-brown rocky outer rim. Stretch the oval along the world Z axis. Put small pale-yellow rectangular lane markers/dashes around the road. Scatter faceted low-poly brown rocks around the outside and several simple green, blocky/cylindrical saguaro cacti in the surrounding desert.

The player drives a stylized low-poly red/orange race car with chunky wheels, viewed from behind. Place one similarly stylized orange/yellow rival race car near the start area; it is a visible environmental opponent but does not need to have AI behavior. Add a start gate at the starting line with two posts (one red-toned and one green-toned) and a horizontal pale banner. Place three glowing cyan rectangular boost pads across the course at separate positions along the track.

The race begins with the player near the bottom section of the oval, stationary, facing along the track. The goal is to complete three laps. Track progress is determined by the player’s angular position around the oval; when progress wraps from the end back to the beginning, increment the lap. After lap 3 is completed, stop the race and show a centered dark translucent finish overlay reading “Finish!”, the completion time in seconds, and a “RACE AGAIN” button that resets the player and timer.

Driving controls: W or Up Arrow accelerates, S or Down Arrow brakes/reverses, A/Left Arrow steers left, and D/Right Arrow steers right. Holding Space activates drifting when the car is moving faster than a minimum speed; drifting increases a drift amount and charges boost. Releasing drift consumes the stored boost, adds acceleration/speed while it drains, and gradually clears the drift amount. Clamp normal speed so the car cannot exceed the intended top speed or reverse indefinitely. Steering should turn the car, with slightly different steering behavior while drifting. Keep the car constrained to the oval road: if it moves inside the inner boundary or beyond the outer boundary, slow it and gently push it back toward the track radius. Driving over a cyan boost pad should fill the boost meter to 100%.

Include touch-friendly on-screen controls for mobile: left and right arrow buttons on the lower left, and BRAKE, DRIFT, and GAS buttons on the lower right. Buttons should respond while held and visually depress. Also allow keyboard controls. Display a fixed HUD: “DUNE DRIFT” in the upper left; a dark rounded panel in the upper right showing “LAP 1/3” (updated through 3/3), elapsed time such as “3.0s,” and “BOOST 0%” with the boost value updated; and a bottom-center instruction strip reading “WASD / arrows drive · hold Space to drift · release to boost.” Use bold white uppercase text, warm dark translucent panels, rounded corners, subtle borders/shadows, and a boost value highlighted yellow. The overall presentation should match a clean arcade game: saturated desert palette, simple faceted geometry, minimal UI, and no extra menus or mechanics.