In developmentComing to PC and consoles

Couch Rush

Eight toy cars. One screen.
Don't fall off it.

How it plays Playtest with us

Couch Rush is a top-down party racer for two to eight people on the same couch, on the same screen. Tiny toy cars tear around a chalk circuit drawn across a bedroom floor — under the bed, past the bricks, through a corridor of dominoes — while one camera follows the pack. There's no split screen, no items, no waiting your turn. Drop off the back of the screen and you're out of the round.

  • 2–8players, one couch
  • 1shared screen
  • 0items, ever
  • 3inputs: steer, go, brake

How it playsThe screen is the only thing that can kill you.

Eight cars race around a loop. The screen follows the middle of the pack, and the car that drops off the back is out.
the screen follows the pack
Round 1 — on the grid

A whole round, sped up. The white frame is what the room sees. Red means out.

  1. 1

    Everyone starts bunched on the grid.

    The camera sits on the middle of the pack at a fixed zoom, so at the start everybody has the whole screen to play with.

  2. 2

    The pack stretches. The edge starts to bite.

    The screen only moves as fast as the field does. When the group spreads wider than one screen, whoever is dropped off the back is out for the round. The front never kills anyone: whoever is leading is safe by rule, so all the pressure is on the back.

  3. 3

    Shove, don't shoot.

    There are no weapons or pickups. Bumping is the whole combat model — a well-timed nudge into a domino wall is all the offense you need.

  4. 4

    Last car standing ends the round. Then everyone's back.

    Points go by elimination order, the pack resets on the grid, and the match runs until someone reaches the point target. Rounds are short, so being knocked out costs you a moment, not the evening.

The lookA chalk track on the floor you grew up on.

Early look-development renders. Everything here is work in progress and will change.

Toy cars lined up on a chalk start box beside a brick garage, a purple picture book and scattered crayons The start line Close-up of a red toy car in a chalk-drawn grid box Pole position A winding chalk track section lined with a row of standing dominoes The esses A tight chalk hairpin with a low wall of colored toy bricks on the inside The hairpin Toy cars on the start grid in front of a brick garage with a purple book behind it The start gate A narrow straight between two chalk lines with sunlight falling across the floorboards The beam

The trackOne bedroom. One loop. Everything on the floor is in play.

The whole circuit fits in a kid's room. It runs out from under the bed, past a brick garage on the start straight, into a chicane, through the esses, around a hairpin and back — and every toy left lying around is part of the course.

  • Chalk lines mark the track. Off it, the floor is slower and less forgiving.
  • Blue chalk is the course marshal: arrows, grid boxes, and the odd warning.
  • Pink chalk is where somebody got creative and stopped drawing a track.
  • Bricks, books and dominoes are the walls. They don't move. You will.
Top-down view of the whole bedroom with the chalk circuit looping around a bed, a toy bin and a train set
The whole loop, from the ceiling.
Four toy cars in chalk grid boxes
Grid
A chalk chicane lined with dominoes
Chicane
An open picture book lying across the edge of the track
The book
A wide chalk sweeper curve past a toy bin
Sweeper
Close-up of a toy brick building on a green baseplate beside the track
The garage
Close-up of rough white chalk lines on wooden floorboards
Chalk, up close

ControlsExplained in the time it takes to hand someone a controller.

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Steer

Left and right turn the car. Drifts and countersteer are yours to learn, not the game's to fake.

A

Go

Hold to accelerate. That's most of the game.

B

Brake

Slow down, or back out of the domino wall you just drove into.

⊕

Join

Any controller, any time. Press Go on the grid and you're in the next round. Drop out and the race carries on without you.

PlaytestBring your loudest friends.

Couch Rush gets built at our own game nights and changes after every one. If you'd like to be at the next one — or you're press, a platform, or a publisher who wants to see it moving — write to us.

Get in touch hello@tafsgames.com
  • StatusIn development
  • Players2–8, local
  • PlatformsPC and consoles
  • Made byTAFS Games, New York City
  • Not in itOnline play, AI drivers, rubber-banding