Wheelie!

Wheelie! is an unofficial, fan-made web port of Gravity Defied, the trial bike game that lived on millions of mobile phones in the 2000s. Same bike, same tracks, same unforgiving physics — now in a browser tab, with a keyboard, a gamepad or a touch screen.

The original game, intact

• The original physics, ported line by line and checked against the original code, so the bike behaves exactly as you remember
• All 30 original tracks, three levels of difficulty and four leagues, from 100cc to the hidden 325cc
• Unlocks, medals, high scores and every option of the original
• The look of the Android remaster: the same sprites, font and menus

What the browser adds

• Replays. Every run is recorded. Watch it again with pause, seeking and speed control
• Share a run as a link that contains the whole replay, as a small file, as an image card or as an animated GIF
• Ghost. Race your own best run — or anybody's: open a replay someone sent you and race it
• Daily track. One track a day, the same for everyone. Post your time and compare
• Close to a thousand level packs made by the gdtr.net community since 2007, built in
• Track editor. Draw a track, test-drive it on the spot, save it as a levels.mrg pack that the original game can read
• Works offline once opened, and installs as an app from the standalone version

Controls

	Keyboard	Gamepad
Accelerate	Up or W	Right trigger, A / Cross or D-pad up
Brake	Down or S	Left trigger, X / Square or D-pad down
Lean back / forward	Left / Right or A / D	Left stick, D-pad or bumpers
Pause	Esc or P	Start / Options

On a phone or tablet the original on-screen keypad appears by itself. The number keys work as on the old phones, and all three original keysets are in the options.

Standalone version

The game also runs outside itch.io at mihailpreis.github.io/Wheelie — that is where replay links open, and where it can be installed as an app.

Credits

• Gravity Defied — Trial Racing was created by Codebrew Software in 2004
• The Android port this project is based on was made by Gregory Klyushnikov and Evgeny Zinoviev
• The level packs were made by the gdtr.net community; each pack names its author in the game
• Music: "Go" from Three Red Hearts by Abstraction (public domain)

Disclaimer

This is a fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Codebrew Software. All rights to the original Gravity Defied, its name, logo, brand and original assets belong to Codebrew Software. The game is free and will stay free.

Source code

Wheelie! is free software under the GNU GPL v2: github.com/MihailPreis/Wheelie