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THRUSTLINE

Tether racing at the edge of the world.

$27,840of $120K
23%funded
318backers
19 daysleft

01The game

Tether racing at the edge of the world.

Trailer

Eight original tether racers, four worlds, and a tow cable that wants you dead. Thrustline is pod racing with weight: every craft trades speed against handling, mass and heat tolerance, and every corner is a negotiation between them.

Genre
Modes
Plays on
Made by
podracing.dude.work

02The plan

What the money builds

Every dollar has a job. This is what $120,000 turns Thrustline into, branch by branch, and when each part ships.

Today

A playable build: 8 racers, 4 worlds, offline cups

Online$42K35% of the raise

Worlds$42K35% of the raise

Craft$36K30% of the raise

NowWith the money
Online · Stage 01 · Online lobbies

Online lobbies

  1. Now

    Quick match only

  2. With the money

    Lobbies, friends and spectators

$18,000ships Dec 11

03The ask

Raising $120,000.

Everything put in stays in the pot until each stage below is proven.

23%$27,840 of $120,000
  • 318backers
  • 19 daysleft · closes Nov 1
  • $87.55average stake
  • $10to get in
Just in
  • tokyo_one$4016m ago
  • vesper$25036m ago
  • moth.eth$1,0001h ago
  • p1_start$2502h ago
  • longshot$1,0002h ago
  • driftking88$753h ago
  • anon_whale$5003h ago
  • wren$1,0004h ago
  • cinder$2504h ago
  • p1_start$2506h ago
  • saltwater$507h ago
  • kaz_0x$757h ago
  • quarterback$257h ago
  • pixelnun$1,0009h ago
  • tokyo_one$4016m ago
  • vesper$25036m ago
  • moth.eth$1,0001h ago
  • p1_start$2502h ago
  • longshot$1,0002h ago
  • driftking88$753h ago
  • anon_whale$5003h ago
  • wren$1,0004h ago
  • cinder$2504h ago
  • p1_start$2506h ago
  • saltwater$507h ago
  • kaz_0x$757h ago
  • quarterback$257h ago
  • pixelnun$1,0009h ago

How it is paid out

Raised so far, held until each stage is provenStill to raise

01Locked
Stage 01 of 05

Online lobbies

ObjectiveEight-racer online lobbies with matchmaking.

Reward
$18,00015% of the raise
Due
Dec 11in 60 days
Where it stands
Lockedopens when the raise closes

04Your cut

40% of every sale goes to backers. For as long as it sells.

Back it with $12.99 or more and the game is yours, free, the day it comes out.

One $12.99 sale
$12.99one sale
  • 40%$5.20 to the backers
  • 50%$6.50 to the developer
  • 10%$1.30 to the platform

Backers split their 40% by what each put in. No token and nothing to trade: a share of real sales, paid out for as long as the game sells, on any platform.

23%funded

19d 9h left

I want to make if it sells

It costs$100$012345678901234567890123456789

Backer passTHRUSTLINEStake$100$012345678901234567890123456789

No. 319 · Rare backer pass · Racing

  • Revenue share0.033% of every sale, as long as it sells+$201
  • Day oneThe game is yours, free, the day it comes outFree

Tether racing at the edge of the world.

Illus. Dude.Work◆ 319

318 backers are in

05The builder

Who you’re backing

Dude.Work

Independent studio · Building on player two since September 2026

  • 89%on time
  • 9games
  • 28day streak
dude.work
A note from Dude.Work

“We make fast, loud games you can open in a browser tab and play with a friend in ten seconds.

Every game here was playable before we asked for a cent, and every dollar we raise goes into more of the game you already played. If we miss a deadline, you vote on what happens next. We like it that way.

Thrustline started as a sketch of a tow cable that wants you dead. It is still the most fun we have had making anything.”

The Dude.Work team
  • $150,145Sales of their shipped games1 shipped
  • $60,058Paid to their backers150% back on SLOUCH
  • $280,000Raised and delivered on3 raises filled
  • 678KPeople who played their gamesacross 9 games
How often they ship

Shipped something on 276 of the last 364 days

  • Backers in profitPaid backers back 150% on SLOUCHPlatinum · 3% of builders have it
  • Shipped1 game out on the storeGold · 11% of builders have it
  • Right on time8 of 9 stages delivered on timeGold · 9% of builders have it
  • Funded3 raises filledSilver · 24% of builders have it
  • RegularShipped on 276 of the last 364 daysBronze · 41% of builders have it

28 day streak · 1 deadline missed, put to a vote

  1. SLOUCHShipped · 21,480 copies$150,145backers paid back 150%
  2. We Are On The CruiseIn development · stage 3 of 6$150,000on schedule
  3. One Million ShitcoinsIn development · stage 3 of 5$90,000a deadline missed
  4. MECHA / RAMPAGE RUSHRaising · 68% funded$204,300of $300K
  5. HARROWRaising · 94% funded$169,740of $180K
  6. ImpactFree to play18Kplays
  7. InkpactFree to play3.3Kplays
  8. Impact PixelPlayable demo5.1Kplays

06Updates

From the developer

  1. RaiseOct 8

    The raise is open

    Forty percent of every sale to backers. The demo has all eight craft.

THRUSTLINE

$27,840 of $120,000 · 318 backers · closes Nov 1