Tail Drift is a fast action racing game where you zoom through fantastic environments. Compete while flying around floating islands, ancient temples and desert canyons, with a fleet of unique planes to take through a variety of game modes.
User reviews: Mostly Positive (10 reviews)
Release Date: 29 Oct, 2014
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Why Early Access?

“Tail Drift is a game we want to take to some big places, but we need to start small. Attract Mode Games is a lean indie team and we need to take a more incremental approach to development and funding. Running an early access campaign means we can listen to what the fans want, and you decide what comes next.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We are targeting mid 2015 for a full release.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“Here are our planned features for release:

  • VR SUPPORT!
  • Full controller support.
  • More tracks and planes.

As support continues, we'll be able to add these features and more.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Tail Drift has been released on multiple platforms, and we're looking to create the best steam version we can. Because Tail Drift has already been released, you can expect a fully playable game, start to end!”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes, early access supporters will receive the game at a lower price.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Attract Mode Games is built on transparency, and we want the fans to always know what's going on, and what to expect for your money.

As we develop new features, we will give regular updates on what we're working on, and how close we are to finishing it. We want to keep everyone in the loop with what they can expect. As we complete features, we will reach out to the community to help decide what to work on next.”
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14 November

Update 0.0.2 is now available!

Listen up Pilots! We've made a few quick fixes to some problems getting in the way of your high speed racing. We've got more in the pipeline for some big updates too - expect to see more tracks and more planes!

Check back soon for more content, and let us know what you think of the game. We want to make sure we're not just making the game we want, but the game the fans want too!

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About This Game

Tail Drift is a fast action racing game where you zoom through fantastic environments. Compete while flying around floating islands, ancient temples and desert canyons, with a fleet of unique planes to take through a variety of game modes.

Purchase and upgrade your fleet of planes to gain the edge as you play through 18 unique events.

Features

  • 2 tours featuring 18 unique events to compete in
  • 7 beautifully hand-crafted tracks to compete on
  • 3 different event types including Classic Race, Time Trial, and Time Extension
  • 4 unique planes to purchase and upgrade
  • Upgrade each plane's speed, handling, acceleration and boost
  • 3 unique power ups to give you the competitive edge including turbo boost, deadly mines and stun cannons

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 8/7/Vista
    • Processor: 1.5 GHz dual core processor
    • Memory: 2GB GB RAM
    • Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible or better video card with pixelshader 3.0
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Hard Drive: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 8/7/Vista
    • Processor: 2.0 GHz dual core
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible or better video card with pixelshader 3
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Hard Drive: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Helpful customer reviews
2 of 3 people (67%) found this review helpful
0.7 hrs on record
Posted: 20 December
Early Access Review
I nearly finished the second league and then I noticed that the third one says "Coming soon". At this moment I thought this was just another mobile port, but now I saw that it's Early Access.
This game is going to be great.
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11 of 11 people (100%) found this review helpful
2.1 hrs on record
Posted: 6 November
Early Access Review
Tail Drift is a nice, promising racing game, in early access, but looking fairly complete. It uses the unity engine, but (because of the multi-platform release maybe?) looks a little bit like a flash game. You don't really drive, but you fly around a (magnetic?) pipe that represents the track. You can't fly off the track or get your plane to explode - if you hit a wall you're slowed, sometimes significantly, and that's all that matters.
As a mobile port - you need to gather stars to progress in the game, while you gather coins on the tracks to upgrade your plane or buy a new one. There are quite a few coins on the track, but I think there is a cap on the reward you can receive upon completion (250, 350). The music is reasonable, but, I think, I only heard like 2-3 tracks, so there is a room for improvement. The controls are fine, I used keyboard, and it worked great. Maybe an option to rebind the keys might be useful, but the default keys work just fine.
The gameplay modes are nice - the classic race is "ok", as the opponents are not the brightest, but Time Trail and Time Extension is where the game shines in my opinion, as you can always try and do better. A steam leaderboards for those modes will greatly benefit the game.
At the moment all available planes are the same tier, so I don't see a reason for buying a new one, instead of upgrading your plane with the money you get, but more planes and tracks are coming, according to the developer.
What I personally really dislike, is that the game spins up all your available hard drives before start, and I find that really pointless and super annoying.
Coming off a Halloween sale and into a Christmas one, I really can't recommend the game for the full price tag, but then again I really do enjoy it, so I feel this dire need for a "wait and see / wait for sale" review option in Steam. Once the VR support comes and other cool features, I'll probably rework my statement.
TL:DR you can see my overview / first impressions video here :
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=337900202
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11 of 11 people (100%) found this review helpful
0.1 hrs on record
Posted: 28 November
Early Access Review
This almost seems like a mobile port, and yet itdoes not at the same time. Using WASD to control you plane, you are some how magnetically tied to a spiraling pole that curves around the mini world you are racing in and forms a track. On this pole, there are powerups that you can use to boost you forward and away from the pole for a little time. The first race consisted of the classic, you against the bots, I was able to defeat it easily, but at the end, all of the bots behind me were throwing some kind of fireball things at me that when they hit hit, caused me to spin in a circle and lose speed. They only managed to hit me with this "power" at the end, but once I was hit once, I was an easy target for everyone, and all the bots were hitting me with it, causing me to spin endlessly, luckily, I was near the finish line, so I still finished first. That being said, I could not find where was my ability to use these "fireballs". Also, all the bots aiming at me got a little annoying, and it was only luck that I managed to spin myself over the finish line. The second race was a time lap. As I mentioned before, there are boosters on the 'pipe' or track that speed you forward, and in order to win, you just have to hit all of those and non of the walls rocks, or things surrounding the track. This immeadiately showed me that the controlabilty of the planes was just awful, however, it didn't matter since I think it was meant to be that way, by the beggining of the third lap, I was able to complete the course with the max 3 stars by memory, which was what the game wanted I think.

Overall, not that bad of a game, for a pricetag of $2, there could be worst things on steam you could buy. You will get that "mobile port" feeling when you first start to play, but its not a bad game. Though I think i would pay a dollar for it.
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1 of 4 people (25%) found this review helpful
0.4 hrs on record
Posted: 17 December
Early Access Review
In Tail Drift you buy a plane and race other planes along some kind of tube. The tube is basically your 'road', you can't 'fall off' the tube but you can fly upside down and get boosts and ammo like most other party games like Sonic Racing Transformed. There are the usual kind of modes like Time Trial.

The game looks good and is pretty fun aswell but I *did* say it was a party game, right? This is suppose to be a game you could play with some friends or at least online and that's exactly the problem of Tail Drift at this point. There's no option to play multiplayer or even local with some buddies so basically what you get is a race game that's pretty fun but to me there should be multiplayer (and/or local), online leaderboards or at least some achievements, this game doesn't have any of that.

However, the game is still in Early Access and it has the potential to become a fun game if the developers add the things I just mentioned and I will happily update this review.
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1 of 5 people (20%) found this review helpful
0.3 hrs on record
Posted: 7 December
Early Access Review
Obvious smart phone port, graphics not my taste too plastic and colourful, the devs got the idea for this game while playing f-zero (g)x, the grind begins after level 5, where you are forced to repeat older levels in order to collect coins and upgrade your plane to head on. Somehwat good idea, executed extremely bad.
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0 of 4 people (0%) found this review helpful
0.2 hrs on record
Posted: 3 December
Early Access Review
The game is great, graphics are amazing, game system works fine and sure it's something innovative. A plane race game where the movements are only in the angle of 360º on a tube seems nice and stuff... Anyway, it didn't catch my attention but I know to recognize the game's quality. Probably should be better and more enjoyable on tablets and smartphones.
By this price in comparison to the fun it provides I don't recommend,
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