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Join developers behind the hit racing game Nitronic Rush as they take futuristic arcade racing to the next level!

Distance - A Next Generation Arcade Racer

Distance has been released on Steam Early Access to great reviews! We'll continue to develop the game alongside our amazing backer community and aim to release the finished game on PC and PS4 in 2016.
Distance has been released on Steam Early Access to great reviews! We'll continue to develop the game alongside our amazing backer community and aim to release the finished game on PC and PS4 in 2016.
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Refract Studios
Refract Studios
4,174 backers pledged $161,981 to help bring this project to life.
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Distance October Update: Revamped Reality

Hey everyone! We have some cool news to dive into today, but real quick I need to mention something important:

Update your address by Oct. 16th for physical rewards

At long... Read more

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We're Headed to Gamescom! The Big ICYMI Update

https://vine.co/v/errVX0DuU3x

Hey everyone! It’s been 100 years since our last Kickstarter update, but as many of you know we’ve moved most of our announcing and devlog-ing to our Steam announcements page.... Read more

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The Workshop Discovery Update is Live + Steam Daily Deal at 33% Off!

It’s been an intense couple months assembling this latest update, but with some persistence and thanks to dedicated experimental build players we’re finally ready to ship. Today we’re announcing our... Read more

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Refract at GDC! Experimental build and upcoming major update

Before I give a quick recap on our progress this year, I want to mention that Kyle and I will be at GDC next week! If you'll be there and... Read more

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The Christmas Update is live! Twitch stream at 4pm PST today

Hi everyone!

It's been an insane couple of weeks since the launch but things are going really well. Last week ended up being a bit slower than we hoped due to... Read more

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Distance is now available on Steam! Reddit AMA + Twitch stream today

After 2.5 years of development including a Kickstarter campaign, Greenlight campaign, private alpha, and private beta, Distance is available for everyone on Steam Early Access! The reaction to the... Read more

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Updated Level Editor Tutorial, 21 Hours Until Early Access!

There are less than 21 hours until the Steam Early Access release! In many ways it's just the beginning of a new stage of development, but we tend to have... Read more

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Win copies of Distance in the #DistanceMoment competition! 3 days until early access!

Hi everyone,

The Steam Early Access release is only 3 DAYS AWAY!! We've pulled some of the craziest all-nighters of this development getting things ready, and we're so excited that... Read more
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Distance is Coming to Steam Early Access on Dec. 9th, New Trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57AFXGzrhrs

We're insanely excited to finally let this one out of the bag. Distance will be coming to Steam Early Access on December 9th! That's just two weeks away!... Read more

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Distance: The Past, Present, and Future Mini-Documentary is Live!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFFxvob2R-o

Hi everyone! Today marks 3 years since the launch of Nitronic Rush on 11/11/11, so we decided now would be a great time to release part 1 of a mini-documentary... Read more

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Distance Beta 3153 Released with New Video! Twitch Stream on Thursday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfRYZEY2hNQ

Hi everyone! We just released a new beta update which includes new Challenge mode levels, online stability improvements, a new spectator camera, and more! To get a feel for the... Read more

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Celebrating 100 Levels on Workshop, Steam Early Access Coming this Fall

(The first ever Distance arcade machine at PAX. Click to see a short video!)

Since Distance's private beta was released we've been learning an unbelievable amount from new players! Now... Read more

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The Beta is Available for Download + New Trailer!

It’s finally here. Today marks the start of the exclusive backer-only private beta for Distance! The beta includes the latest progress on Adventure mode, several other single and multiplayer modes,... Read more

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Mega Update Recap: How to Upgrade to the Alpha Tier, Community Creation Madness, and Upcoming Events

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February/March Update Recap: PAX East, Alpha Updates, and Adventure Mode

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January Update Recap + New Gameplay Video!

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Merry Christmas! December Update Recap

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November Update Recap: 1 Year Anniversary!

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September/October Update Recap

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The Alpha is Here

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May/June Update Recap

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April Update Recap

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March Update Recap: GDC, Steam Greenlight, and a New Video!

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Ooh... Shiny! February Update Recap

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Starting 2013 Off Strong, Almost There on Steam Greenlight

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Merry Christmas! December Update Recap

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Private Discussion Forum Now Available

Hi everyone!

After doing quite a bit of testing over the past few days, I’m happy to say that backers can now get access to the private backer discussion forum!... Read more

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Dev Diary #1: Progress Update, Private Forum, and New Screenshots

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Funding Completed! Steam Greenlight Deadline, Stretch Goal #2 Details, and What's Next

Hi everyone!

So... wow. It's been pretty challenging to describe the feelings and thoughts we've had on this past week. Right now we're experiencing a combination of exhaustion from finishing... Read more

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Successfully raised $161,981 with 4,174 backers

Blasting past $150k! Stretch Goal #2: Random Track Generation

With the aid of a $10,000 backer (another arcade cabinet!), we just blew past our first stretch goal of $150k! That means that we'll now be including full Replay/Spectate modes... Read more

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24 Hours Left! The Final Countdown and New Concept Art

With less than 24 hours to go, we're in the final stretch for Distance's Kickstarter! This marks the last chance ever that you'll be able to access the backer-only vehicle,... Read more

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WE DID IT!! Update Video, Stretch Goals, PayPal, and Tons More!

Wow, we can't believe that we get to say this, but with 2 days to go we've hit our goal of $125k and we're now over $132k!! Honestly it’s incredible... Read more

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Mini Update! The Final Stretch

OVER $121,000!!!

Wow, we made it over $121k already today everyone! Honestly, the past couple days have been completely surreal for us. We’re doing our best to stay focused and... Read more

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$100,000! Video Update and New Digital Tiers!

Hi everyone!  

The last couple days have been incredible. We had our 2nd best day ever in backers yesterday, and thanks to a $10,000 backer(we get to make... Read more

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$80,000! Parkour Action Gameplay Video #2, Even More Music, and Dev Diary

Hi again!

We're now 6 days away from the end, and excitement has been continuously building. We've had a great past couple days, largely due to all of your outreach... Read more

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What's Coming Up Next, New Music, and Gameplay Video Teaser

Hey again! We just hit $70,000, so thanks again to everyone that bumped up their pledge, shared the project offline and online, and kept pushing us forward.

If you're a... Read more

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10 Days Left and Nitronic Rush Announcer on Reddit!

Reddit Post!

First off, go UPVOTE this post here!

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/12rh6y/im_the_voice_of_the_nitronic_rush_announcer_ama/

We had planned for the Reddit post today at 11am, but due to some problems with my web hosting (an outage in... Read more

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50% Funded! How You Can Help Us Reach the Goal

After announcing Linux support and split-screen we had a noticeable spike of new backers! We also saw that after releasing the new $35 tier many of you bumped up your pledges. As we've mentioned... Read more

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Kicking this Campaign into Shape: Linux Support, Split-Screen, a New Tier, and More!

Time for Change

With only two weeks left and 58% still to go, we feel it’s time to change things up. We've been spending every waking minute since launching this campaign to... Read more

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World and Atmosphere Overview + Progress Update

Happy Halloween!

We hope your night is filled with many thrills and chills! Here in Seattle we have a bit of both since it’s pretty rainy and chilly tonight, but... Read more

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Gameplay Trailer + Upcoming Live Streams

Driving Forward

Yesterday we woke up excited to see someone going for the $5,000 tier! That helped to push us to being 36% funded with a total of 1,284 backers.... Read more

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Mini Dev Diary + Access to New Music and Wallpapers

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Reddit AMA is live!

Quick update

Our Reddit AMA is now live here: http://bit.ly/TKX2cr. We'll be answering questions for quite a while, so if you could swing by and help out by upvoting the post,... Read more

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Weekend Catch Up and Reddit AMA

22% to Being Funded

Just wanted to thank all of you again, and let you know that Distance is 22% of the way to being funded! Your tweets, Facebook posts,... Read more

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Off to the Races!

Hi everyone! First off,

Wow, you guys are awesome!!!

Thanks for going out there and being the first to back Distance! It means the world to us and from... Read more

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