Road Hopper

Tips for Road Hopper

Road Hopper is about reading one lane at a time. Every road lane has its own speed and direction, so look at the next lane, wait for a gap and hop, rather than trying to plan the whole screen. Grass is safe, so use it to pause and look ahead. Railways flash a warning a second and a half before a train arrives, so when the signal lights, stay put and let it pass.

Rivers are about timing. Logs carry you sideways, so do not ride one for too long or you will drift away from the safe route. Lily pads sink after a moment, so step off them quickly. Do not wait too long or hop backwards too often, because an eagle takes an interest in a hen that stops making progress. Pick up coin streams when they are on your way to unlock new characters, but never take a risky hop just for a coin. The gaps close the further you go, so the early lanes are where to be quick.

How to play Road Hopper

In Road Hopper you guide a hen up an endless world of lanes, one tile at a time. Each hop forward takes you a lane further, and the distance you reach is your score in Endless. The world keeps scrolling towards you as you go.

Every lane is one of four kinds. Grass is safe, but trees and boulders block some tiles. Roads carry traffic, with each lane running at its own speed and in its own direction. Railways carry fast trains, announced by a flashing signal a second and a half beforehand. Rivers have to be crossed on drifting logs, which carry you sideways, and on lily pads, which sink shortly after you land. The lanes are generated as you play and the gaps close the further you get, but the generator makes sure there is always a way through. Stay still or move backwards for too long and an eagle comes for the hen.

Coins lie across the lanes and pay for new characters. As well as Endless there is Daily Road, one run a day on a world seeded by the date with a streak to keep up, Time Trial for sixty seconds, and a split-screen race to lane fifty for two players. On a computer W, the up arrow or Space hops forward, A and D or the arrows step aside, P pauses, M mutes and R retries. On a phone you tap to hop and swipe to step aside.

About Road Hopper

Road Hopper is an endless road-crossing game. Getting a small animal across busy traffic and a river of floating logs is an old arcade idea, and the endless version, where the lanes keep coming and only your distance counts, has become a familiar format on phones.

Kiloo's Road Hopper, made by the Kiloo team, builds its world from soft-edged painted blocks, like a model village seen from just above, and the light turns from morning to sunset to night every hundred lanes. The eight characters, from the hen to a dragon and a cactus, each hop and fidget in their own way, which gives the coins a purpose. It suits younger players because a single tap is enough to play, while the closing gaps and Daily Road streak give older players a reason to come back, and the split-screen race lets two people play on one device.

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