Build a track

Pick Racing when you start a new game, then choose a world, a track size, and a shape to start from. There’s an oval, a figure eight, twisty Zig-zag and Snake tracks, and four shapes loosely based on real Formula One circuits: Monza, Montreal, Las Vegas, and Monaco.

Your track opens on a map you can zoom and spin around. From there you can swap in new pieces:

• Turns, U-turns, and S-bends for twisty sections
• Slopes, hills, and dips to test how fast is too fast
• Loops you have to hit with enough speed
• Jumps over open gaps
• Bridges to cross over your own track, and drawbridges that open and close while you race

Then make it tricky. Add coins (each one takes half a second off your time), boost eggs and invincible eggs, and hazards like swinging hammers, wandering boars, explosive eggs, oil spills, potholes, and a giant spring-loaded boxing glove that punches across the road. Finish off your track with trees, warning signs, and grandstands full of cheering fans.

Before you can publish a track, you have to finish a lap of it yourself. That way every track in the Lab can be finished.

Pick your racer

Every member of the Splat Lab! crew has their own kart, and each one drives a little differently:

Want your own colours? Make a Race car in the Addons builder. Pick whose kart to paint, choose your colours, and tune its stats. Then pick it before your next race.

Race!

Tracks have four lanes, and the controls are simple:

• Gas and brake: up and down arrows (or W and S)
• Change lanes: left and right arrows (or A and D)
• Hop: Space, to jump over hammers, boxing gloves, oil, and potholes
• Boost: Shift, but don’t hold it too long or your engine overheats!

Gamepads work too, and you can change any of the buttons.

Race on your own against computer racers, or open a room and race up to three friends at once. Everyone shares the same track, so watch out for each other. Depending on the game’s settings, cars either block or bump each other!

Each world drives differently, too. In Space the low gravity sends you flying off jumps, and the roads in Ice World are slippery. Even the fans change: chickens in Green Hills, skeletons in the Graveyard, penguins in Ice World, viking warriors in Dragon World, and astronauts in Space.

Start your engines

Build your first racing game and send the link to a friend. We can’t wait to see what tracks you come up with. Make them weird!

This is the brand-new Splat Lab! blog. It’s where we’ll share what’s going on in the Lab:

• New game types and features as soon as they’re ready to play
• Behind-the-scenes peeks at how we draw characters, build maps, and test games
• Game-making tips for turning a wild idea into something fun to play

Got an idea?

The best way to see what Splat Lab! can do is to make something. Start building a game and show us what you come up with!

Silly ideas. Serious fun.