Shortcut Race Game

Shortcut Run puts you in a foot race against a pack of rivals who are all just as willing to cheat as you are. Your runner moves forward on their own, so your only job is steering left and right along a track scattered with wooden planks and cut off by stretches of water.

Grab planks as you pass them and you can drop them down to bridge a water gap instead of running the long way around, cutting your race time and slipping past whoever was ahead of you. Every plank you skip is one you won't have when a gap actually needs bridging, so the race is really a constant trade-off between detouring for planks and staying on the fastest line.

Controls

• Mouse — move left and right to steer your runner
• Touch/swipe (mobile) — swipe left or right to change lanes
• Click or tap rapidly at the finish line to jump further and boost your reward

Tips

• Pick up every plank on your path even if you don't need one yet — you'll want the stock the moment you hit a water gap.
• Watch the rivals ahead of you; if they're already bridging a gap, cutting through behind them is often faster than finding your own detour.
• Don't burn all your planks on the first gap you see — save a few for whichever gap is actually blocking your fastest route to the finish.

It's a quick pick-up-and-play session, good for a race or two whenever you've got a couple of spare minutes.