Devlog
Releases, design thoughts and a peek at what's next for wvorigin and our games.
Ten new levels — and the service team is coming
Snail Racer has doubled in size: ten new levels have arrived (11 through 20). And you no longer crawl around alone — a whole service team makes its entrance. Meet Wappy Wout, Ranger Rinus, Nurse Zoë and Squirting Susan.
Back to the origin — an interview with Wim
wvorigin started as a homelab experiment and grew into a small, independent game studio with one belief: a game should be fun first. We sat down with Wim — who leads the homelab studio — to talk about where the idea came from, why finishing last is winning, and why everything runs in the Netherlands. The throughline: go back to the origin, then grow into something you cannot even imagine yet.
Where Snail Racer is crawling
A look at what we're working toward next.
Online multiplayer is here
Snail Racer now has online multiplayer. Start an online race from the menu, share the four-digit room code with a friend, and crawl against each other live from different devices — phone versus laptop, couch versus the other side of the country. The same rule applies online: whoever finishes last wins.
Snail Racer is live on the web
Snail Racer is officially playable in your browser at wvorigin.com, embedded right here on wvorigin.com. No download, no account — just open it and start crawling toward last place. This first public release ships a full campaign of hand-built levels, local two-player split-screen, on-screen touch controls, and a fully procedural soundtrack generated in the browser with the Web Audio API (there is not a single audio file in the game).
Why finishing last is the new winning
Most racing games reward the fastest player. Snail Racer asks the opposite question: what if the goal was to come last? It sounds simple, but it quietly inverts every instinct you have. Power-ups you would normally grab — a speed boost, a clear stretch of track — suddenly become traps. Obstacles become opportunities. The leaf you would dodge in any other game is now the smartest thing you can eat.