Ice Rush

A 3D penguin race for up to six players. Your penguin slides on its belly by itself and you steer left or right. Ice is fast, deep snow makes it waddle, rocks spin it round and ice holes drop it into the sea. Fly off snow ramps over open crevasses, pick one of three ice tunnels, and cross cracked ice before it gives way under the penguin behind you.

Fish are points: herring and salmon, a golden fish that sends you flying, and a puffer and a skeleton that spoil a greedy line. Gift crates hand out pranks: a snowball for whoever is ahead, bubble gum for whoever is behind.

Every race pays coins, and the wardrobe turns them into looks: four kinds of penguin, eight faces and fourteen scarf colours. Gather friends in the lobby, strike a pose, and race a cup of three or a one-race sprint. Bots take the seats nobody fills.

Tips for the podium: the fastest line is not always the one with the most fish — ice is quicker than snow, and a greedy swerve for a herring can cost you a rock or an ice hole. Watch out for the puffer and the skeleton fish, go for the golden one, and cross cracked ice without hesitating. Keep a snowball for the penguin just ahead of you near the finish, and if you are at the back, bubble gum can still turn the race round. Races are short, so a cup of three fits in a few minutes.