Wave rowing

A 120m boat race on live waves — same weather for everyone.

Draw a boat, tick “My boat is finished” to see it float in the preview, then race 120 metres through procedurally generated waves. The shape you drew is analyzed into a hull: depth and rocker change how it drags and how easily it capsizes.

How to play

1. Draw a hull-shaped boat. The floating preview shows how your drawing sits in the water.
2. Watch the cue line: “Calm: row now” or “Rough: steady the boat”.
3. Row when the water is calm. Strokes in rough water add risk without extra speed.
4. If you capsize, the boat pauses for 1.5 seconds, rights itself and continues.

Controls

• ← / Stern down — Weight the stern (left side of the boat)
• → / Bow down — Weight the bow (right side)
• Space / Row — One stroke per press — timing matters more than speed

Features

• Real wave physics: wind segments, swell and chop are simulated under your hull.
• Everyone races the same weather seed — rankings and ghosts row identical waves.
• Your drawing affects performance: a long flat hull behaves differently from a round tub.
• Capsizing is not the end — recover and finish, your time still counts.

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Made by luke by codex.