🍉 MelonRacer

Melon Racer — Get ready to roll!

No guns. No bullets. Just you, a watermelon, and the track.

Melon Racer turns Counter-Strike 2 into a kart racer. Each player gets their own physics melon and races it through checkpoints, over ramps and off walls. Race in heats with your friends and see whose melon makes it to the finish line in one piece, or drive alone against the clock and beat your best time.

🎮 Play now on server

Open the CS2 console (~) and type:

connect tante.io:27015[/code]

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[h2]🤖 AI disclosure[/h2]
The game mode's code (the cs_script scripts, HUD logic and build tools) was written with the help of an AI coding assistant (Claude). The idea, map, tracks and game design are my own work.

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[h2]🏁 How a race works[/h2]
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[*][b]Tutorial[/b] — new players start in a short tutorial area to learn how to drive.
[*][b]Hub[/b] — everyone gathers here. Drive around, pick a color for your melon, and step on the start area when you're ready.
[*][b]Countdown[/b] — [i]3… 2… 1… GO![/i] Everyone on the start area joins the heat.
[*][b]Race[/b] — pass every checkpoint in order and finish the laps. Shortcuts that skip a checkpoint don't count!
[*][b]Next track[/b] — a short break, then the next track starts. After the last track everyone goes back to the hub.
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[b]No group? No problem:[/b] drive across any track's start line on your own and the clock starts. That's a time trial.


[h2]🍉 Features[/h2]
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[*][b]Physics melons[/b] — your melon rolls, bounces and flies for real. It's not a car.
[*][b]Melon health[/b] — hard crashes and big landings damage your melon. At zero it [b]breaks apart[/b] and you respawn at your last checkpoint.
[*][b]Wall bounces[/b] — hit a wall at the right angle (about 45°) for a [b]PERFECT[/b] bounce: more speed and no damage. Time a jump on the hit for even more speed. Bounces stack, so there's no top speed.
[*][b]Boost — if you dare[/b] — hold the left mouse button for extra speed and a glowing boost trail. It costs your melon health while you hold it. Hold it too long and your melon breaks!
[*][b]Momentum[/b] — hit your top speed again and again without slowing down too much, and your top speed keeps growing.
[*][b]Wall jumps[/b] — push off walls in mid-air to reach shortcuts and save a bad line. You have 3 charges that refill over time. Hit the wall at about 45° for a [b]PERFECT[/b] wall jump that leaves with even more speed than you came in with.
[*][b]Jump pads[/b] — press jump on a glowing pad to launch high and fast. No damage on the way down.
[*][b]Lift shafts[/b] — bounce between the walls of a shaft to climb up.
[*][b]2D sections[/b] — on the Side Slice route the camera locks to the side and the track turns into a jump & run: A/D drive left and right, and wall jumps chain from wall to wall.
[*][b]Jump refills[/b] — blue rings refill all your wall-jump charges and keep them full while you're inside.
[*][b]Moving obstacles[/b] — blocks that slide across the track. Time your pass.
[*][b]Heal zones & teleporters[/b] — patch up your melon and take the fast way around.
[*][b]Water[/b] — splash down and your melon loses all its speed. Better jump over it.
[*][b]Paint your melon[/b] — drive over a paint pad in the hub or choose a color in the menu. Your melon glows in its color, so everyone can see who's who.
[*][b]Time trial[/b] — every run over a track is timed, alone or in a heat. Your best time on each track is saved, and beating it shows a gold [b]NEW BEST[/b]. After the finish you're put straight back at the start for the next try. Messed up the start? Press [b]R[/b] to restart the run.
[*][b]Multiple tracks[/b] — loops with several laps or A-to-B tracks, raced one after another in a heat.
[*][b]Custom HUD[/b] — speedometer with health bar and wall-jump charges, run clock with your best time, a checkpoint strip showing which checkpoints you've passed, lap counter, bounce rating and jump timing.
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[h2]🎮 Controls[/h2]
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[tr][th]Key[/th][th]Action[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Mouse[/td][td]Steer (the melon goes where you look)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]W / S[/td][td]Accelerate / brake[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A / D[/td][td]Strafe left / right[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Left mouse button (hold)[/td][td]Boost — costs health, too long and the melon breaks[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Space[/td][td]Jump / wall jump / time a wall bounce[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]R[/td][td]Restart the time trial (on a track, outside a heat)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]E[/td][td]Menu: respawn at checkpoint, restart time trial, back to hub, tutorial, melon color and glow, free look[/td][/tr]
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[h2]▶ How to play[/h2]
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[*]Click [b]Subscribe[/b] on this page.
[*]Start CS2 → [b]Play[/b] → [b]Workshop Maps[/b] → [b]Melon Racer[/b].
[*]Playing with friends? They need to subscribe too. Then invite them to your lobby.
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[b]Tip:[/b] The first player on the map is the [b]moderator[/b] and can cancel a race that's already running, from the hub start area.

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[h2]🚧 Work in progress[/h2]
Melon Racer is still being built. Things will change and there will be bugs. Known gaps right now:
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[*]No 1st/2nd/3rd placing yet — the game only knows when a racer has finished.
[*]If someone gets stuck, the others have to wait until they finish or leave.
[*]No melon sound effects yet.
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Found a bug or have an idea? Please leave a comment below or open an issue on GitHub.

[h2]🛠 Open source — help build it![/h2]
The whole game mode is open source: scripts, HUD, and a step-by-step guide to building your [b]own tracks in Hammer[/b] (no coding needed).
[url=https://github.com/fluse/cs2-melon-racer]github.com/fluse/cs2-melon-racer[/url]

[i]If you enjoy the melon, please leave a 👍 — it helps other players find the map![/i]