Vanabond Rally
Free · play online in your browser, no download
A three-button driving platformer: accelerate, reverse and jump your way through 15 km of open road.
Official site vanabond.renderfiction.com, verified Nov 3, 2026. Listed with a link in the projects section of renderfiction.com, the developer's portfolio site, which the entrant's X profile links; also the entry URL in the official Vibe Jam 2026 games data.
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Browser (no download) · Mobile · Official link verified Nov 3, 2026.
About Vanabond Rally
A driving platformer in the browser with only three controls: D to accelerate, A to reverse and Space to jump. You drive 15 km of open road, advance to the next of five levels every 3 km you survive, and a run that reaches the end shows “You survived all 15 Kilometers!”; a leaderboard lists the top 20 drivers. The developer's portfolio describes it as a 2D platformer with a 3D perspective. The entrant's pitch reads “You're a Vagabond on the open road, driving as many kilometers as you can.” and explains that the game simulates the experience of driving on the open road while keeping the controls limited to three buttons. It was made for the Cursor Vibe Jam 2026, whose rules required at least 90% of each game's code to be written by AI; the official submission lists Gemini as the tool. It finished 365th of 945 entries. Free in the browser.
How it was built
Partially verifiedIn the official Vibe Jam 2026 submission the entrant lists Gemini as the tool and answers Yes to the AI-written field. The submission does not say whether the Gemini app, Gemini CLI or another Gemini product was used, or which model; no devlog describes the workflow, and the sources do not say who or what made the 3D models and sounds.
- OfficialJam rule 3: at least 90% of the code has to be written by AI. — Vibe Jam (Pieter Levels)
Built for the Cursor Vibe Jam 2026 on Three.js through React Three Fiber, with Gemini named as the tool. The leaderboard is stored on a Supabase backend.
- Engine / framework
- Three.js (React Three Fiber)
- Languages
- Not disclosed
- Team size
- Not disclosed
- Development time
- Not disclosed
- Development cost
- Not disclosed
- AI-written code
- Not disclosed
“I love driving on the open road so I created a platformer that simulates the experience while keeping the controls limited to three buttons!”Verification notes: Tool (Gemini), engine (ThreeJS), genre (Platformer), pitch, inspiration and the multiplayer (No), mobile (Yes) and portal (No) flags from the entrant's answers in the official Vibe Jam 2026 games data (submitted 21 Apr 2026, 20:01 UTC; final rank 365 of 945 entries, no award), re-read on 5 Nov 2026; rule 3 on the jam page requires at least 90% AI-written code. “Gemini” is recorded as the Gemini assistant because the answer names no specific product. Developer: the jam data gives the handle @renderfiction; that X profile (“Three.js dev addicted to making web games”) links renderfiction.com, a portfolio that introduces its owner as John and lists Vanabond Rally among its projects, and the game links back to x.com/renderfiction. No surname, location or team size is given. Controls, distances, levels and the leaderboard come from the game's script; the game was not played. The game's code connects only to its leaderboard backend and the jam widget; no calls to AI services were found. The release date is not stated; the jam submission is dated 21 Apr 2026.
Development history
Entered in the Cursor Vibe Jam 2026 (submission date in the official games data, 20:01 UTC); the jam required at least 90% AI-written code. Final rank 365 of 945 entries, no award.
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Sources
| Source | Type | Published | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor Vibe Jam 2026 — rules, prizes and game stats Vibe Jam (Pieter Levels) | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Vibe Jam 2026 games data (entrant submissions, final rank, awards) Vibe Jam | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Vanabond Rally (game page and script) renderfiction | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Render Fiction — portfolio (projects: Vanabond Rally) renderfiction | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| renderfiction (@renderfiction) — X profile X | Social post | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Official game page (language check) renderfiction | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
