Free Rider

Free Rider is a Flash browser game, the very first of the series, which mainly consists in the creating and sharing of bicycle tracks for players. The game was developed by Pete and sponsored by One More Level.

Overview
The game starts with the character, a stick figure, on a bicycle, on a short straight line. The player can then create their own track with the pencil tool, and add stars that require to be collected to beat the level. There are also other tools, such as the eraser to erase added lines and stars.

The player can also save the track by clicking the blue disk button. The player then retrieves a line of code, which can be copied and pasted "into an email, a forum or instant message". Then, anyone with the code can click the folder button, paste the code and access the track.

Trivia

 * The version available on Y8 is a demo, therefore lacking some features.
 * There is a button represented by a yellow cube icon, which the player can toggle a two-dimensional or three-dimensional view of the track. This is an option presumably for slow computer owners, so they can disable it for increasing gameplay performance.
 * Due to the success of the Free Rider series, many unofficial clones have been created, including, but not limited to Canvas Rider for web and Draw Rider for mobile.