Making running somewhat of a routine has the side effect of repeating the same routes very often. As someone raised playing games like Sega Rally or Collin McRae Rally, I found myself thinking of racing against the ghost of a previous run, and that's how the idea for Ghost Runner came to be.

As a semi-retired developer now playing with the new tools of the trade, I put this together (aka iterated with Claude over 12 weeks and about 300 km of runs), and this is what came out.

The biggest challenges were getting the zoom levels and transitions right as you race against up to 6 past versions of you and different performances, as well as the map detail in a way that would work for both road and trail runs.

I'm proud of it and would love for some of you to test it as well and have fun with it.