What is subway surfing

Subway Surfers is an "endless running" mobile game co-developed by Kiloo,^[1] a private company based in Denmark and SYBO Games.^[2] It is available on Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms. Players of the game take the role of youthful hooligans who, upon being caught in the act of applying graffiti to a metro railway site, take off down the tracks to escape the inspector and his dog. As the hooligan avatars run, they grab gold coins out of the air while simultaneously dodging collisions with railway cars and other objects.

Subway Surfers was released in May 2012 with updates based on seasonal holidays. Since January 2013, updates have been based on a "World Tour" theme that places game action in a new city released monthly. As of 31 July 2014, seventeen cities have been featured in the game. The current version is in Los Angeles.

Gameplay

The object of the game is to collect coins and other rewards while running through an endless game world. Trains and other obstacles must be avoided by performing well-timed jumps (swipe up), rolls (swipe down) and sideways moves (swipe left and right). Occasionally the characters surf on hoverboards, soar over the train tracks, and even run along overhead wires. Special missions reward players with bonuses for accomplishing specific tasks. The game ends when the surfer collides with an obstacle and is apprehended by the inspector and his dog.

Characters

For use as avatars, Subway Surfers offers regular characters (available for acquisition at any time) and special characters (available only for a limited time). All characters are rendered in vector graphics as stylized cartoons with large heads and diminutive bodies. Themiscreants appear to range in age from pre-teen through teen years, though their fashions suggest a variety of time periods.

Jake is the default Subway Surfers character and the face of the franchise. Jake appears in game icons. All other characters must be "unlocked". This is done in either of two ways. Some characters are unlocked via the collection of character attributes in the course of the game. An attribute may be an article of clothing (such as a hat) or a prop (such as a boom box). Other characters are available by in-app purchase .