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To promote an eco-friendlier driving style, Swedish petroleum company Preem launched “Eco Run” – a computer game that’s not about raising hell, but raising awareness. The fastest driver with the lowest CO2-emissions wins.
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The game style was an homage to old school racing games. We wanted to keep things authentic and create a javascript implementation of Mode7, an old 90s trick to get 3D-style environments on SNES (read more about that here).
![Screenshot of the game EcoRun showing its typical Swedish environments](https://ward.technology/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ecorun_new_2.jpg)
We also wanted to create recognisable Swedish environments, roads and road-signs. This couldn’t have been put together without the amazingly talented pixel artist Douglas Kalberg and musician Mattias Hjalmarsson. You can play the game here.
![Screenshot of the game EcoRun showing the player car passing a caravan](https://ward.technology/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ecorun_new_1.jpg)
![Screenshot of Preem EcoRun game loader](https://ward.technology/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/preem-1920x1164.jpg)
![Screenshot of main menu from the game Preem EcoRun](https://ward.technology/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ecorun_main.jpg)
Credit: Douglas Kalberg, Mattias Hjalmarsson, Forsman & Bodenfors, Preem