THERISKR

Debut title — Rhythm Swimmin’

Hit the rhythm.
Hit the wall first.

Competitive rhythm swimming, where every hundredth is earned. The first game from THERISKR.

Play the Beta

Browser beta, open now · Coming to iOS & Steam

iOS release planned. Concept shown.

01 — The studio

THERISKR makes games
about timing.

An independent studio building games where the interesting decision is when, not how fast. Small, deliberate, finished — no systems for the sake of systems.

Everything ships playable first and gets sharpened in the open, with the people playing it.

  • I

    Precision over noise

    One mechanic, understood completely, beats five that nearly work.

  • II

    Readable in a second

    If the screen can’t tell you what went wrong, the design isn’t done.

  • III

    Built in public

    Betas go out early. The changelog is the roadmap.

02 — Debut title · Rhythm Swimmin’

Eight lanes. One clock.
No luck in it.

You race the field and you race the tenths. The pool does not care how hard you try — only whether you arrived on the beat.

The twist

Tapping faster
makes you slower.

Mash the button and the stroke breaks. Rush the breath and the line collapses. Speed is not input rate — it is the interval you keep between inputs.

On the beat
−0.34s
Early
+0.11s
Mashing
+1.92s

The four strokes

Four rhythms.
Four different races.

  1. I

    Freestyle

    Relentless. The tempo you can actually hold for the length.

  2. II

    Backstroke

    Blind to the wall. Count, trust the flags, commit to the turn.

  3. III

    Breaststroke

    Glide is free speed. Every extra pull costs you distance.

  4. IV

    Butterfly

    Two kicks, one breath, no mercy. The rhythm that punishes greed.

The career

Swim a season.
Hang the times.

Meets, heats, and personal bests that follow you. Every race is written to the board in hundredths — yours, and everyone else’s.

  1. 4You27.4156.08
  2. 5Kestrel27.5556.31
  3. 3Vance27.6256.44
  4. 6Okonkwo27.9057.02
  • Playable now

    Browser

    The beta runs in your browser on itch.io. No download.

  • Planned

    iOS

    A dedicated iPhone release. No date announced.

  • Planned

    Steam

    Coming to PC. No date announced.

03 — What’s next

More in development.

Rhythm Swimmin’ is the first of them, not the last. The next projects are early — nothing to show yet, and nothing announced until there is.

In development

Dive

From the same pool. The board, the drop, the hold, the entry — timing carried to a different edge of the water.
In development

MMA

Different sport. Same idea: timing decides it.

04 — Follow along

Watch this space.

Builds, patch notes and whatever comes next go out on itch.io first.

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