What kind of beast Airboat Simulator is: rules, tricks and a few tips

The igrasu.ru catalog holds hundreds of games, and this is one people keep coming back to. Here is how it works and how to get the most out of it.

What this game is

Emerald Bayou is an airboat simulator set in the Florida wetlands, built entirely on WebGL (Three.js). A whole island of sixteen square miles is generated procedurally — winding navigable rivers, cypress sloughs, silty shallows and open water with live waves and a foaming wake — the terrain, grass and water are all drawn by code, with not a single hand-placed model. Take the helm and run jobs: mow down hazardous weeds, refloat stranded manatees, set and check crab traps, repair navigation buoys, scare off poaching alligators and ferry cargo between camps and the tower dock. The world runs on its own: day/night cycle, tides, weather from calm to thunderstorm, and a live radio dial with a voice dispatcher on fully procedural sound (zero audio files). On a phone, steer with on-screen thumb sticks for rudder, throttle and reverse plus buttons for action, fishing line, horn and chart; on a keyboard use W/S/A/D, E, F, X, Space and M. WebGL2 is required.

How to play, in short

1. Emerald Bayou is an airboat simulator set in the Florida wetlands, built entirely on WebGL (Three.js).

2. A whole island of sixteen square miles is generated procedurally — winding navigable rivers, cypress sloughs, silty shallows and open water with live waves and a foaming wake — the terrain, grass and water are all drawn by code, with not a single hand-placed model.

3. Take the helm and run jobs: mow down hazardous weeds, refloat stranded manatees, set and check crab traps, repair navigation buoys, scare off poaching alligators and ferry cargo between camps and the tower dock.

4. The world runs on its own: day/night cycle, tides, weather from calm to thunderstorm, and a live radio dial with a voice dispatcher on fully procedural sound (zero audio files).

5. On a phone, steer with on-screen thumb sticks for rudder, throttle and reverse plus buttons for action, fishing line, horn and chart; on a keyboard use W/S/A/D, E, F, X, Space and M.

6. WebGL2 is required.

A few final tips

• Check out the demo mode on the game page — the AI shows how it is played, and repeating it yourself gets much easier.
• Play in short sessions: the best results come with a warmed-up head.

Take note: it works great solo and in a "my high score is bigger" company. Ready to try? "Airboat Simulator"