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The President’s Bike

Thomas Sankara · Burkina Faso, 1983–1987

August 1983. A 33-year-old captain becomes president of Upper Volta. A year later, the country will be renamed Burkina Faso: the land of upright people.

Get on his bike and transform the country before they stop you.

A fictional adventure inspired by the Burkinabè revolution. The opponents are caricatures.

Top 10: complete all five levels from Play. Reform +2, opponent +1 and remaining life +5 at the end of each level. Fastest time breaks ties. Individual levels are practice.

How to play

• The bike moves forward automatically. You jump and control its speed.
• Mobile (landscape recommended): tap the right half of the screen to jump; hold for a higher jump. The ◀ ▶ buttons brake and accelerate.
• Keyboard: Space or ↑ para saltar, ← → para frenar y acelerar, P or Esc to pause.
• Collect books, saplings, vaccines and banners. Ride past the matching place—a school under construction, bare ground, a health post or an assembly—and the reform happens automatically.
• Jump onto agents and rebels to knock them out of the way. A collision from the side costs you a heart.
• The R5 box puts you in the ministers’ Renault 5: faster and invincible for a few seconds.
• Each reform earns 2 points and each defeated opponent earns 1. Completing a level earns 5 points per remaining life. Failed attempts add no points to the campaign, but their time counts.

Choose a level

Complete a level to unlock the next one.

Level complete

Choose Next level to stay in the ranked campaign. Replaying a completed level switches to practice.

Historical source

Sankara: history, video and sources

They stopped you

Not this time. The revolution needs another turn of the pedals.

Pause

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The game works best in landscape.