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Freight Floor

Drive a forklift, deliver pallets before par time, and race twenty AI drivers on a shared warehouse floor. A run takes three minutes.

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Freight Floor gameplay: an isometric warehouse with racks, a forklift carrying a pallet, and AI rival drivers — Freight Floor in play: a forklift carries a pallet while AI rivals work the same floor. Play it ↗

Three-panel comic showing how to play Freight Floor: grab pallets with E, boost carefully and charge at 20 percent, and deliver rush orders to the shipping bay

1. Grab pallets (E)

Pull up next to a glowing rack slot or a pallet at the west dock and press E. Hold it on upper shelves for a Perfect Lift bonus, or run a fresh dock arrival straight to an east bay for a Hot Cross-Dock bonus.

2. Boost and charge (Space)

Hold Space to boost, but watch your line: a hard collision stuns you, drops your cargo, and resets your combo. Roll onto any green pad to recharge your battery.

3. Beat par and pick perks (Tab / F)

Deliver faster than the par time for a speed multiplier. Complete shift contracts for bonus points, or press F to watch the floor and give the AI drivers natural-language commands.

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