Dude Theft Auto

Dude Theft Auto is a cartoon-style 3D city sandbox credited. Start as Jack, leave your house and decide whether to explore, drive, collect money or start a fight. First-person movement and shooting are mixed with exaggerated physics, so it is more about experimenting in the city than winning a sequence of arena rounds.

The browser experience described here is single-player free-roam with AI residents and police. Jack has a slow-time ability, and weapons and vehicles give you different ways to approach trouble. You can also explore without immediately provoking a chase.

Find Your Way and Build Up Equipment

Begin in the house, then head into the neighborhood. Use the map to orient yourself and locate useful places rather than wandering without a destination. Money can be picked up from residents or stolen from other locations. The weapon shop sells weapons and ammunition, so collecting cash gives you more options for later fights.

Choose When to Fight the Police

Attacking NPCs raises your wanted stars. Once wanted, you face police pursuit and gunfire, not just harmless pedestrians. The game's tutorial explains that defeating police can reduce those stars, but your health still limits how long you can keep fighting. Jack's slow-time ability provides another tool when you need more time to react.

Travel by Car

Approach a car and use the vehicle-entry button to get in or out. The driving tutorial provides acceleration, reversing, steering, handbrake, nitro and look-back controls. Use a vehicle to cover distance, then slow down before tight turns or obstacles. Treat driving and fighting as different tasks: a poorly controlled escape can leave you in a worse position than the chase you were trying to avoid.

Keyboard and Mouse

• W ↑ A ← S ↓ D →: move on foot
• LRMove Mouse: look around and aim
• LRLeft Click: shoot or attack
• ␣ Space: jump
• Q / E: previous / next weapon
• Z: map
• Tab: slow time
• Esc: pause and open Resume, Main Menu or Tutorial

On-Screen and Driving Controls

The built-in tutorial also shows a virtual joystick for walking, dragging to look around and buttons for jumping, attacking, changing weapons and slowing time. Vehicles have a separate button layout for entry, acceleration, reversing, steering, handbrake, nitro and looking back. Follow that driving tutorial rather than assuming the on-foot shortcuts perform the same actions in a car.

• Learn the neighborhood before provoking police. Locate a shop and a usable vehicle first, so you have a destination and an escape option when the wanted stars rise.
• Spend money with ammunition in mind. A new gun is less useful if you cannot keep it supplied. Check both equipment and ammunition before deliberately starting another fight.
• Watch the stars as well as your target. Attacking a resident changes the police threat. Do not assume finishing one fight means the surrounding area is safe.
• Use slow time with a purpose. Activate Jack's ability when you need to line up an attack or assess a dangerous position, rather than treating it as a substitute for watching your health.
• Keep nitro for a clear route. The extra speed is useful for travel, but steering into a tight corner at full speed makes an escape harder to control.