This is an accepted version of this page Happy Wheels is a side-scrolling ragdoll physics-based platform browser game developed and published by Fancy Force.

[4] Happy Wheels' tagline is "Choose your inadequately prepared racer, and ignore severe consequences in your desperate search for victory!

"[5] The actual mechanics of gameplay vary because of character choice and level design;[6] the game includes characters such as a dad and his son riding a bike, a businessman on a Segway, a homeless man in a rocket-powered wheelchair, and Santa Claus in a flying elf-pulled sleigh.

For me, half of the fun of playing a game that imitates life (sort of), is making mistakes and seeing the end result.

"[8] Bonacci also noted that, because gameplay would often involve the player dying repeatedly, he put a great deal of effort into making that part of the game enjoyable.

[10][failed verification] Alec Cove joined Fancy Force in 2013 and handles all server-side architecture and development.

[13] For the Android version, Fancy Force began accepting beta test applications in October 2019.

[16] Eleven months later, on December 28, 2020, the JavaScript port was released, continuing the existence of the game after the end of Flash.

The series, produced by Machinima, Inc. and Bunim/Murray Productions digital division BMP Digital, is set in the title town, dubbed as "the most dangerous community on Earth" where "people are mangled everyday by traps, spikes, mines, cars, unsafe roads and hazards.

To reduce some of the carnage in town, five concerned citizens form a safety awareness committee but often fail with hilarious results.