It's pitched as an "abstract racing game that has influences in many genres including racing games, fighting games, puzzle games and classic arcade shooters". Oh-kay.

See, Dyad does away with traditional racing game mechanics, replacing them with puzzle mechanics. "You must interact with your enemies in unique and varying ways in order to gain speed," the developer explains.

Dyad is the sum of ][ Games' attempt to recreate the feel of racing space-crafts in Wipeout in a puzzle game. Instead of learning the optimum racing line, you'll need focus on combo mechanics. "Dyad begins with very basic comboing rules centred around the polarity of enemies, and continuously adds new mechanics throughout the course of the game. You race quickly in Dyad by making smart decisions, not by memorizing static tracks." Exciting.

The game looks and sounds gorgeous to boot. It's got a very specific synthaesia aesthetic, with similarly chilled audio. Dyad's been designed with both casual and hardcore players in mind. The developer explains that casual players will be drawn in by the presentation, where hardcore gamers will appreciate the deep, structured and challenging mechanics.

Best of all, the game runs in 1080p at a silky smooth 60FPS. Check out the trailer after the jump.