"Čadež noticed a program by Anderas Gysin named "Cronodraw" that partially matched this concept, and later placed the drawing and mouse control mechanics of Gysin's program into the final product of "Line Rider".Čadež then found a page in his sketchbook that consisted only of a small man sledding on a tilted line; this brought back memories of when he was a child doodling the man sledding on various "path" lines, and he decided this would be the basis of the project.