Cluster truck

Cluster Truck is a Jump 'n' Run - Indie - game , which of landfall Games developed and tinyBuild is issued. The game was released on September 27, 2016 for Windows , OS X , Linux , PlayStation 4 , Nintendo Switch and Xbox One . The name of the game is a play on the word "Clusterfuck" which describes "a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong".

Gameplay

In Clustertruck, the player controls a character from the first-person perspective . Jump on a moving row of trucks and avoid obstacles, traffic jams and accidents. The player cannot touch anything other than trucks and otherwise will not fulfill his task of reaching the goal at the end of the level.

The score is based on the speed at which the player reaches a finish line and a number of style points based on various tricks, such as: B. jumping off a truck that is currently in the air. The player's accumulated points can be used to acquire one of several skills, such as: B. a double jump or a quick speed boost, with which you can either successfully pass difficult levels or improve your time and achieve better results.

development

Clustertruck development began in September 2015 after development of Landfall Games ' previous game , Square Brawl , was completed. The game was officially unveiled on December 16, 2015 with a trailer and a release date of April 2016. At PAX South 2016, it was announced that Landfall Games has signed a publishing deal with tinyBuild . This deal prompted developers to postpone the release date to the third quarter of 2016. The CEO of landfall Games, Wilhelm Nylund, said that "the game was originally as a small project with a short development thought," but changed his mind and looked at the game as a delayed even more because it "more and more traction wins". As an April Fool's joke , Landfall released a free demo version of Clustertruck called Supertruck , which incorporated the visual style and mechanics of the recently released Superhot , where time only moves forward within the game as the game character moves.

Landfall gave preview copies of the game to various YouTube - and Twitch - streamers to promote the title. The game was released on September 27, 2016.

reception

The game received largely positive reviews. For example, Martin Robinson of Eurogamer said that “a cluster truck is beautiful when it works”.

Web links

official website
Cluster truck at MobyGames (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Tom Marks: ClusterTruck made me feel like an incredibly clumsy Neo. In: PC Gamer . January 22, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Luke Plunkett: Clustertruck Looks Like A, Well ... In: Kotaku . December 17, 2015, accessed May 19, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Chris Priestman: Clustertruck Is A Chaotic Game About Not Falling Off Trucks. In: Siliconera. December 17, 2015, accessed May 19, 2019 .
^ ^A ^b Martin Robinson: Cluster truck is a cruel, brilliant joke of a game. In: Eurogamer . September 29, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .
↑ Kyle LeClair: tinyBuild's Latest Game is a Total Clustertruck. In: Hardcore Gamer. January 29, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .
↑ Jed Whitaker: Superhot meets cluster truck in Super Truck. In: Destructoid. April 1, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .
↑ Austin Wood: Playable April Fools' gag Supertruck apes Superhot, Clustertruck. In: GameZone. April 2, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b cluster truck. In: Metacritic . Retrieved May 19, 2019 .
^ Daniel Weissenberger: Cluster Truck Review. In: GameCritics . September 29, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .
↑ Justin Celani: Clustertruck (PC) Review. In: Twinfinite. Retrieved May 19, 2019 .
^ Matt Gosper: Review: Clustertruck. In: Stevivor. September 27, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .
↑ David Will: Cluster Truck Review. In: New Game Network. December 28, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .
↑ Ondřej Svara: Cluster Truck - recenze. In: Games.cz. November 25, 2016, Retrieved May 19, 2019 (Czech).
^ Review: cluster truck. In: PLAY! ZINE. September 30, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 (Bosnian).

[:0-1] Tom Marks: ClusterTruck made me feel like an incredibly clumsy Neo. In: PC Gamer . January 22, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[:1-2] Luke Plunkett: Clustertruck Looks Like A, Well ... In: Kotaku . December 17, 2015, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[:2-3] Chris Priestman: Clustertruck Is A Chaotic Game About Not Falling Off Trucks. In: Siliconera. December 17, 2015, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[:3-4] A ^b Martin Robinson: Cluster truck is a cruel, brilliant joke of a game. In: Eurogamer . September 29, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[5] Kyle LeClair: tinyBuild's Latest Game is a Total Clustertruck. In: Hardcore Gamer. January 29, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[6] Jed Whitaker: Superhot meets cluster truck in Super Truck. In: Destructoid. April 1, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[7] Austin Wood: Playable April Fools' gag Supertruck apes Superhot, Clustertruck. In: GameZone. April 2, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[Metacritic_PC-8] cluster truck. In: Metacritic . Retrieved May 19, 2019 .

[9] Daniel Weissenberger: Cluster Truck Review. In: GameCritics . September 29, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[10] Justin Celani: Clustertruck (PC) Review. In: Twinfinite. Retrieved May 19, 2019 .

[11] Matt Gosper: Review: Clustertruck. In: Stevivor. September 27, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[12] David Will: Cluster Truck Review. In: New Game Network. December 28, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 .

[13] Ondřej Svara: Cluster Truck - recenze. In: Games.cz. November 25, 2016, Retrieved May 19, 2019 (Czech).

[14] Review: cluster truck. In: PLAY! ZINE. September 30, 2016, accessed May 19, 2019 (Bosnian).