#Clustertruck boss trial
Many levels also require a certain degree of trial and error – especially later on in the game – but the fact that you can respawn almost immediately after dying makes it clear that the developers designed the game with this in mind. It’s a bit of a roll of the dice as to whether or not the level will actually be possible on any given attempt, on top of whether the player is actually able to get through it. Then more trucks will hit them and create a pileup, and if you’re unlucky it’s possible to get stuck behind the trucks that have stopped, while the ones that kept going are too far away to jump to without certain power-ups. Even simple curves can sometimes be too much for them to handle, and some trucks will under-turn and go into the edge of the road. The trucks’ movement is almost entirely subject to the game’s physics engine, which can lead to some unpredictable results when they are driving on anything other than level, even, open terrain. See that banner in the distance? That’s where we’re heading. In addition, hitting the back or sides of a truck will allow the player to jump as well as landing on top, and jumping from a vertical surface launches you higher depending on how far down the surface you started holding the jump button. The idea of a first-person platformer may be a turn-off, but Clustertruck makes it work by having the perspective close to the ground and by not having a lot of vertical movement, with most of the jumps being either slightly above and well within the player’s jump arc, level with or below the player.
There’s also a number of obstacles that get added, such as missiles, lasers, giant rotating wheels, and other hazards.
The biggest obstacle is often the ground itself – the only safe surfaces to land on are the many transfer trucks barrelling down the road (or falling into the abyss, or being fired from cannons) alongside you. The main point of Clustertruck is to get from the starting point to a marked goal as quickly as possible while avoiding various obstacles that the game throws your way. I did get a look at how the game plays, but that’s all I saw. Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to play it at any point, but there was always a large crowd around the tinyBuild booth playing it. Clustertruck is a game that was a big deal at PAX West this year.
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