Clustertruck

Clustertruck is a platform game developed by independent Swedish[1] studio Landfall Games and published by tinyBuild. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, and PlayStation 4 on 27 September 2016, Xbox One on 27 October 2016,[2] and Nintendo Switch on 15 March 2018.[3][4]

Clustertruck
Developer(s)Landfall Games[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)tinyBuild
Director(s)Wilhelm Nylund
Designer(s)Wilhelm Nylund
Programmer(s)
  • Philip Örum Westre
  • Petter Henriksson
  • Wilhelm Nylund
Artist(s)Wilhelm Nylund
Composer(s)Karl Flodin
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4
27 September 2016
Xbox One
27 October 2016
Nintendo Switch
15 March 2018
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

In Clustertruck, the player controls a character from a first-person perspective.[5] They are set to jump onto a moving line of trucks, avoiding obstacles and truck pile-ups and crashes.[6] The player is usually unable to touch anything other than trucks, and will otherwise fail their task of reaching the goal at the end of the level.[7]

On each stage, the player is scored based on how fast they reach a goal line and a number of style points based on various tricks, such as jumping off a truck that is currently in mid-air. The player's cumulative score points can be used to purchase one of several abilities, such as a double jump or a quick boost of speed, which can then be used to either successfully pass more difficult levels or to improve one's time and scoring on earlier ones.[8]

Development

Development on Clustertruck started in September 2015, after the development on Landfall Games' previous game, Square Brawl, was finished.[6] The game was officially revealed on 16 December 2015 with a trailer and a release date of April 2016.[7] At PAX South 2016, it was announced that Landfall Games had signed a publishing deal with tinyBuild.[9] This deal led the developers to push the release date to the third quarter of 2016, where Landfall Games CEO Wilhem Nylund said that it was "initially intended for the game to be a small project with a short development", but changed his mind and considered the game to be delayed even further, as it has "gaining more and more traction."[5] As an April Fool's Day joke, Landfall released a free demo version of Clustertruck called Supertruck that incorporated the visual style and mechanic of the recently released Superhot, in which the internal clock within the game moves forward when the player-character moves.[10]

Landfall released preview copies of the game to various YouTube and Twitch streamers to help promote the title. The game was released on 27 September 2016.[8]

Reception

Notes
  1. Nvidia Lightspeed Studios developed the Nvidia Shield version.

References
  1. "Contact". Landfall.
  2. "Buy Clustertruck | Xbox". www.xbox.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. "Clustertruck for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details". www.nintendo.com.
  4. "Clustertruck". Nintendo of Europe GmbH.
  5. Marks, Tom (21 January 2016). "ClusterTruck made me feel like an incredibly clumsy Neo". PC Gamer. Future US. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  6. Plunkett, Luke (17 December 2015). "Clustertruck Looks Like A, Well..." Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  7. Priestman, Chris (17 December 2015). "Clustertruck Is A Chaotic Game About Not Falling Off Trucks". Siliconera. Curse, Inc. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  8. Robinson, Martin (29 September 2016). "Clustertruck is a cruel, brilliant joke of a game". Eurogamer. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  9. LeClair, Kyle (29 January 2016). "tinyBuild's Latest Game is a Total Clustertruck". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  10. Whitaker, Jed (1 April 2016). "Superhot meets Clustertruck in Super Truck". Destructoid. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  11. "Clustertruck for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  12. "Clustertruck for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  13. "Clustertruck for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  14. Glagowski, Peter (1 October 2016). "Review: Clustertruck". Destructoid. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  15. "Clustertruck Review (Switch eShop) | Aces high". Nintendo Life. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  16. Theriault, Donald (20 March 2018). "Clustertruck (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  17. "Clustertruck Switch review - A jumping success on the portable platform? | Aces high". Pocket Gamer. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
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