ClusterTruck

Released for Linux, macOS, the PlayStation 4, Windows, and the Xbox One on September 27, 2016, followed by a version for the Nintendo Switch on March 15, 2018. While praised for its gameplay, graphics, and original soundtrack, its Nintendo Switch port was primarily criticized for its controls.

• Developer — Landfall • Publisher — tinyBuild • Modes — Single-player • Genre — Platform • Platforms — Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • Released — * Linux, Mac, PS4, Win, XONE • September 27, 2016 • Switch • March 15, 2018 • Programmer — * Petter Henriksson • Wilhelm Nylund • Philip Örum Westre • Designer — Wilhelm Nylund • Director — Wilhelm Nylund • Artist — Wilhelm Nylund • Composer — Karl Flodin • Engine — Unity

• Illustration — In Clustertruck, the player must jump on trucks to reach the goal. Clustertruck is a platformer game played from the first-person perspective. Across nine worlds with ten levels each, the player navigates to a designated goal by jumping across moving trucks with real-time physics that collide, flip, and tip over. During a level, the player may sprint or slow down time. Touching the ground or any obstacle triggers a game over. Each world introduces a new obstacle; for example, the third world has ice that causes trucks to be slippery, the fourth world adds lasers, and the sixth world adds a boulder that the player must run away from. Clustertruck culminates in a boss fight in the final world. The player may earn bonus points by skipping trucks or remaining airborne, which can be spent on power-ups, such as grappling hooks, double jumps, speed boosts, air dashes, and a jet pack. The player can use the level editor to construct and share custom levels. With Clustertruck Twitch integration, its developers and Twitch users can modify gameplay by voting in the chat. Modifications include rickrolling, time manipulation, color changing, on-screen messages, exploding trucks, earthquakes, laser trucks, high and low gravity, and inverted controls.

The development of Clustertruck began in 2015 and spanned one year. While traveling home from Gamescom in 2015, Wilhelm Nylund, the lead designer and CEO of Landfall, imagined himself escaping traffic by jumping on trucks to get home faster, inspiring him to develop the prototype of Clustertruck. New features were playtested and discussed within the team on whether it would be implemented. Building it in Unity, Landfall ultimately added power-ups and obstacles that passed. After a few months in development, an early alpha build was released. During the alpha phase, playtesters discovered they could finish levels early by reaching the front of the truck line. They messaged the developers on Discord to make Clustertruck more optimal for speedrunning. Landfall planned to release Clustertruck by April 2016. This was postponed as its early popularity led the team to extend its development. At PAX South 2016, it was announced that Landfall had signed a publishing deal with tinyBuild. On September 27, 2016, Clustertruck released for Linux, macOS, the PlayStation 4, Windows, and the Xbox One, with an estimated 65,000 sales within its first month of release. In October 2016, Clustertruck was updated with a Halloween-themed map. On March 15, 2018, it was released for the Nintendo Switch. For an April Fools' Day prank, Landfall created a parody of Superhot called Super Truck in 2016; similar to the original game, trucks would only move forward when the player does so. Permission was obtained from the Superhot development team prior to its production.