Side-Tracked

Side-Tracked is a two-player local multiplayer game developed as a student project at NHTV, running on a custom engine. Two players must defend a train which is navigating a looping track around a level while being attacked by monsters shooting at it and running alongside it. The enemies will randomly drop one of 3 pickups which upgrade the players weapon and make it more effective at eliminating the enemies. Try to defeat all the monsters and keep the train alive until the end of the level to win!

 

Credits:

Caio Lindenhayn Junqueira Gomide – Producer, Audio

Michal Hupka – Producer, Quality Assurance

 

Sander Snippe – Engine/Tools Programmer

Timo Obst – Engine/Tools Programmer

Bart Schut – Engine/Graphics Programmer

Kit Bunt – Engine/Tools Programmer

Tahar Meijs – Switch Integration, Graphics Programmer

Niels Brunekreef – Graphics Programmer

Lars Kruik – AI Programmer

Nout Bree – Gameplay Programmer

 

Martijn de Bie – Level Designer

Lindsey Bouwels – Level Designer, UI/UX Designer

Justin van Oort – Technical Designer

 

Xandra van Antwerpen – 3D Artist

Shadé Sidihakis – 3D Artist

Wessel de Kooker – Animator

Mathijs Vink – 3D/2D Artist

Joris van Hugten – 3D Artist

 

PC Installation Instructions

1. Download the .zip file
2. Extract the contents into desired destination
3. Launch the game by double-clicking the “Core.exe” file

 

Known Issues

• -Restart menu currently isn’t functional
• -Shooting the turret without aiming can damage the train and result in a “Game Over” screen
• -The load times can last upwards of 1 minute
• -Some flying enemies have a tendency to get stuck behind the train
• -Certain enemy animations aren’t properly implemented