Eco Runner – Clean Up Fast, Save the Planet Faster!

Race against the clock as a speedy little robot on a mission to clean up the world! Switch between your claw, grappling hook, and graffiti-cleaning hose to grab trash, reach tough spots, and blast away grime. You’ve only got 2.5 minutes of battery life, how much can you clean before time runs out? Every second counts in this fast-paced, eco-powered adventure!

GAME DEMO

 

ABOUT THE GAME

You play as a little robot, armed with a claw, a grappling hook, and a water hose. You have 2.5 minutes to clean up the city, the beach, and the forest as much as you can. You pick up trash bags and wipe off graffiti. You drop the trash bags into bins scattered around the map, and wipe off graffiti using your hose to collect points! 

CORE GAMEPLAY

• Clean up trash and graffiti in the 3 areas.
  
• Use bins to deposit collected trash.
• Throw, grab or hook the trash to put it into the trash.
• Hose down or throw water balloons to clean graffiti.
• Gain bolts based on trash collected and graffiti cleaned.
• Use the bolts to enhance future runs.
• Navigate the map freely during your run but avoid hazards like lava or the sea!
• Talk to NPCs to enhance the current runs with unlocked abilities or more battery!
• Decide how should the game go (slow speed but more battery, fast speed but less battery)
• Game ends when your battery runs out.

GOALS

• Pick up as much trash as you can.
• Wipe off as much graffiti as you can.
• Save your little world.

WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN-GAME?

This is an early prototype. Many planned features were not included and some were left out to maintain basic playability. The features currently in the game are either working or still in progress. These include:

• A main menu with 2 options; Play and Quit.
• 3 Abilities; Pickup & Throw, Hook & Pull, Hose down & Throw water balloon.
• Bins around the map collect trash.
• Gaining bolts for putting trash in the bin and cleaning the graffiti. (No use, just stats)
• Time limit of 2.5 minutes. (locked)
• 3 areas (Beach, City and Forest) with terrain and layout to navigate around.
• Pause Menu with a few options; Continue, Restart, Menu and Quit.
• Game ends when the time is up with an end screen.

CONTROLS

• Movement: WASD
  
• Jump: Spacebar
• Camera: Mouse
• Boost: Hold shift then release shift
• Select abilities: Number keys (1,2,3)
• Use abilities: Click / Hold left mouse click
• Use alternative ability: Click / Hold right mouse click
• Quit: Q (Only in main menu and end scene)
• Pause: E 

 

THE TEAM & ROLES

The Studio 404 members (Click on their names to go to their ITCH pages.);

Albert Aragon - Lead Programmer and Game Designer.

Dorian Burak - Team Lead, Technical Writer and Game Designer.

Dorota Kaminska – UI/UX Designer and Project Manager.

Gabrielius Mizutavicius – Version Control Specialist and Support Programmer.

Nikita Solomatin-Yunakov – 3D Modeller, Animator and VFX Artist.

 

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

This is the presentation we used to present our idea in-person and a prototype demo video of the game.

OR if you want a PDF version, click here.

 

DEVELOPMENT INFO

• Made in Unity.
• Created for an erasmus project abroad in Lodz, Poland.
• Development time: 1 month.
• Team of 5.

 

OTHER INFO

• Some graphics were made using AI to generate them.
• Future updates of this game is uncertain. There will be devlogs posted if any updates do happen.