Sunset Ridge

Sunset Ridge Transport Co was my entry to the 2023 BigMode Game Jam, which gave me the prompt "Mode". Originally, it was just me working on the game, but after seeing my early work on the gameplay, my good friend Eden Jeffrey decided to help out with Audio and VFX.

The game is an arcade driving game heavily based on games such as Crazy Taxi. The player must drift their bus around Sunset Ridge, picking up and dropping off passengers to collect fares and refill the timer. "Mode Bubbles" dot the map, which upgrade the Bus but change its properties

Genre

Arcade Driving

Engine

Unreal 5

Language

Blueprints & C++

Release Date

2023

Project Type

Big Mode Game Jam (Team of 2)


Play

Title Screen

Gameplay

Screenshots

Skills and contributions

As it was made as an entry to the BigMode Game Jam, Sunset Ridge was only made in a couple of weeks. I had an absolute blast working on it, as it was unlike anything I'd worked on previously. My main contributions were:

  • Bus Driving and drifting system

  • Bendy and Very Bendy mode; which use Unreal's physics restraints to restrict your driving

  • AI Cars on the road

  • Procedural passenger spawning system