Speed Tank is a 2 player arcade inspired endless runner game made for the ALTCTRL GDC in 2023, using custom made controllers, both players must coordinate to operate a fast tank, one player who can only see through the turret uses a crank to rotate the cannon and fire on pursuing police cars, while the other player uses two levers which control both treads to drive down a procedurally generating highway filled with obstacles.

I personally:

• Designed main gameplay mechanics and programmed them throughout development

• Designed and programmed our AI

• Designed and programmed player 2 controls and mechanics

• Designed our gameplay loop

• Iterative playtesting throughout development

Developed by Tank Rats, a small team of 5, over the course of a week for ALTCTRL GDC, we wanted to create a unique 2 player controller that allowed for simple yet unique controls that could be developed into an arcade machine. When designing the gameplay mechanics, I wanted to keep the emphasis on the two controllers being easy to understand but vastly different from one another to allow for unique gameplay experiences and forced players to communicate and work together to achieve the highest scores. I kept this in mind when designing the turret gameplay, the AI and the player camera’s, with both having limited vision, each player feels like their playing vastly different games with their own fun gameplay loops that connect and rely on each other.