HAMSTER HYPERDRIVE TEAM
Our Current Projects We’ve Made Together
- Spiritrender
- Hamster Hyperdrive
Most of our team was quickly made for some of the Game Jams, we did 2 game jams so far and I got to meet some more amazing people!
This time we had a lot more people and only had 4 days to make Hamster Hyperdrive!
PROJECT DETAILS
- Total Team of 21 People!
- Level Designer
- Unreal Engine 5
Unknown to the world of men, the deep recesses of the internet are a place of war.
You are one of the Antivari, digital hamster warriors who server Webi, Hamster God of the Internet. The Antivari defend against the Malwars – bug-like-creatures that emerge from the dark corners of the web, seeking to destroy it. No more memes. No more cute animals pics. No more fun indie games. [GASP]
Join the fight, do your part, and defend the internet we all love and hate from being destroyed forever! By making loops of light. Around bugs. C’mon. Do it. Go be an internet-saving hamster.
Key Features
- The hamster will chase your mouse cursor and speed is affected by the cursor distance – moving the cursor close to stop or move it further way to go faster! Encircle your enemies, earn power-ups and collect Bug Souls to beat the level.
- Innovative Mechanics, Badass Artstyle, and a Banger Sound Track
The Internet Arena01
When designing a level for the internet and tech, I my first immediate thought was to blockout and get a mother board / CPU chip shape for our first arena!
Obstacle Design
For some of the obstacles around the Arena, I wanted to make obstacles not just things players needed to avoid, but obstacles that offered guidance in Laser Loop pathing, and giving ideas for unique shapes to destroy the bugs!
Level Design & Art Are Amazing Combined
Working with one of the best Environment Artist I’ve worked with on the team, we got right away into making some really cool textures and communicating ideas for our neon, tech, and synthwave feel for the environment of the game.
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Obstacle Navigation Improvements
We had some issues come up with the Navigation and interactions the player, and bugs had with the environment. I was tasked with working a couple days on fixing the navigation properties, collision settings, and even making a blueprint that was a obstacle barrier for destroying the bullets that were shot at the player.
Lastly, Lighting Had To Be The Best!!!
With Unreal Engine 5 offering so many lighting improvements and features, I got right away with designing and setting up the lighting for the game. I wanted to have this cool Neon feel, but also keep the amazing reflections on the ground from the Chips and Pins placed around the board. If you see in the screenshot you can see the reflections of the Chips and CPU’s on the ground, making for a really and awesome looking effect for our players!
The Top Down 2D View Is Just Amazing <3
One of the cut features was going to be enemy spawners, but it didn’t make it before the submission deadline for the Game Jam. The team wanted me to send a Top Down 2D View and the level looked freaking amazing!!!
RESPONSIBILITIES
- In 4 days, We as a team had to come up and design an amazing game for the GMTK Game Jam 2025!
- I was in charge of designing the only level featured in the game, Internet Arena01!
- I was tasked with fixing Navigation problems with the enemy AI in Unreal, using Unreal Navigation Tools.
- I did the lighting and set up the lighting for that awesome Neon Effect.
- I was tasked to do the Obstacle Design for game as well! I placed the Chips, Clips, and Power Capacitors placed around the map!
ACHIEVEMENTS
- This is the largest Game Jam team that I’ve been a part of so far!
- We’re currently in the Top 30 for Popularity and Plays for the GMTK Game Jam!
- We had multiple Streamers play the game, laugh, and have an absolute blast playing game!
