The Car That Could

Summary:

A game about a boy in a late modern world, who mistakenly wanders into a dangerous construction site while playing with his remote car, and who now must use it to solve puzzles to find his way to safety. This is a top-down/first-person game, the player is allowed to switch between the two at will. 

Credits:

Joshua Ladner - Joshuaevladner@gmail.com - LinkedIn

Marc-Alexander Tudor - TudorDGi@gmail.com - LinkedIn

Casey Cunningham - Cgcbusiness@hotmail.com - LinkedIn

Christian Martinez Lagos - Martinez.chris02@gmail.com - LinkedIn

Karina Vega - artsygirl0v0@gmail.com - LinkedIn

Dalton Carter - daltondccarter@gmail.com - LinkedIn

Control Scheme:

WASD - Move

Q - Swap Players

E - Interact

R - Use Powerup

Drag Cursor - Pan Camera (As human character)

Right Click - Boost (As RC car if fueled)

Left Click - Action (As RC if ability is active)

Spacebar - Hover (As RC if ability is active)

K - See next objective (hint mode)

Lore:

In a towering late modern city where shimmering skyscrapers pierce the clouds and autonomous drones patrol the neon-lit skies, you live in the shadows — in the lower districts where the past still clings to life. Down here, rusted pipes run alongside holographic billboards, and while the elite enjoy the latest tech marvels, the lower sectors are left to scavenge from their scraps.

You’re a 12-year-old boy with a love for technology in a world where you can barely touch it. Growing up poor in the lower city, real gadgets and cutting-edge machines have always been out of reach. But where others see broken junk, you see possibility.

One day, buried under a collapsed maintenance yard, you found it — an old RC car, forgotten by time but not by hope. With nothing more than a cracked tablet, junkyard scraps, and sheer determination, you breathed new life into it. Piece by piece, you taught yourself to build and upgrade — fitting it with a shock emitter, makeshift hover drives, and even an experimental cloaking device, all crafted from discarded technology no one else wanted.

At dusk, when the neon haze gives way to the deep purples and blues of night, you took the RC car out once more, weaving it through the abandoned alleys. But then — your tablet started glitching violently. Lights flashed. Commands scrambled. Before you could regain control, the RC car bolted toward the walls of a forbidden construction site — a site rumored to be building something massive for the city’s elite.

Without hesitation, you chased after it. This wasn’t just a toy. It was your lifeline. Your masterpiece. Your future.

Tonight, in the heart of the city's skeletal new structures, your real adventure begins — in a place where lost tech, heavy security, and hidden dangers lurk behind every unfinished beam.