Rat Race

2023

Unity

For our game, we were inspired by New York’s long, ongoing, and riveting battle with the rats. Given that our usual role is that of a city resident and thus certainly not a friend to the rats, we decided to take the opposite POV here and embody a rat trying to scuttle through the streets unseen.

In level 1, we navigate the streets of New York to gather as much food as possible to drag down into the subway. In level 2, we need to cross consecutive tracks to reach a hole that brings us to the underworld without getting hit by incoming trains. For the final level, the rat navigates a low-lit winding system of pipes to reach his lair on a countdown before the rat poison gas gets released into the pipes.