Kanyon Karver | Press Kit

Factsheet

Initial Release
2021-09-01
Developer
Based in Russia
Founded 2021-09-01
Platforms
 Android (2022-02-01)
 /  Web (DEMO) (2021-09-01)
Social Network
Genres
Endless runner / Sports

Pitch

A spiritual snowboarding adventure in the snowy mountains.

Description

Kanyon Karver is an endless runner game about snowboarding. It is designed to capture the elation of snowboarding in the wild mountains. The board control is based on real physics to more accurately convey the feel of the ride. The game contains references to the mythologies of the northern peoples, which creates an atmosphere of a spiritual adventure.

The goal of this game is to ride as far as possible and score as many points as possible. Points are awarded for breaking Snowmen, jumping from ramps and rotations. During the ride, the so-called Spiritual Circle begins to grow, each of the levels of which multiplies the received points. At the second level of the Spiritual Circle, tricks are automatically performed. By breaking the Snowmen, you can awaken the Great Spirit of the Mountains and cause an Avalanche, from which you need to escape. At the same time, the Spiritual Circle grows to the third level.

Over time, the riding speed, the difficulty of the track and the strength of the weather effects (snow and fog) begin to increase to the point of being impossible. To maintain an acceptable level of difficulty, you need to periodically get the second or third level of the Spiritual Circle and light the dots on it, performing rotations. This will allow you to ride further.

History

The game development started as a pet-project back in 2019, but got a lot of new features and game mechanics recentlty.
The developer is a snowboarder himself, so the game is truly inspired by real-life experience.

Features

  • Programmaticaly generated random tracks.
  • Board control system based on real-world physics.
  • Dynamically changing track complexity and weather effects.
  • Portrait orientation, can be played with one hand. Supports right- and left-handed control.
  • Sessions stored locally: quit and continue from the last point any time.
  • Leaderboard allows to compete with players around the world.
  • Amusing atmosphere.

Videos


Images


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Artwork


snowmen

Branding


Logo

Recognition


#PitchYaPitch Jam Winner
Indie Legion (https://twitter.com/IndieLegion/status/1455358245950799872),  2021

About Kro13

Kro13 is a game developer from Russia. Started as a professional programmer and an amateur artist, he now stepped on the path of an indie dev.

Credits


Game engine
 

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