Against the Tide

"Against The Tide" is a real-time strategy game where the player can command crabs to build a sand castle and protect it against waves. Not only the water threatens the existence of the sand castle, but evil crabs are trying to destroy the crab’s newfound home. Help the crabs on their quest to build the castle of their dreams!

This game was developed during the "Game Programming Laboratory 2022", a semester-long master's course at ETH Zurich.

Controls
General:
Select - Left Click
Deselect - Right Click
Rotate Building - R
Delete Building - Backspace while building selected
Pause - Space

Camera:
Move Camera - WASD, Arrow Keys, Mouse at screen edge
Rotate Camera - Q and E
Zoom - X and C, Mousewheel

Save and Load:
Quick Save - F9
Quick Load - F10

Advanced Controls:
Fast crab selection - 1 to 6
Follow selected object around - Z
Cancel all tasks of specific crab - Backspace while crab selected
Overview of sand castle - Toggle O

Developers:

• Matthias Karst (Producer, 3D Artist, Gameplay Programmer, Designer)
• Christopher Vogelsanger (Gameplay / UI Programmer, Designer)
• Lucas Teissier (Gameplay Programmer, Designer)
• Rahel Maag (Gameplay Programmer, Designer)
• Sven Grübel (Engine Programmer, Designer)
• Thomas Poyet (Physics / Shader Programmer, Designer)