Hey! EverStride is my first game project.
Overview
EverStride is a 2D endless runner emphasizing a simple yet addicting gameplay loop of jumping, lo-fi beats, and a serene cityscape.
You play as a character listening to lo-fi beats, imagining themselves running across the rooftops of their city, escaping the confinement of their thoughts.
When I started making EverStride, I looked for what I found engaging in a mobile game and built upon that. I liked the idea of calming lo-fi beats mixed with a simple yet addicting gameplay loop of jumping.
Platforms: iOS, Mac, Android
Release Date: November 28th, 2023 (for iOS), February 7th, 2024 (for Android)
Team Size: 1
Duration: 6 months
Engine: Unity
Language: C#
Role: Creator. Responsibilities included creating original scripts for player movement, ground generation, and more; designing original art assets such as the entire title screen scene, all ground platforms, all UI buttons, the player character, and more.
Available On:
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.JacobJarrett.EverStride
Sunset Scene
Main Menu
Night Scene
Gameplay video
Three Unlockable Scenes
Abandoned Scene
(Unlocked after a high score of 5,000 m on standard)
Snow Scene
(Unlocked after a high score of 10,000 m on standard)
Cyberpunk Scene
(Unlocked after a high score of 15,000 m on standard)
Accessibility
Easy mode—built directly into the game-over UI and settings menu. Easy mode slows down the game and limits the amount of obstacles.
Three colorblind modes—protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia.
Ability to disable camera shake and haptics, mute all sounds, and adjust music sound level.
15 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, German, French, Hindi.
Leaderboard System
Players can insert a name, and their score will appear on a global leaderboard.
Inappropriate names are blocked from appearing
Leaderboards for both standard and easy mode
Leaderboards show the top 50 players
Scrollable
Statistic Tracking
Keeps track of standard high-score, easy high-score, total obstacles hit, total distance ran, and the total amount of runs.
Additional Features
Full support for iPad
Haptic feedback
Accolades
The first 12 approved ratings on the U.S. App Store as of December 2nd, 2023.
EverStride review by Softonic (8.2/10).
EverStride with 1,000+ downloads on the Google Play store within the first week of release (February 14th, 2024).
EverStride ranked as the 6th hottest free-to-play iOS game for the week as of December 1st, 2023, on toucharcade.com.
EverStride review by Digital Trends (8/10).
EverStride with downloads in 86 countries.
Copyright © Jacob Jarrett 2024