Kart Wheel

By: Steven K. Jr., Tyler Pearson, Zaher Ilbih, Evan Zhang, and Nick Tsung

For the 2025 Pirate Software Game Jam

Overview

Kart Wheel is a fast-paced, 3D tower defense game in which you control a runaway kart wheel. Your objective is to defend the tower at the center of the map from hordes of undead monkeys for as long as possible. You are the weapon—the only way to stop the monkeys is by running them over—and you can survive longer by moving efficiently with drifts and speed control, and using power-ups that spawn throughout the map.

Controls

• WASD: Move (you're a single wheel, so moving forward and back is much easier than turning!)
• Z: Change directions
• Space bar: Brake or drift (while turning)
• F: Use a power-up

Power-ups

• Grow: Grow up to three times your size! Good for taking out big hordes.
• Spinach: Get extra strong! Any touch from you will kill a monkey.
• Shotgun: It's a shotgun.

Design Document and Credits

Design Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pdGtVhMWEYshR_-XrBGg1_Hn3pqeYp91kSVKGabXci8/...

Assets Used:

• Blender Suzanne
• Music: https://clement-panchout.itch.io/yet-another-free-music-pack (The Whispering Shadows Dungeon)
• SFX: https://ne-mene.itch.io/general-sound-pack