Vermin’s Requiem

Escape the bottom. Together.

Overview

Welcome to the bottom of the city.

Not the flashy kind with neon signs and flying cars – the kind beneath that. The one where the lights flicker, the air tastes wrong, and everything feels temporary. Down here live Vinnie and Morgan, two rats with one shared plan: get out.

Vermin’s Requiem is a two-player cooperative platformer about climbing upward through a decaying cyberpunk city that was never meant to be escaped. The higher you go, the harder the city resists: collapsing platforms, hostile environments, and puzzles that don’t care if you’re tired.

Down here, survival is not about strength. It’s about trust.

The only way forward is together.

Cooperative Platformer

This is a co-op 2.5D platformer built around mutual dependence.

Your actions drain determination, a resource that doesn’t refill on its own. To keep going, players must support each other – sometimes literally. When one slows down, the other has to step in.

As the climb continues, the rats don’t grow stronger – they grow different. One gains a grappling hook to pull upward. The other relies on propulsion boots to push forward. Both run on the same limited energy. Progress becomes a negotiation.

You move up together. Or you don’t move at all.

Key features

• Two-player cooperative platformer built around support, communication and resource management
• A dark cyberpunk setting inspired by themes of inequality and survival
• Vertical level design focused on climbing and escape
• A short, intense narrative experience focused on emotional impact
• Symbolic characters and environments that reinforce the game’s themes 

Credits

This project came to life thanks to amazing team of BTS Game Art and Game Design students and BTS Game Programming and Game Design students as part of a group project.

APTSD Team

Artists:

• Simon Ferron – Concept Art, Character Design, Texturing, UI Screens Art
• Anna Semenchenko – 3D Modelling, Music, SFX, UI/UX
• Polina Rachuk – 3D Modelling, Animation, Rigging, Technical Art, Layout

Programmers:

• Diego Ovalle Ramirez - Programming, Level Design
• Tiago Santos Silva - Programming

Controls

Move	A/D
Jump	Space
Dash	J
Grappling Hook	K
Propulsion Boots	L
Support/Motivate	I

Important!

Keep Steam Open for Multiplayer: 

1. Make sure Steam is running on your PC before launching the game.
2. This is necessary for multiplayer functionality to work properly.

Download instruction:

Unpack the Download: 

1. Locate the downloaded .zip file. 
2. Right-click and select "Extract All…" or use other archive manager to unzip the files into a folder (twice). 

Launch the Game: 

1. Navigate to the folder where you extracted the files. 
2. Double-click on GOPRO2_Team1.exe to start the game. 
3. Bypass the Windows Security Warning: 
4. If you see a "Windows protected your PC" warning, click "More info" and "Run anyway." 

•  The message appears because the game isn’t digitally signed, but it’s been tested and is safe to play.