The Cable Guy
A downloadable game for Windows
Welcome to the world of cable chaos!
In this puzzle game, you are the IT company's savior, the one and only cable guy.
Your mission is to navigate through a procedurally generated maze of tangled wires and connect all the users to their servers in the corporate network.
In an ever-changing office environment, you'll have a ton of cables and other nifty tools to help you keep your job and everyone from losing their cool.
Features:
- Use every tool at your disposal to maintain connectivity of your company's network with a procedurally generated map layout every game is a unique puzzle to solve
- Play at your speed - with different difficulty modes you can either relax and chill or face the challenge of hectic problem-solving with constantly rising demand and complexity of the network
- Compete with others for the top place on the leaderboard
- Control the flow of the game with random events
- Enjoy minimalistic colorful art style quirky animations of idle workers and a wonderful soundtrack
Powered by Unreal Engine 5
The full game is available on Steam .
Basic Controls:
- Mouse
- Moving camera - W|S|A|D
- Rotate camera - Q|E
- Zoom camera - Mouse Wheel
- Use Tool - Left Mouse Button
- Undo (removes Cable/Router/Holes/etc.) - Right Mouse Button
- Tools shortcuts - 1-4
- Tactical view - Tab
Troubleshooting:
If, at the start, the game shows the message box that some components are required to run the program, try to download and run the UE prerequisite setup that is in Prerequisites (Extras.zip)
As Unreal Engine 5 is used for the game, it is quite demanding to hardware even on low settings. If you experience frequent crashes or freezes, we recommend switching to DX11 render in the game settings menu or adding -dx11 to the command line. You can find more info on our Discord.
Discord: https://discord.gg/YnHnh3yKAS
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows |
Author | 4sandwiches |
Genre | Simulation, Puzzle, Strategy |
Tags | 3D, Management, Top-Down, Unreal Engine |
Links | Steam |
Install instructions
Download TheCableGuy.zip, unpack it and play.
If, at the start, the game shows the message box that some components are required to run the program, try to download and run UE prerequisite setup that is in Extras.zip
Development log
- Minor June UpdateJul 01, 2024
- Update 1.5Feb 03, 2024
- Update 1.4Aug 01, 2023
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Crazy good game. Fun animation and true cable management