![]() ![]() ![]() So, say there’s this big wall right before them. They have complete and utter disregard for any and all obstacles in the way. You can’t trust these trucks, as they often move forward with no other direction in mind. The trucks are your only safe haven.īut you’re constantly on the move. You, as the player, stand on top of these trucks, constantly hop between them, and try to make it to the end of the level without touching the ground or any other obstruction that might get in the way, be it lasers, giant hammers swinging on a pendulum, or a solid gold pipe that blatantly stands in front of you. Developed by Landfall Games, Clustertruck, as the name implies, involves a group of trucks moving forward with no apparent destination. But now that I’ve played it, I can say I actually had some good fun with it. I didn’t have much care for Clustertruck at the time. Now, I’m going to be pretty frank and say the only reason why I bought Clustertruck in the first place was so I could get early access to Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS). When I completed that level, I got a huge score bonus along with the message “MOTHERTRUCKING INCREDIBLE.” Yeah. Luckily, my character has a double-jump ability, and with that, I barely made it to the top of the last truck in the pack. Sure enough, far off in the distance some more trucks are on their way, moving away from me. So I tilt the analog stick forward and hold the right trigger down for faster movement through the air. My only option was to find a truck to land on. I couldn’t touch the ground or it would be game over. By the time I was at the peak height in the air, I was pretty sure I had to go somewhere. ![]() Not sure where to go, I decide to let gravity take its plunge and sink me back to the bottom of the launch pad so I can rise again, racking up points for air time. I quickly rise up in the air, 1,000 feet easy. “If your burger has something on it you can’t eat, we can get you a new hamburger and it’ll be in oyur hands in 10-12 minutes.The mindless truck I’m on board drives forward to a launch pad. “If something goes wrong on DoorDash or Uber Eats, you’re probably going to get a credit, but with us we can actually fix the problem,” Howenstein said. The other perk to cutting out the middleman, Howenstein and Baggott said, is that they can improve customer service relations and directly respond to consumer complaints/feedback. As long as we’re being efficient enough, we can support that.” “We’re able to use those savings from not having a front of house to managing our delivery fleet without passing on fees. “We have no front of house, so we're able to replace the front of house with our delivery fleet ,” Howenstein said. So, just how much do they make? According to CEO Chris Baggott, couriers make about $7 a run with 4-6 jobs per hour, and can make up to $80,000 per year.īut in addition to paying their drivers well, Clustertruck also distinguishes itself from the competition with its no-fees structure, which they’re able to support because ghost kitchens are no frills operations compared with full brick and mortar restaurants. We need to make sure they're making enough money, so we're not always having to having to recruit new drivers.” “Our couriers are independent contractors. “From our delivery fleet to the way we built our software, we’re doing almost everything ourselves,” COO Brian Howenstein said. Once the orders are prepared, they’re brought out to the company’s own drivers who make more pickups and drop-offs without leaving their car - no third-party delivery fees or partnerships in sight. When you walk into one of their eight commissary kitchens, it’s the opposite of chaotic, with chefs quietly working on digital orders of Pad Thai, burritos and all-day breakfast as they come in on Clustertruck’s proprietary kitchen management software. Although ghost kitchen commissaries and virtual food halls have become the restaurant experience de rigueur of the post-pandemic world, Indianapolis-based Clustertruck wants to stand out by cutting out the middleman. ![]()
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