Friday, 19 October 2012

Assignment 2 - Prototype game - Cardboardgame

Cardboard Game


Introduction

This game is called watch your steps. It is a game-play board which is 2 player game. This game is more like a last man standing whichever opponents can last for long holding on to the points.


This is a screenshot of game-play board. It is my design and made it into grid game.  as players can 0-6 (it is D6 dice) which is horizontal  and 1-8 (D8 dice) which is vertical.

Components required

  • The game requires D8 and D6 dice to play this game
  • Both players will need a pen or pencil so that they can mark their score and keep up to date with the score


Game-play Mechanic & Dynamic rules

Both players will have 250 HP ( Hit-Points) to start. Each player will get to roll the 2 dice that have been mentioned above, which ever the 2 numbers they get, they will follow that box. For e.g. player dices numbers are 5 (D6)  and other one is 4 (D8) that player will land on that box which is "+ 10 points" which now player has  10 points on his HP points. The Idea is to gain or lose points each other. The gameplay more of metagame arose in mathematics, player will need to add or subtract the  score every turn the player makes. It means to gain or lost points on players HP points. There's also bonus in this game  which player will able to take another turn if the player gets the right box. The gameplay had to be balance..because  it's lot of time consuming so therefore the game needed to be tweaked. There is limit to the score and there's way player can die easily fast. didn't want to make the gameplay for too long or too short just were the gameplay balance needed to be. There is swapping point system which allows the player to be given advantage or disadvantage. The meaning of that is which ever the player has highest point and other one has low...that player will swap the points to the other player depending on the scores.

Goal objective

It is simple player will need to get 500 points in order to win the game by collecting points. Remember there are so many ways to win this  game. There is an instant death  which player can totally lose all the points and the other player will be known as winner.


 Play test notes

  • The game does need more variety and eye catching so it attract and gives the interest to the players.
  • Visualise - The  grid can have pictures so players can understand than rather read.
  • Effects- need more effects rather having " No effect ".