The first big assignment for our Core Games System classes, is to create a board game using some mechanics from other games.
The game mechanics we randomly chose are:
- Players submit all actions secretly and then reveal them at the same time (From the game Diplomacy)
- Players make sets to claim spots on the board (From the game Ticket to Ride)
- During a phase of the game, a random system determines where the obstacles appear in the field of play (From the game Pandemic)
The Play of the Game
Our game’s objective is to win the race against your opponents to the planet in the center of the playing field.
You all start off in the outer most orbital circle of our solar system styled map.
You create chemical combinations of elements in order to play out moves in the game.
Moves involve:
- Teleporting to other planets to try to get closer to the goal
- Choosing to execute a specific attack against the other players
- Choosing to execute specific counter attacks
- Teleporting through the wormhole (spots in map that allow you to move into the inner orbital circles)
Resources – Planets
The resources in this game are four elements:
- Oxygen
- Hydrogen
- Nitrogen
- Carbon
You start off the game with [not decided yet] amount of each element. Planets all have their amounts of various resources. You can obtain those resources if you are on that planet. If you’ve successfully landed on a planet after a teleportation combination, you also receive the resources on the planet landed.
Combination Sets
So far:
- 1H + 2O = Living supply
- 3C + 1N + 1H + 1O = Teleport to connected planet
- 2N + 2H = A random card from the deck
- 3C + 6H = Fuel for passing Wormhole
(plans to add the specific attack combination sets)
Headingless
So, the rest of the game is in a state where anything and everything is subject to last minute changes. Basically, in our game all players must reveal their submitted action moves at the same time, and make their moves simultaneously, this may cause issues of trying to occupy planets at the same time. We’re work-shopping a bidding system to determine who gets to keep the spot and whose teleportation returns void.
Photos of Progress
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-James W. Berry