Roboseum

Overview:

 

Roboseum is a 2D, 4v1 arena game featuring asymmetric multiplayer and crossplay between a tablet and a PC.  Four players on PC control four characters within a trap filled arena.  These players are able to pick up bombs that spawn throughout the arena and may pass them to each other or throw them at a massive robot at the top of the arena.  The robot is piloted by a 5th player playing on a mobile device.  This player chooses from a range of abilities and plays minigames in order to have the robot activate those abilities.  The abilities are set by building the robot before the match starts using a preset number of parts.

 

Role: Technical Design and Implementation/Level Design/Art and Animation/Project Managment/Gameplay Design and Balance

Responsibilities:

 

• Work with team to design core mechanics and draft code tests for implementation

• Create tile-able environmental art assets

• Create and animate traps, characters and bombs

• Create sprite sheets and particle systems for player feedback

• Implement core mechanics

• Implement audio, art and animations

• Design and implement an arena

• Design and balance gameplay concepts

• Create and maintain a Game Design Document and Media Design Document

• Generate task lists and ensure project milestones are reached on time

Design Challenges:

 

Asymmetric Multiplayer

• Balance

• Mechanics

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Mobile Design

• Feedback

• UI planning

• Adapting to tablet controls

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Gameplay Mechanics

• Network

• Hooking up animations

• Layering system

• Feedback systems