Contributions

Community Health pool/resource Mechanic

Makes for strong Co-op gameplay

Emphasized the effect of non-clean energy consumption

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Primary Gameloop:

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Gameplay loop aims to:

1. Keeping things fluid but approachable

2. Emphasize the necessity of clean energy consumption

3. Introduce randomness

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We achieved this through:

1. Creating "Disasters" to keep players on their toes

2. Center game economy, win, and loss conditions around renewable and non-renewable resources

3. Maintaining a 2 currency system, avoiding keywords. centering gameplay around few, specific, turn-based mechanics

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Scheduling Playtests

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Relevant Research

Into related titles, energy sources, impacts of energy use, geographic energy sources, uses, and disasters

‍Takeaways

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1. Playtest, playtest, playtest - After this project I can say it is definitely one of the strongest tools of consensus building and cohesion. Getting that MVP up NEEDS to be a priority.
2. Plan Ahead - With the majority of our work over the summer scheduling was always a challenge. Setting up recurring meetings and extra time for retrospectives is something I have always tried to bring to any following teams.
3. Consensus Building can be Hard - Sometimes finding a middleground can be hard, in this project I found that the best way to do this was often to take a break and each recognize the validity in the other's argument. Often this would create an entirely different discussion that would result in the creation of an idea somewhere between the two

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