Dungeon Crawl

Characteristics of Games

Justin, Zijie, Cat

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Game Overview

Keys and enemies may not be in the same place

Explore unknown territory but always beware

Move between floors! Collect 4 keys to move on

With minimal visibility, remember the path

Get through every floor to claim your treasure!

Steer clear of their death-touch, find other ways around!

Maze

Collect Keys

Random Spawn

Atmosphere

Treasure

Enemies

Characteristics of Games

Non-Deterministic

Enemy and Key spawn are random for each game

Imperfect Information

Because of darkness, you are forced to explore the map without knowing where the enemy/keys are

Real-Time

Player takes actions

in real time; Not limited

Stochasticity

Observability

Time Granularity

Characteristics of Games

Length of Playtime

Maze

Round

Shortest Gameplay

Floors

Session

Should take a

few minutes

Full Game

“Full Game”

Entire

Gameplay

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Characteristics of Games

• Requires mental planning in order to dodge enemies; Keep track of map with darkness in order to loop around and reposition them
• Remember which paths you’ve already taken and figure out where else you need to explore
• Think ahead and take risks in order to go to other mazes

Dexterity vs Strategy

DEMO

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