Condors Pitches

CONDORS

Condors

CONDORS

Omar - Producer

Swapnil - Programmer

Healthy - 3D/2D Artist

Julian - Game Designer

Mimi - UI/UX Designer

Sally - Lead Game Designer

Research - Unique to Basketball

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• Freedom of expression
• Improvised Playmaking

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• Constant back and forth
• Rhythm and Movement

Research - Rocket League

Rocket League

Rocket League

Research - Multiplayer Games

NBA 2K19

NBA Jam: On Fire Edition

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Lethal League Blaze

Regular Human Basketball

Crypt of the NecroDancer...

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Resogun…

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Crawl…

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Move or Die…

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Gang Beasts…

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… And More!

Design Pillars

• Juicy
• Players should be able to do things in a showy way. Is there potential for playmaking?

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• Compelling
• The player should want to do the mechanics again and again.

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• Competitive
• Friendly competition, as well as balanced (the player should feel like they can come back).

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NBA2K19

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NBA Jam

Space Basketball

Basketball of the future

Space Basketball

• 4 players in 2 teams are inside a spherical arena.
• The shared hoop is in the center of the sphere, and gravity radiates outwards from it.
• Teams must traverse inside the sphere to score on the correct side of the hoop.

Space Basketball - Mood Board

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Space Basketball - Strengths & Risks

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• Juicy: Low gravity movement would be fun to experiment with in the game.
• Compelling: Traversal of the arena and it’s obstacles while considering enemy players would keep people engaged in learning the mechanics.
• Competitive: Two teams of 4 players would get everyone involved, and the nature of the spherical arena would allow for interesting strategies and plays.

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• Orienting the players in this environment will be tricky.
• If it’s 3D, we need to add landmarks to the arena and orient players.
• Movement controls would also need to orient themselves relative to the player.
• Gravity is a core element of basketball.
• The way gravity changes in the arena may be frustrating for players to navigate.

Jazzketball

Organized Chaos

Jazzketball - Rhythm-based grid system

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• Mechanics: Four players on a court, creating combo-driven combinations to the rhythm of the song.

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Jazzketball - Mood Board

Jazzketball - Strengths & Risks

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• Juicy - Rhythm games are good at providing visual and audio feedback
• Compelling - Strong correlation between music and movement can make gameplay addictive
• Competitive - Whether 2 or 4 player, game would be easy to learn, difficult to master

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• Rhythm games require a lot of polish
• We don’t have a formal “sound designer” on our team to help compose
• Rhythm games are not easily accessible for all

Rubberbandsketball

Superpower Basketball

Rubberbandsketball

Rubberbandsketball - Mood Board

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Rubberbandsketball - Strengths & Risks

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• Juicy - Power fantasy justifies flashy behavior on the court
• Compelling - Super powers aren’t completely under your control, but you work towards improving your superpower’s accuracy during the game
• Competitive - Each super power could provide unique stats allowing for “let me try again with this player now”

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• Lots of Character Models/Animations
• Physics of each character will be time-consuming
• Character balancing is time-consuming

Wobbally

Ragdoll Multiplayer

Wobbally

Wobbally

Wobbally - Mood Board

Wobbally - Strengths & Risks

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• Juicy - 1 v 3 dynamic provides two types of unique movement
• Compelling - Funny movement would keep the game quirky and fun
• Competitive - Constant shift in 1 v 3 team dynamic will keep a frantic pace

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• Physics will be time-consuming
• Level Design would be a crucial element
• Would require a bit more design to add originality

Questions?

Team Condors

Team’s Poster

Quarters Presentation Outline

1. Who we are
2. What has the client asked us to do?
1. Audience
3. What research have we done?
• Results of the research
4. Based on the research we came up with four ideas
5. Our plan for next step
6. Q&A

Pitch

1. What we are pitching - a sentence of description
2. (audience)
3. Why is this different than other basketball game/ why will this be successful?
4. What is the fell of this game?
1. Moodboard + music
5. Gameplay / Prototype
• Player story
6. Why will people play?
7. Risks and mitigations

Idea 1 - Zero Gravity

• Target
• Feeling
• What we are trying to achieve?
• Why will this be successful?
• Mechanism
• Art style
• What could this start to look like?
• Platform
• Potential Problems
• Tech difficulty