Design document
Game scenario:
Red vs Blue is a modern-day war game on a 11 by 11 board,
two players go head to head as one player plays the attacking team whose aim is
to captures their opponents captain and as the other player plays the defending
team whose aim is to get the captain to one of the four corners as both players
battle it out capturing other pieces along the way.
Board design:
For this design I wanted to have a clear differences between
where the attacking and defending teams were arranged for the start of the game.
I felt an 11 by 11 board would be a great for this design as by placing the
attacking team on the outside it gives enough room for the defending team to
move out.
The attacking teams
starting square: These squares are designed with a red background and a black
cross in the middle of them which I felt displays elements of attack. Five
squares are arranged along each side of the board.
The defending teams
starting square: these squares are designed with a blue background and a black
circle going through it because of the colour background it already looked like
a defending square but by adding the circle it was defined. These squares are
located in the middle of the board surrounding the captain’s starting square.
The Captain’s starting square: this square has the same
design as the defending teams starting squares but with an added black dot in
the centre of it to make it different to the squares which it is surround by.
This square is located in the centre of the board.
Safe zone: These squares are designed with a gold background
and small back crosses and circles in the centre of it. This is to show that
the squares do not belong to either team and it is a mutual square. These
squares are located in each corner of the board.
Squares: these squares
are designed with just a black foreground. These squares are located in areas
on the board which have not been placed with any of the squares above. There
are a total of 84 of these squares on the board and they are not controlled by
any team.
Game Pieces:
The Captain
Defending team’s pieces
Asset list:
- -Board (11 by 11)
- - 1 Captain
- -12 defending pieces
- -20 attacking pieces
Gameplay:
Games of Red Vs Blue last around seven to ten minutes
depending on how the players decide to play the game. When players rushed their
moves without thinking what can happen next the games were considerably less
long-lasting (between five and seven minutes). When the games where mixed with
both a player that rushed and a player who carefully considers their moves the
games lasted around eight to ten minutes. The player who rushed their moves were
in their favour as it made the passive player think of reasons why the pieces
where moved where they were.
With games which were played by both players that rushed
their moves did show pantones when the games were taking place. When on
different teams the players switched and did the same thing as each other when
playing different sides. When the attacking team were making their moves the
players seemed to place their pieces as close as they could to the defending
teams pieces. This restricted their moves. As this happened more, the board became
more cluttered, making this strategy not as good to play by unless the
defending teams gets their pieces out of the centre. When the players played as
the defending team they focused more on getting their captain out of the middle
and having open space to move around. I found that if the defending team achieves
this, the attacking team spends the rest of the game chasing the captain around
the board. Therefore, the defending team
is forced to only move their captain move after move unless they see they can
use another pieces to block the chaser. When both players play without putting
much thought into their moves it makes the game respective for both players but
more for the defending team, therefore not making the gameplay as entertaining.
When the game is played by players who both think out their
moves it starts off similar to how players who rush play. The attacking player
tries to keep the defending teams pieces in the centre of the board. They then
quickly try to capture any pieces the defending team manages to get out of the centre
whilst trying to get as much control as possible from the start of the game. As
the defending player they try to position their pieces so that they can move
their captain from the centre without putting the piece in danger.
Rules:
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There are a total of 33 pieces in the game.
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The board is marked to initiate
where the pieces have to be placed.
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The attacking team (Red) are placed around the outer of the board
marked with red squares.
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The defending team (Blue) are placed around the centre of the board
marked with blue squares.
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The captain is placed in the centre
of the board marked with a blue square
with and a circle in the middle of
it.
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The attacking team makes
the first move to start the game,
players can only move straight ahead, backwards and side to side. They cannot
move diagonally.
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For the defending team to achieve victory the player has to get the captain to one of the four safe zones
on the board.
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For the attacking team to achieve victory the player has to capture the defending team’s captain before it reaches one of the
safe zones.
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For a piece to be captured a player must place two of their own pieces either
side of the opposing teams piece (creating a sandwich between them).
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The attacking team cannot block a safe zone to prevent
the captain from reaching it. If this is done it becomes an automatic lose.
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A player cannot take any longer than five minutes to make a move.
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A player can move more
than one square per move.
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