Elective B: BattleBattle! George Skleres Riot Games Eileen Hollinger Funomena.
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Transcript of Elective B: BattleBattle! George Skleres Riot Games Eileen Hollinger Funomena.
Elective B: BattleBattle!
George SkleresRiot Games
Eileen HollingerFunomena
What is asymmetric play?
●Starting with different capabilities, conditions, and/or situations but ultimately trying to achieve the same goal (i.e. winning).●This can be both PvP and PvE.
Why do we care about asymmetric play?
Why do we care about asymmetric play?
●Multiple paths of mastery
Why do we care about asymmetric play?
●Multiple paths of mastery●Players feel unique and clever
Why do we care about asymmetric play?
●Multiple paths of mastery●Players feel unique and clever●Variety / Replayability
How to play BattleBattle!
●Both players roll 1 die●Adjust result on sheet as indicated●Use token if desired (highest HP first)●Resolve round●Repeat until one reaches 0 HP
Exercise 1: Tweak (30 min)
●Tweak your Special Character to be balanced vs the Vanilla Character●Battle and record wins●You can write notes on the back of the sheet for future designers●Grade: Power Level / Fun Factor / Simplicity & Elegance / Character Flavor
Exercise 2: Create (45 min)
●Create an entirely new BattleBattle! Character from scratch●Balance it against your tweaked Special Character●Battle and record wins●Grade: Power Level / Fun Factor / Simplicity & Elegance / Character Flavor
Exercise 3: Balance (45 min)
●Half of group travels with new Character to another group●Battle the tweaked Character vs the new Character and record wins●Balance them against one another●Grade: Power Level / Fun Factor / Simplicity & Elegance / Character Flavor
BattleBattle! Battle Royale
●Everyone play against 5 random opponents●Record all of your wins●The character with the most wins…
BattleBattle! Battle Royale
●Everyone play against 5 random opponents●Record all of your wins●The character with the most wins…●…is OVERPOWERED and gets NERFED!
Closing
●Share your new Characters●Are they balanced?●Are they interesting?●What went right?●What went wrong?