Unnamed Hexagonal Shifting Strategy Game

*This prototype is still a work in progress*

Shift the Battlefield!

- turn-based strategy 

- physically move pieces of the map to your advantage

- solve the most effective way to defeat all the toy tanks

Next Steps...

- more detailed enemy move forecasting

- new enemy types

- additional environment tiles, e.g. flora, lava, buildings, each with new gameplay elements

Game-A-Month-Athon 8/12

This project was created as part of the Ruddy Good GAMA, where I've set out to create a bite-size experimental game each month! 

February 2022

Developer Post March 1st 2022

For the 8th 'Game-a-month' I only had the back-end of February as the previous project had ran over. With this in mind I decided to create another prototype for a type of game I had little experience working with; turn-based strategy.

Unnamed Hexagonal Shifting Strategy Game tasks the player with finding the optimal set of moves to successfully destroy the toy tanks around the battlefield.

The major twist on the genre however, is giving the player the ability to shift the ground the encounter takes place on. With a single button the user can decide whether they want to move or rotate sections of the map to block incoming attacks and create advantageous openings.

Borrowing elements from Fire Emblem, Wii Play and Paper Mario: Origami King the early prototype ended up playing a lot like a puzzle game, making testers plan their moves ahead before committing to a decision. The feedback received really helped shape the prototype early on.

With additional features planned like more detailed enemy move forecasting and additional environmental tiles that bring new gameplay elements, I can see this being an interesting project to return to after the Game-a-Month-athon has wrapped up.