3 Mechateers: January 2019

Monday, January 28, 2019

Noah

Main objective is to overcome obstacles by switching in and out of mechs
Players may help each other but gameplay is not slowed down
Set in a past baroque France (this makes the mechs strange and unique to the society)

Brie

Action/Exploration playstyle: this seems like the best gameplay to fit the story and objectives
Comically large weapons
Mechs and on the ground players have powers and weaknesses (stronger but slower and bulkier vs. smaller and quicker)

Michelle

Son of an alchemist scientist
Swashbuckling adventure with Dart
Gameplay is seperated into 2 parts (1. finding things without mech and 2. in mechs only for duels)

Shawn/Jack

Mech mode: action/strategy style
Human mode: rolling action
Forging mode: customizing growth
Each action adds heat to the mech so you would have to be careful to use your actions wisely before being ejected for the mech
"If France had conquered the world during the 17th century, the world in the future would look Baroque/French flair"

Paige

Different colors of gems have different "eliteness"
Navigational gameplay, goal is clear. Group has ability to wander and gather gems
After each area's puzzle, you must confront the "boss" of the area if you are to advance
Each member has their own strengths

Karly

Sam

Original Star Wars has charm because of the clunkiness of the technology
Avoid the age of information
What if we took these ideas and overlayed them on the 80's?
Modern is fine, we don't want to push this back in time. Alternative timeline
No touch screens, no internet
If a character jumps out of their mech, they are essentially powering down, but doing so gives them a better ability to duel
Mechs deal with crowd control
There is still some exploration to do with the roles of the 3 mechateers
Dart is a teenager
Make pitches with art
Should Dart be female?
A note on the pitches: we need more gameplay interaction
Switch is primary console
Gems power up the mechs (they add power to what the mechs already do as a opposed to being the sole power source of the mechs)
Gems need to take a backseat on being the "one strange thing" in the world. They are less important than the mechs.
When you design things, think about what role they fulfill in this world