Xpanxion Persistent Multiplayer Office Game

Directory

Prototype

Considerations

Game Parameters

First Iteration

The Concept

• To utilize the office television monitors for a team building collaborative persistent multiplayer game.
• Game will encourage teamwork, and getting to know other people in the office.
• Users can log in sporadically and make progress in the game, and when they are away the game continues automatically.
• Monitors display global game state, show the entire game map.
• Teamwork and teams are encouraged but people may be on their own teams.

The Tech

• Game hosted on a server
• Players interact with game through a website
• Game state also displayed on a website? Can be displayed on monitors
• Java (prototype at least), C#? Unity?

The Game Mechanics

• Resource gathering/mining bots that can be programmed
• Visible limited map, finite resources on the map
• Goals can change. Get the most resources, refine the most substance, produce the most product
• Robot character
• Progression
  • start off manually mining
  • get mining machine, and ability to program it
  • manually deliver mined stuff
  • program character to deliver automatically
  • get delivery machines ... etc.
  • greater complexity added as you progress