Chromaslice
- 20+ person project
- Top-down versus party game
- Made in Unity
- ~9 months in development (2017-18)
- Role: Designer
- Contributions: Player movement, mechanics documentation
Overview
Chromaslice is a simple, fast-paced party game where you and your teammate fight with the laser that tethers you together.
You fight on 5 different maps with various hazards or entities.
This was the first project I participated in with Heatwave Studios at ASU. I was involved in design discussions and as a regular design team member I picked up various tasks. This includes a lot of miscellaneous documentation, largely focused on playtesting, bug reporting, and patch notes, as well as prototyping and implementing improved player movement code according to discussions had in our meetings.
This was the first project I participated in with Heatwave Studios at ASU. I was involved in design discussions and as a regular design team member I picked up various tasks. This includes a lot of miscellaneous documentation, largely focused on playtesting, bug reporting, and patch notes, as well as prototyping and implementing improved player movement code according to discussions had in our meetings.
Lessons Learned
Choose your battles.
This project saw a lot of time and energy spent into debating the inclusion of certain elements. In the end, very few of these possibilities ended up in the game, and the extended discussions we had about them only got in the way of doing other, more important work.
Going forward, our club has stressed the president's ability to step in and make executive decisions in cases like this.
This project saw a lot of time and energy spent into debating the inclusion of certain elements. In the end, very few of these possibilities ended up in the game, and the extended discussions we had about them only got in the way of doing other, more important work.
Going forward, our club has stressed the president's ability to step in and make executive decisions in cases like this.