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Proposal Overview

@Momchil Kotev

This document is a project proposal for the game titled ‘A Coven of Cards’. It focuses on delivering an articulated overview of the design decisions that have been made concerning the title, along with any inspirations and philosophies that have shaped the ideas that build upon the title in question, and an overview of the system architecture, including core mechanics and their context within the game, created by game designers: @Momchil Kotev @Mateusz Stopczański @Mete Ruso.

The concepts we are working with focus thematically on the world of witchcraft. With a great deal of visualisation, we have discovered that the game we wish to create fits the genres listed below.

Genre: Deckbuilder survival rogue-lite RPG

• Deckbuilder: A part of our game has players building a deck of cards that will work with an in-game Tarot system that will have broader consequences on the world and the player's character.
• Survival: Many forms of survival take place within our game. Two, more prominent examples are, the ability to create various crafting stations and collect resources, and the need to survive in a world where witches are hunted.
• Roguelite: The primary focus of combat in our system is related to a rogue-lite section of our game that has players tackle enemies and challenges to complete quests, affect the world and gather resources.
• Role-Playing Game (RPG): During the player's time outside of combat or interacting with the economy, they will see themselves interacting with characters that will affect the players’ morality and the type of witch that they become.

This document will ultimately range from giving definitions to different terminology to giving a design overview of the game in question and proposing various design decisions that have been decided upon.

Various parts of the document will be written by one of the three designers listed above.

Definitions

Definitions aim to provide a better understanding of the decisions made and theoretical background and give in-depth definitions with aligning references.

Core Mechanics