Game Design

This game is based on the things happened at the University of Waterloo in the past year, from the beginning of COVID 19 lockdown till the end of Fall 2020 term.

Core Mechanic

• Territorial Acquisition
• Chasing or Evading

Player Patten

• Player vs Player

Objectives

• Chase, Race and Capture

Strategic & Skills

Mental Skills – Observation

Game Balance

Special rules to limit the ability of top ranked characters, and the special abilities that lower ranked characters have.

Materials used in this project can be found here: https://github.com/tichai/AcademicGoel

The “Game Map”

Game objects were arranged into a single legal size page. The board game is designed for online distribution due to the COVID lockdown.

Story Settings

On a sunny afternoon,
Dr. Goel and his fellows,
a student from the University of Raccoonto,
one goose, and two goslings,
intending to take over the campus from Dr. Hamdullahpur,
head towards Noodles Hall
at the University of Gooseloo.

Character Design

Workflow

1. Original photos (from the University of Waterloo website) as references
2. Draw the character with vector paths
3. Colouring
4. Export to Photoshop and fit into the printing template

President

Highest ranked token, with the ability to kick anyone out of the game

Student

Second highest ranked token

Goose

They are only ranked higher than Goslings, but they can fly or swim

Gosling

The lowest ranked token. They cannot attack anyone, but they are protected by Geese.

Tile Design

All tiles are drew by hand. Summer tiles come with the beta version.

Planning to draw a new set of tile in early 2021, featuring winter season elements.

Guide Book

Ideal of the guide book design comes from infographics and IKEA manuals.

Personally I’m not a big fan of “lawish” rulebooks, I prefer more images than texts for simple instructions or rules.