{"id":621,"date":"2024-12-04T01:35:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T01:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/?p=621"},"modified":"2025-01-01T19:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T19:00:33","slug":"gameplay-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/2024\/12\/04\/gameplay-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gameplay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Player goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Primary goals<\/strong>: The main objective in the game is to wonder across the circus site and help find the missing incantation page pieces; This isn&#8217;t an easy task as players will be faced with puzzles, minigames and an extensive amount of exploration and interaction.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Secondary goals:<\/strong> Befriend your crew mates! By reaching certain narrative events, you can choose to accept a quest from your crewmates, in turn you receive a new ability that can help you in the long run.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Player progression<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Player progression in a narrative based top down RPG is tied deeply to it&#8217;s unique characters, storytelling and mechanics. Unlike traditional RPG action games, the progression is primarily focused on personal growth, narrative development and slowly unveiling the game&#8217;s truth, instead of stats and abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game progression<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Early game:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tutorials and introduction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simple challenges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Story set up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exploration and world building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mid game:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increased complexity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Character growth and abilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deeper story and side quests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduced new mechanic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Late game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Boss fight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Player has in-depth understanding of the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Power maxxed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rewards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of an in game day, the player must complete a minigame. Depending on their performance, they can earn coins which can then be used for the arcade. Depending on their relationships with the NPCs, they can receive a new ability that will help them navigate the game with more efficiency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Essential Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want my player to feel a sense of close bonds but I also want them to experience a sense of anxiety; Especially during the second part of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game flow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image_2024-12-21_212926696-749x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image_2024-12-21_212926696-749x1024.png 749w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image_2024-12-21_212926696-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image_2024-12-21_212926696-768x1050.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image_2024-12-21_212926696-1123x1536.png 1123w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image_2024-12-21_212926696.png 1154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core game loop <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image-13.png 1022w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image-13-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image-13-768x379.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meta game loop <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image-14-1024x535.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image-14-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image-14-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image-14-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/12\/image-14.png 1321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Player goals Primary goals: The main objective in the game is to wonder across the circus site and help find the missing incantation page pieces; This isn&#8217;t an easy task as players will be faced with puzzles, minigames and an extensive amount of exploration and interaction.&nbsp;&nbsp; Secondary goals: Befriend your crew mates! By reaching certain &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/2024\/12\/04\/gameplay-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gameplay&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gdd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":878,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions\/878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}