Oddy's Escape — Theo Tolstoy - Game Designer

Oddy’s Escape

Details - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

School project at Futuregames
First person tower defense
2 designers & 4 artists
7 weeks
18 jan - 12 mar 2021

Contributions
Level design
Scrum master
Quality assurance

Description
Oddy’s Escape is a first person tower defense game. Recourse management, building towers and fighting
hordes of robot enemies is what this game is all about.

Design pillars | | |

We decided on three pillars. Wanderlust, intensity and operation.

Wanderlust; explore to find recourses and navigate stimulating arenas.

Intensity; build defenses, use weapons and fast decisions making.

Operation; command units, gather knowledge and test different strategies.

We thought these pillars would help us create the dynamic gameplay that we wanted.

Meet the player

Double jumpEscape enemiesExplorationVertical level design — Double jump
Escape enemies
Exploration
Vertical level design

GunLong and semi long rangeUse crystals (the resource) as ammunitionDefend & attack — Gun
Long and semi long range
Use crystals (the resource) as ammunition
Defend & attack

Throw minionsAt enemiesAt resource deposAt structures — Throw minions
At enemies
At resource depos
At structures

HammerMelee combatMine crystals (the resource)Not that powerfulUnlimited use — Hammer
Melee combat
Mine crystals (the resource)
Not that powerful
Unlimited use

Meet the minion

FollowWhen a minion is spawned it will follow the player — Follow
When a minion is spawned it will follow the player

AttackThe minions can attack enemiesMinions can be used as defense — Attack
The minions can attack enemies
Minions can be used as defense

GatherThe minions can gather crystals, the main resource in the game — Gather
The minions can gather crystals, the main resource in the game

BuildingThe minion is used for building structures — Building
The minion is used for building structures

Meet the enemies and the turrets

The BrutePrioritize structuresStrong but slowHigh defense and health — The Brute
Prioritize structures
Strong but slow
High defense and health

The ScrapperLong rangeFast attack speedFast scanning — The Scrapper
Long range
Fast attack speed
Fast scanning

The SwarmerPrioritize the shipHigh movement speedStrong in groups, weak alone — The Swarmer
Prioritize the ship
High movement speed
Strong in groups, weak alone

The Gatling TurretFastLow costLess damage — The Gatling Turret
Fast
Low cost
Less damage

The Cannon TurretCrowd controlSlowHigh damage — The Cannon Turret
Crowd control
Slow
High damage

The Electric TrapEnemy slowerLow damageTimer based — The Electric Trap
Enemy slower
Low damage
Timer based