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Carnival Zombie

Indra

Alchemist

Agate Studio

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Designing Board Games Case Study: Carnival Zombie

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How to Design Interactive Boardgames

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Why we must start to play (and make) Boardgames?

• Social Social Social and Social

• Improve strategic thinking, creative, bla bla bla (skip this one, I’m not doing scientific research..) its all about having fun after all

• In the end, lets play (and start to make) boardgame!

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Case Study: Carnival Zombie

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Game Overview: Carnival Zombie

• Boardgamegeek©2014

• Carnival Zombie is a Co-Op Zombie Survival with interesting mechanic to play, plot twist and dark story.

Background Story

• Lets start with some bedtime story.. “Once upon a time..

• Goals of player: – Survive

– Escape the city with Zeppelin/cross the bridge/sail to sea with ship/kill the leviathan

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How To Play

• Goals of the Game

– Survive!

• Point of Interest in Gameplay Mechanic

– Area Control Battle with Zombie swarm

– Day-Night System + Exploration

– Nightmare Event

– Realm of Abyss

– Before-Ending Plot Twist

Area Control & Battle

• During the Night – Player will stay in the center

and wait the zombies to come.

– Player have only 1 action

– Player can pay 1 Stress Level (Health) to get bonus action

– Each phase during the night will spawn more zombie

Character

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Day-Night System + Exploration

• During the Night

– Player can only fight the zombies (infected)

• During the Day

– Player can explore city to look for equipment/survivor

– Use ability to help comrade (heal/explore)

– Move to the next area

Equipment and Nightmare Card

Realm of Abyss

• Every time player kill the zombies (infected)

• Player must carefully “drop” the infected into the abyss

Realm of Abyss

• “Drop” not “Put”

• If player fails to drop it and the zombies fall outside of Abyss, it’ll return back to battlefield and the player who failed to put it lose 1 life.

• Done? Not Yet! See this one

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Before Ending Plot Twist

• Call for Helps Scenario

– Radio Signal • Zeppelin

• Ship

• Cross the Bridge Scenario

• Eliminate the Leviathan

– Crafting Holy Bomb

Pros-Cons

• Pros – Worth to Buy & Play!

– Interesting Mechanic and Storyline

– Have Easy to Very Hard difficulties

– Beautiful Arts

– All in one Board

– No Dice Factor

• Cons – Awkward translations (from

Italy to Eng)

– Super Expensive

– Really hard game to win

Conclusion: Lets make Boardgames!

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Documentation

Thank You (open funding to buy this game.. :D)