Hordeboss Concept Document
“Hordeboss” is a Hack and Slash Action RPG Platformer based in the Fantasy 2D world about orcs trying to regain power within the horde and outside enemies. Hordeboss has single player, co-op and multiplayer modes that will include PVE and PVP elements with a lot of randomness. There are three unique characteristics in Hordeboss game. First, it has beautifully written storyline that has philosophical context and well written dialogues, character interactions, written plot. Second unique characteristic is a high production value, so it will have great quality pictures, animation and special effects, responsive interface, atmospheric music and special sounds. Third, is a gameplay that will include switching between one to three heroes that player controls to make combinations of the skills in order successfully finish level or defeat Boss.
Vision Document About the game “Hordeboss” is a Hack and Slash Action RPG Platformer based in the Fantasy 2D world about orcs trying to regain power within fantasy world of Zahovar. The horde has gotten weak, through years of fighting for domination not only with outside enemies but their own clans as well. Karzul, the supreme shaman wants to put the end on that, and collects souls of fallen horde leaders, in order to unite horde and conquer enemies. Game has endless, dynamic and fast gameplay that has classical style of a slasher. Right now there are three orc classes: warrior, shaman and archer that we have in development. (Each hero will have customization in order to make each player’s hero unique.) Lots of enemies, skills, coins and points will face the player throughout the levels. Random elements are a must in the game in terms of fight outcomes, loot and completion of the game. Hordeboss has single player (currently need to finish only single player), co-op and multiplayer modes that will include PVE and PVP elements. PVE will have not only endless killing monsters to gain loot throughout the level, but also different bosses for which will be needed tactics and experience of the game that a player will get gradually through the game time and levels. PVE co-op and multiplayer modes will have special Raid bosses that will have 3-4 stages of killing the Boss. PVP content will include the ancient arena, one of the oldest traditions of the Horde, where the best orcs of each tribe fight for the loot and lands. We are not sure yet if PVP is going be synchronous or asynchronous. There are three unique characteristics in Hordeboss game. First, it has beautifully written storyline that has philosophical context and well written dialogues. Second unique characteristic is a high production value, so it will have great quality pictures, animation and special effects, responsive interface, atmospheric music and special sounds. Third, is a gameplay that will include switching between one to three heroes that a player controls to make combinations of the skills in order successfully finish level or defeat Raid Boss. First two levels are going be introductory, demo game, where player learns the basics of the game. Each player must complete them. The story starts with an Orc Shaman, Karzul. Shaman with an anger wants to revenge to everybody who was killing orcs. He has an artifact which resurrects dead orcs that keeps their souls inside. Shaman is exploring the world where he is in search of the best Heroes, orcs, whose names everybody knows, so he could collect them and put them into his amulet in order to control them. Once you collected the hero orc, player will be able to switch to this hero. Here is the main unique characteristic of the game that a player should master.
Genre of the game Hack and Slash Action RPG Platformer based in the Fantasy 2D world. Target audience Fans of Fantasy RPG about Orcs Fans of Fantasy RPG Fans of RPG Fans of Adventure and puzzle Games Fans of Hack and Slash (Slashers) Fans of Fantasy and magic world Male 13+, who plays games Players on PC, Mac, Linux who is looking for new games People who has money to play on Steam Examples of similar games Associations and ideas came from Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft, Orcs, Horde, Magic and Fantasy games, Mario game. Steam Games Research of Indie Action RPG 2D Platformers Our competitors Dust: An Elysian Tail Gameplay Made solo in two years, on steam 1kk++ owners, very successful
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34EZqSmu_4E USP (Unique Selling Points) of the game Hack and Slash experience, Raid Boss system that will include co-op and multiplayer fighting vs Raid Bosses. PVP content, Arena of the Ancients! RPG style game with customization of the character. «Success Formula» Success Formula = Well written Storyline + Fun and sticky Gameplay + Great quality graphics + Great music and sounds. These elements should be well balanced in order to have a higher success! In order to get a balance of all of the above elements we will ask our fans and community and get a feedback in order to meet customer’s needs and improvements in the game. Gameplay feature list Switching between Souls of Heroes (Max 3)(in prototype) Leveling up player characters(in prototype) Character Building -> classes, skills, equipment, and history Inventory systems(not in prototype) Loot and loot systems(not in prototype) Persistent weapon and skill upgrades(not in prototype) Quests(in prototype) Variety of ways to complete a quest through combat, magic, or stealth or combination of heroes that player controls(in prototype) Other ways to move about the game world (eg. swimming, flying, riding, driving, climbing, etc.) (in prototype) Crafting (finding materials through exploration and turning them into new inventory items like weapons or armor) (not in prototype) Solving puzzles (logic puzzles, physics puzzles) (in prototype) Solving mysteries or crimes (where you don't necessarily have to fight someone at the end to beat the quest) (in prototype) Forming relationships with NPCs (getting married, joining factions and guilds, hiring retainers or attracting companions) (not in prototype) Engaging in other non-combat activities (eg. buying and decorating homes, hunting, fishing and farming, owning a business, buying and selling items, etc.) (not in prototype) Party Mechanics (not in prototype) User Interface Tools (in prototype) Riding animals, mounts (not in prototype) Various VFX weather effects and conditions (in prototype) Various VFX explosions, skills, animations, magic (in prototype) Combat system - killing multiple monsters, gaining exp, gaining strength (in prototype) Ability to wear various weapons armor (not in prototype) Ability to purchase from ingame shop (not in prototype) Skill system, cool down system, affected by attributes and weapon logic. (in prototype) Various sound effects - eg some orc do not like each other, when switch between orcs that do not like each other happen they yell, and joke (in prototype).
Setting and style of the game Fantasy atmosphere with a feeling of ancient times, magic and mystery. Style is a classical slasher with RPG elements that has a lot of monsters and loot. Business model including monetization First we are going to do a Kickstarter campaign in order to raise and capital Second Steam greenlight campaign Announce of the game Release of the game
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