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Elective B: BattleBattle! George Skleres Riot Games Eileen Hollinger Funomena

Elective B: BattleBattle! George Skleres Riot Games Eileen Hollinger Funomena

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Elective B: BattleBattle!

George SkleresRiot Games

Eileen HollingerFunomena

Page 2: Elective B: BattleBattle! George Skleres Riot Games Eileen Hollinger Funomena

What is asymmetric play?

●Starting with different capabilities, conditions, and/or situations but ultimately trying to achieve the same goal (i.e. winning).●This can be both PvP and PvE.

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Why do we care about asymmetric play?

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Why do we care about asymmetric play?

●Multiple paths of mastery

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Why do we care about asymmetric play?

●Multiple paths of mastery●Players feel unique and clever

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Why do we care about asymmetric play?

●Multiple paths of mastery●Players feel unique and clever●Variety / Replayability

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How to play BattleBattle!

●Both players roll 1 die●Adjust result on sheet as indicated●Use token if desired (highest HP first)●Resolve round●Repeat until one reaches 0 HP

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Exercise 1: Tweak (30 min)

●Tweak your Special Character to be balanced vs the Vanilla Character●Battle and record wins●You can write notes on the back of the sheet for future designers●Grade: Power Level / Fun Factor / Simplicity & Elegance / Character Flavor

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Exercise 2: Create (45 min)

●Create an entirely new BattleBattle! Character from scratch●Balance it against your tweaked Special Character●Battle and record wins●Grade: Power Level / Fun Factor / Simplicity & Elegance / Character Flavor

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Exercise 3: Balance (45 min)

●Half of group travels with new Character to another group●Battle the tweaked Character vs the new Character and record wins●Balance them against one another●Grade: Power Level / Fun Factor / Simplicity & Elegance / Character Flavor

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BattleBattle! Battle Royale

●Everyone play against 5 random opponents●Record all of your wins●The character with the most wins…

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BattleBattle! Battle Royale

●Everyone play against 5 random opponents●Record all of your wins●The character with the most wins…●…is OVERPOWERED and gets NERFED!

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Closing

●Share your new Characters●Are they balanced?●Are they interesting?●What went right?●What went wrong?