Up and Atom

A puzzle game

Team Information

Team : GameBreaker Studio : Touchdown

Comparable ProductsPop - Wii Puzzle Bobble - Arcade

Perfection – Board Game

Objectives

Provisional:- Combos: Make combos to keep your time up and

score big points.End Game:- Survival: Run out of time

Features

• Special Atoms: When used in a combo they can affect the play area in different ways.

Challenges

• Time: As time ticks down it affects the play area by shaking and rotating.

• Rotation: A rotating game board is ready to break up any potential combos.

• Solids: Solids can’t be used in combos, potentially blocking off sections of the board.

Gameplay

• Bonds: Connects atoms together to form molecules. Connect 3 or more together to complete a chain.

• Specials: When a special is used in a combo, it will transform the molecule into a “special attack” for extra points.

• Mode-Specific: – Survival: Race against the clock

Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Testing Methods

• Observation: Players don’t always remember everything they thought.

• Questions: Data we can objectively compare.

• Interview: Players have thoughts beyond what we’re going to think ask them directly.

Testing – Fellow Students(average ratings)

Understandability

Excitement

Difficulty to make a Combo

Awareness of Timer

Stress Level

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

0 – Low5 – Medium

10 – High

Testing – Fellow Students(Interview/Observation)

• Players didn’t like the controls• Players wished they could “back up” from

selections• Players Wanted to know when rotations would

happen• Players needed significant help to learn the

game

1st Testing Cycle Changes

• Instruction Screen• Got rid of middle mouse button• Moved game timer to center• Changed center timer to show time till next

rotation• Added collision ring

Testing – Outside Students(average ratings)

Understandability

Excitement

Difficulty to make a Combo

Awareness of Timer

Stress Level

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

0 – Low5 – Medium

10 – High

Testing – Outside Students(People who read Instructions)!!!

YES50%NO

38%

MAYBE13%

Read Instructions Before Playing

2nd Testing Cycle Changes

• Improved Instructions• Undo Button• Colored Collision Ring

3rd Testing Cycle Changes• Graphical timers• Streamlined Instructions• Particle effects

Lessons Learned

• Instructions are important!

• Controls are important!

• Time Management is important!

Question and Answer