Grudgeball
Enter the Chaosphere
Game Designer
Mobile action game made for Cartoon Network, based on the dodgeball sport with the Regular Show IP.
The main challenge for this game was to design a control system that let you control your three characters and at the same time let you play with a friend on "Versus" mode locally sharing the same mobile device.
In offensive mode you always control the character with the ball. Passes and attacks are done with swipes, depending on the angle the system determines if it needs to pass the ball to another character or throw the ball to the opponent's field.
In defensive mode, the player can block by tapping the screen. This is done simultaneously with all characters.
To activate the special attack, the player has to hold the tap for a few seconds while holding the ball.
These three simple actions let's you have complete control over any situation.
Characters move automatically to different positions on their respective lanes to keep the game dynamic without requiring input from the player.
Characters add progression and strategic decisions before a match. They can level up based on quests to perform actions inside the match. When leveled up they their stats grow. Each character has different stats that makes important their position in the field, which is determined by their position in the team.
The character that is selected to be the Team Leader gives the team a buff. Each character has a different buff to give. Each character can also unlock at a certain level a special ball that they use when counterattacking, this ball increases damage or produces other special effects.
Progression is also reinforced by new characters being unlocked as the player advances through the levels.
To create variety in the matches and a sense of chaotic fun, there are field features and powerups floating around, these are introduced gradually to the player following a serrated difficulty curve: lowering difficulty when a new element is introduced, increasing difficulty at the end of a cycle of matches with a mini-boss.
Enemy characters are also slowly introduced and mixed on every match to create variety.
