Potential

A web app version of our game, Potential.

Initialy the app will be used mainly for playtesting the game itself, but we're aiming to make a proper web app of it, and eventually an Android app.

Design Brief

0.1.0

Barest Essentials The game at this stage should include the following features/capabilities:

• [x] Basic board
• [x] Basic pieces
  • [x] Distinct pieces as individual instances
  • [x] Display current charge
• [x] Piece movement (no restrictions on movement at this time)
• [x] Manual charge transfer
• [x] Piece removal (manual only at this time)
• [x] Game reset
• [x] Board type setting
• [x] Max charge setting
• [ ] Tutorial

0.2.0

User friendly The game at this stage should include the following features/capabilities beyond or instead of those introduced previously:

• [ ] Display available moves remaining on active piece
• [ ] Player turn rotation
  • [ ] Active player is clearly displayed
  • [ ] Active player can only move their own pieces
  • [ ] Automatic Entropic edge check at start of turn
• [ ] Piece locking
  • [ ] All of a player's pieces available until first move is taken
  • [ ] Only active piece is availble after that
  • [ ] Active and inactive pieces are clearly marked
• [ ] Undo move (enable undoing last move all the way back to start of turn)
• [ ] Movement restriction
  • [ ] Automatically check for, and mark, available spaces
  • [ ] Use different marks for jumps and slides
  • [ ] Only allow movement to marked spaces
• [ ] Automatic charge transfer
• [ ] Automatic piece removal
• [ ] Automatic win screen
• [ ] Updated tutorial

1.0.0

Playtester The game at this stage should include the following features/capabilities beyond or instead of those introduced previously:

• [ ] Variable setups
• [ ] Variable win conditions
• [ ] Variant selection
• [ ] Variant tutorials

1.1.0

AI game The game at this stage should include the following features/capabilities beyond or instead of those introduced previously:

• [ ] Play against AI

1.2.0

Android app The game at this stage should include the following features/capabilities beyond or instead of those introduced previously:

• [ ] Available on Android

1.3.0

Online game The game at this stage should include the following features/capabilities beyond or instead of those introduced previously:

• [ ] Player accounts
• [ ] Online play
• [ ] Asynchronous play
• [ ] Invite a friend play
• [ ] Matchmaking
• [ ] Score boards

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