The Rules #

We initially documented our designs in Excalidraw file and push them to a git repo for version management, but as time goes, the complexity starts to increase.

→ So we documented the rules into a gitbook page: FLATLINE Rulebook

The game turned out the be kind of like a table-top tactical shooter. The rules are pretty complex for a simple boardgame. And we dediced that the game will be BRUTAL, meaning the enemies are DEADLY, and misplays can lead the a mission fail.

I’ll summarize the rules here

• 4 players play together to complete a campaign: a serie of 3 missions.
• Before each mission, the players are given a budget to buy gears
  • Enter the Armory
• The players hears the mission briefing and plan their moves
• Mission start
  • Each turn consists of 3 phases: Event, Player’s, Enemy’s
    • Event Phase: count mission timer, roll random events, etc
    • Players Phase: Each player gets 3 action points which they can choose to do stuff however they like such as:
      • Move 1AP
      • Move (Sprint) 2AP
      • Attack 1AP
      • Use Gadget 1AP
      • Scout Rooms 1AP
      • etc.
    • Enemy Phase: The players moves the enemies according to their rules, there are 4 types of enemies:
      • Underling: basic grunt unit that shoots at you
      • Sprinter: charges at you and deal powerful melee damage
      • Ghosteye: sniper unit that shoots from afar
      • Titan: tough unit that is slow but can tank many shots

Making of assets #

It came to a point where we can no longer decide what is the best for the game without actually playing it. So we start to make assets to prepare for the first playtest.

Gallery #