Game Jam Design Proccess

Hi guys, I quickly wanted to share my design process for this game jam. It was my first jam to participate in.

Brainstorming

I read beforehand that it is a good idea to brainstorm for a good amount and so that's what I did. The 2 hours I set myself went by blazing fast and I took notes of the best ideas. I also tried to limit myself to come up with ideas I was sure I can finish in time.

As you can see, I stopped brainstorming with the idea that I ended up making: A Tic-Tac-Toe variant where the players only place noughts.

Prototyping

I quickly played a couple of test rounds using pen & paper and noticed that the rules need to be adjusted in order for the game to still work. Since there is only one symbol I needed to invert the win condition, otherwise the player going first would always win.

Implementation

I used Unreal 4 since it has a pretty good Puzzle Game Template and I was using Blueprints in other personal projects before. My progress was quick, though I hard-coded a lot and the blueprints are a delicious spaghetti mess of course. For example, to check if a player won a board, I checked every win combination after every turn.

AI

Just a quick note about that. The AI places their O's in a random empty field ;)

Development Files

If you are interested, I am happy to trade Dev Files.