Cards Gone Rogue

Project Type: University/Group

Engine Used: Unity

Language Used: C#

Primary Role: Systems Designer

Cards Gone Rogue is a card game centered around a procedural card effect generation system. The game was created for the Generative Game Design course by a team of three students at Northeastern University. The project was executed over a period of 4 weeks. The overarching idea was to create systems and progression as a rogue-lite, but the current game version only contains a single combat encounter due to scope limitations. The game takes much inspiration from the gameplay in Slay the Spire.

Here's a link to the projects itch.io page to download the game demo! - https://desallere.itch.io/card-gone-rouge

Contributions

This section contains an outline of my contributions to the project, while the expandable text boxes below provide detailed explanations of each contribution.

Brainstormed the gameplay experience, target audience, and generative algorithm and created weekly milestones to meet project goals.
Designed the core gameplay loop, scene flow, and the generative system for card effects.
Created flowcharts that described the operation of the card effect generation system and the phase sequence of the combat encounter.
Designed card effect archetypes (such as card draw, damage, heal) that are linked to inventory items.
Designed the specific card effects (Example: Gain 2 life, Deal 1 damage) associated with each archetype used in the generative system.
Designed the card layout and created sections of the card frame.
Conducted playtests, documented playtest data, and reworked elements such as the UI design and game balance based on player feedback.

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Planning Stage

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Pre-Production Stage

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Production Stage (Systems Design, UI, Card Effects)

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Testing

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Improvements

Cards Gone Rogue

Contributions

This section contains an outline of my contributions to the project, while the expandable text boxes below provide detailed explanations of each contribution.

Brainstormed the gameplay experience, target audience, and generative algorithm and created weekly milestones to meet project goals.

Designed the core gameplay loop, scene flow, and the generative system for card effects.

Created flowcharts that described the operation of the card effect generation system and the phase sequence of the combat encounter.

Designed card effect archetypes (such as card draw, damage, heal) that are linked to inventory items.

Designed the specific card effects (Example: Gain 2 life, Deal 1 damage) associated with each archetype used in the generative system.

Designed the card layout and created sections of the card frame.

Conducted playtests, documented playtest data, and reworked elements such as the UI design and game balance based on player feedback.