• Action Adventure
  • Singleplayer
  • No graphics (just polygon shapes, colors representing different types of enemies)
    • Some enemies may be bigger, some slower / faster, some spawn as groups
    • Colors identify the type of monster
    • Orthogonal view
  • Monsters get up to 6-affixes (depending on level of monster)
    • Levels scale with players
    • +1 player level is 2 affixes
    • +3 player level is 5 affixes
    • etc
  • Affixes
    • Affixes are seeded at level load: You will be more likely to get affix A than B
    • Each monster randomly selects affixes; no affix is incompatible with another
    • Examples:
      • EnrageTimerAffix
      • ExtraHealthAffix
      • FastAffix
      • HealerAffix
      • MissleSalvoAffix
      • ReflectDamageAffix
      • SapAffix
      • SentryAffix
    • Should aim for 20 affixes
  • Items can be found (not dropped off enemies)
    • Grants n buffs (regular 1, rare 2, epic 3)
    • Gives two different things
      • New abilities
      • Increased stats
    • Chance to get better items increases with progression into the map level
  • Abilities are found
  • Start with nothing
    • Each player can choose from an initial trait that defines the style of play
  • Traits
    • Strong: Slower, more powerful damage; more survivability-based
    • Quick: Faster, less powerful damage;
  • Levels are 100% procedurally driven
    • Adventure-style: Each level is a room with chance for ability/item/enemy
    • Some rooms are trapped
  • Levels are saved to central server
    • Easier levels are dropped in rank; hearder levels ranked up
    • Players can choose what type of game they want to play
    • Players assigned ranks of levels - difficulty can change after death
    • All players get ranked in a ladder
  • A character can only live once (hardcore-ish)
    • Only one item can be saved after each death: This is how players build up their characters
      • Once an item is saved through death, you keep it forever (or until you trash it)
    • Death starts the player back at the beginning of a new level

Core Mechanic (only 1)

• Fighting monsters with affixes

Hook Mechanic

• Death is inevitable; only keep one item from past life

Secondary Mechanics (only 3)

• RNG monsters
• RNG levels
• RNG items

Tertiary Mechanics

• Abilities
• Level ranking
• Traits

Story / Plot

You are trying to escape a facility. You never do.