nv-moba/README.md

A Nonviolent MOBA

A team game with an emphasis on movement (with no shooting), inspired by Overwatch and Zineth

Main mechanics ideas:

• Teams start side-by-side and must get to objective
• Objective is a see-saw: have more mass on your side of point

Side mechanics ideas:

• Maze-like map
• After enough movement, player can switch characters (switching is a mechanic, not a meta-game! no one-tricks)
• Speed up slowly over time. Reset on switch

Ideas for characters:

• More active
  • Blink (Tracer) - no cooldown, but loses all speed on hitting walls
  • Heavy guy - Slow, but very heavy for the see-saw
  • Flying, of course
• More supportive
  • Merge - combines with someone to boost their speed
  • Boost - Area of effect or zarya-like cast, speeds people up
  • Flop - Changes side of see-saw for each team (should it be mechanic instead??)
  • Build - Build Zineth-like rails for anyone to use
  • Teleportation - (for others! or maybe including the enemy too!)
• More offensive
  • Lay walls
  • Lay traps
  • Destroy buildings
  • Slow in AoE

Key concepts:

• From mobas we take:
  • An emphasis on teamwork (Objective-based is a plus)
  • Rich, emergent interaction
  • Quick battles (very high replay value)
• From Zineth we take:
  • A rethinking of racing games
  • High skill cap, low skill floor
  • Forgiving gameplay

Running

First, install godot engine 3.0-rc1. Then:

$ git clone https://github.com/CosineGaming/nv-moba && cd nv-moba
$ godot

Contributing

I'd love to have contributions!

Please open an issue first. As games are a creative project, I reserve the right to control the direction of the project.

Also, I need a name!!!