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Lootbox Swipe Trailer

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Project Details

Roles: Game Designer

Genre: Clicker / Incremental / Casual

Team Size: 6 members

Development Time: 1 Month

Tools: Unreal Engine - Content implementation

Blueprints - Create gameplay systems

Adobe XD - Draft UX designs

Box Summary

If there's one this the industry loves, it's clickers and lootboxes, so... why not combine the two? Your job is to put money on your credit card so you can buy as many unique lootboxes as you can. Build up your collections with secret descriptions until you unlock everything. That is until you need the last item...

Assignments / Responsibilities

Design and program all gameplay systems
Revise economy to balance gameplay
Write descriptions and stats for rewards
Create and implement UX designs,

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Design:

I designed the core loop and gameplay systems. Having to combine the gameplay of clicker games with the reward system of multiplayer loot systems was a challenge, but here's what I came up with.

Core Gameplay Systems

Gaining Wealth: You put money in your account by using your credit card and investing into upgrades and bonuses including passive income and more income per click for rewards
Lootbox System: With the proper funds, you can buy lootboxes to unlock rewards for your collection. However, rewards are randomized, so you will need to grind closer to completion
Collection: You can view rewards gained from lootboxes and learn about their rarities and backstories

In-Game Content

I wrote the values for in game content including money actions, balancing the economy, labeling buttons and actions, and writing the content for the rewards. All of them are fun easter eggs and nods to other properties and leans more into the satirical nature of the game

UX/UI Designs

I used Adobe XD to create UX layouts. While the menus mostly remained the same aesthetically, we changed the final look due to the decision to make it a PC port instead of mobile and the extra screen space allowed us to show more information on screen

Gameplay Actions

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Inventory Descriptions

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UX Sketches

Main Tap Screen

Store Screen

Collectables Screen

Main Tap Screen

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Programming Logic:

I used Unreal Engine's visual scripting system, Blueprints, to program the gameplay. This project involved a lot more math than anticipated along with balancing issues, but here's what I did in the engine.

Game Screen Logic

I programmed every action to its own button and compare the value of money to the cost of the action before completing said action and subtracting the difference. Here's what actions themselves do:
- Clicking the credit card increases money incrementally with each click,
- Upgrading money payout will increase the value of clicking the credit card and incrementally increase the cost of this upgrade
- Upgrading passive income will increase money received every second on a timer and incrementally increase the cost of this upgrade
- Lowering interest will lower the cost of all upgrades by a fraction of its current cost and incrementally increase the cost of this upgrade
- Buying a lootbox will increase the inventory of unlockables to open and incrementally increase the cost of this item

Shop Screen Logic

When opening a lootbox, the game first checks if there's any lootboxes in your inventory
If there is, a random number is picked to then reference an ID number on the items data sheet. Once the ID is picked, it will set the unlocked boolean on the corresponding item to true and reveal the reward.
- If this item number is picked again when opening boxes later on, it will display a message saying you already unlocked it
- If unlock the last item you can buy, a congratulation message will display by setting the visibility to true