Nice Games Jam: "The Loft"

Control a group of pigeons

• Real time strategy racing game

• Manage each bird by going to each bird, checking statuses and causing communication so pigeons can help each other get to the goal

• Players can give stats bonuses to each individual bird

• You as the player don’t know where the pigeons are going, you have to figure out where the pigeons’ goal is

• Can be multiplayer

• Swapping between each pigeon gives you information about that pigeons’ status

• Players have a very vague idea of where to go at the start

• When a predator appears, the player needs to outsmart the predator to escape and keep racing

  • Then the player is off course and needs to find their way back

• Some races can be longer, where you need to find a place to rest for the night and have enough food

Game loop

• You get a random selection of pigeons

• Compete in a race

  • Start in a random place on the map

  • Pigeons know where they need to go but the player does not

  • Players need to deduce where the pigeons are going and make sure to lead all of them in the right direction

  • Players control each pigeon individually, moving a pigeon will influence the other pigeons but will not move fully in that direction. Players need to guide each pigeon to their goal as a group, but control them individually.

  • Control of pigeons is in third-person perspective, players need to jump between pigeons to see the whole view of the flock

  • There are areas on the map that the player will know about that can have more risk involved (like areas where predators will often be)

  • There can be some collectables around that the player can pick up with birds to get bonuses (more points? movespeed?)

• When you complete the race, you can remove a pigeon from the racing group and add a new pigeon from a set of 3 randomly generated pigeons