Romanesco the game
Use your shell to kill, get the world record
Romanesco is an endless fast-paced top down shooter, tend to be highly addictive high-score game with an online leader-board.
Fact sheet
Genre
top-down 2D endless shooter
Platform
WebGL, PC
Project Length
In development
Engine
Unity
Team Size
4
Trailer
Responsibilities
Game design with special focus on gameplay
Co-designed the semi-procedural progression system
Balancing and fine tuning
Sound design and implementation
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Design Process
Project Description
Romanesco was created in the course of a 48 hour game jam. Later, we decided to develop the game further and remain as a collective team of two programmers and two designers. This project is still in active development, but the latest version is currently playable.
Design approaches
Simple, re-playable, fast-paced, addictive shooter experience
Responsive controls with immediate satisfying feedback
Semi-procedural level generation
Future Development
Designing new enemies and combat encounters
Adding collectible items and powers for the player
Improving the game progression to keep players motivated in long runs
Learning Objective/Outcome
Keeping a passion project alive and be part of an Indie-Collective
Actively learning about the workflow of the team, and different challenges of collaboration
Progressing in development in an asynchronous way