Cold War Confusion

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Cold War Confusion

• By Team Deviants
• Steven Prust, Jen Hollcroft, Jenova Chen, Oscar
  Moralde, and Michael Wolfe

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OUTLINE

• Introduction
• Premise
• Game Setup
• Social Dynamic
• Reward System

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Introduction

• Puzzle/Action/Text-based
• Espionage/Cold War-esque
• 4 players (ideally 1-4)
• 4 Rooms, one player per room
• Players trapped in room
• Must cooperate to escape
• Group reward vs Single Player reward

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Cold War Confusion

• Room Setup and Challenges

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Room Setup

• Each player will be confined to one of four
  rooms. The player may choose which room to enter
• However, once chosen and the game begins, players
  cannot change rooms or leave without ending the
  game (except at specifically scripted times).
• Through windows in the walls, a player will be
  able to see into two of the three other rooms.
• Player may see and talk through the windows, and
  objects that fit in the window slots may be
  passed through.

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Room Setup

• Each room has a different theme, with various
  objects to manipulate and access to specific
  information.

• Players must work together, sharing information
  in order to overcome the challenges they face.

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Challenges

• In their attempt to shut down the self destruct
  sequence and escape the complex, players are
  presented with four separate puzzles.
• Each room is presented with a challenge themed to
  a particular type of puzzle music, spatial,
  verbal, and mathematical.

• For an example of a verbally-themed puzzle, a
  player might be required to enter an access code
  to turn on a console in the control room. Papers
  regarding that code are hidden in the filing
  cabinet in the document room however, the
  information must be run through decryption
  software installed in the computer room before it
  can be used. When that software partially fails,
  the players would then be forced to finish
  decoding it on their own.
• Players cannot finish the game without solving
  all four of the major puzzles within the
  established time limit.

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Social Dynamics

• Co-operative game for up to four players.
• Game can be played solo but game play is
  restricted.
• Communication between players is restricted to
  adjacent rooms.
• All players have to work together to solve the
  clues in their rooms.
• Once all the room clues have been solved the
  players have to combine their clues to solve the
  final puzzle.
• One random player has the option of betraying the
  others and taking all the winnings.

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Reward System

• Group Reward
• Everyone succeeds, valuable reward (object to
  copy)
• Cooperation is key
• Single Player Reward
• Not as valuable
• Easier to obtain
• Competition is key