Back to collectionLAMOverse’s First Design Pass Frames Two Multiplayer Paths
Background: The studio was still building its game prototype, while the team looked beyond card battles for a format that could bring many players into the same match. Today: The first LAMOverse research document was ready, listing battle royale and multiplayer brawling as directions to explore. Impact and next steps: Until then, the focus had been getting the card prototype to run; now there was a separate line of gameplay exploration, though the document remained a set of directional sketches.
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Background: The studio was still building its game prototype, while the team looked beyond card battles for a format that could bring many players into the same match. On Saturday, the designers needed to turn scattered ideas into something they could discuss without letting a new concept displace the testing already under way.
Today: The first LAMOverse research document was ready, listing battle royale and multiplayer brawling as directions to explore. The team did not rush to commit to either mode. Instead, it tried to break each down into player goals, match pacing, and required systems, asking which ideas could first be explained as a paper flow.
Impact and next steps: Until then, the focus had been getting the card prototype to run; now there was a separate line of gameplay exploration, though the document remained a set of directional sketches. It gave the team a basis to assess rules and production effort. Which mode merited a prototype, and how to pursue it without slowing the existing battle work, remained open.