Gabriel Bondia – Game Designer
Hell of a Job
Context
Pitch
In the depths of Hell, collect as many souls as you can and throw them at your opponent to sabotage them and satisfy your boss.
My involvement in the project
Teaching rules while immersing players in the pace
• Our main concern was to make an easy to learn, easy to play game.
• The tutorial begins with players experimenting with the throw feature on their own. Here, they learn that they can aim and that their thrown Souls impact the environment.
• Then, they are invited to face off by throwing one Soul at each other, still separated. They learn that the Souls kick back the opponent and turn their own color.
• Finally, direct contact is encouraged by giving them access to a single soul. They learn the core gameplay of fighting for a point against each other.
• Players also gain access to the Portal, which teaches them how to score and introduces them to the choices they will face: to score or to kick the opponent.