Jordan Brown - Game Design Documentation Samples
In the Poetry Phase after the AAR (After Action Report), the player can fill in 3 words of the poem by selecting words from a bank of 3 options. All 9 words available to the player for selection in a single Poem are connected to one of the Bell’s Pilot stats. When a word is selected, a set value is added to its associated stat.
Per playthrough, the player will upgrade Bell’s Pilot stats in 7 Poem Phases. The player will have the opportunity to upgrade Bell’s Pilot stats 21 times per playthrough.
3 selections * 7 poems = 21 word selections
In total, 90 possible upgrade options are available to the player in a single playthrough.
3 words * 3 selections * 7 poems = 21 possible upgrades
All of Bell’s Pilot Stats are contained within their Scriptable Object (excluding leadership):
For this system to properly work, these stats must be editable by a set amount during the Poetry phase, and their new values must maintain continuity between play sessions and each phase of the gameplay loop.