Overview / Usage

To make a great party game we think it's very important to focus on being very accessible, so we made sure to have simple and intuitive rules and controls so anyone can jump into the game (literally join other players in the middle of a match) and have fun instantly. At the same time, a competitive gameplay is necessary to motivate the players, that's why the game is physically based, team-based and each environment brings different interactivities.
We had to iterate a lot to find the right balance of accessibility and competitivity. It is an interesting challenge and we manage to do it well.
We also think it was very important to handle more than 4 players (local and online) because people like to play all together and because it's pretty rare. It's technically difficult to support this feature and it was challenging to find the right way to display all the informations necessary to all players on the same screen.

Methodology / Approach

Our previous experience with Unreal Engine helps us to solve almost all our technical problems.
Being part of the Montreal indie developer community is also very helpful.

Being a very small team forces us to do almost everything ourselves, it's a lot of work but it gives us full control of what we are doing.

Since the beginning of the project, we are regularly making playtest to iterate on the gameplay and make sure we are offering the best party game experience possible.

Technologies Used

Unreal Engine 4

Visual Studio 2017

XBoxOne SDk

Nintendo Switch SDK

Autodesk 3DsMax

Photoshop

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Repository

https://triplescalegames.itch.io/save-your-nuts-demo

Other links

• Save Your Nuts Website
• Steam Page