"AUS DER BAHN" was the first semester project I have worked on in the HNU, in a team of three students in total. Our task was to design a board game resembling any popular video game genre, so we decided on making a fun racer board game, inspired by gems such as Mario Kart or Team Sonic Racing.
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Our high ambitions definetely paid off, as we managed to win 3rd place at the newly founded games.kickstart event at the end of the semester.
Designing this game meant understanding the essence of Fun Racers, the primary feeling these kinds of games invoke inside those who play these games. Is it the challenge of handling every curve of the track perfectly? Paying close attention to your speed to not burn the rubber off your wheels? Strategically switching between gears? Nope~ it's simple, plain old RAGE. To be angry, when your fellow players purposefully drive you off track. The pure hatred you feel when every single player behind you fires their items into your back at the same time, putting you from first to last place in an instant. But also the ultimate satisfaction when you're finally able to pay them back with their own weapons, or zooming past them by taking a shortcut.
For that purpose, we have designed plenty of item- and event cards, that can be used against other players or alter the track itself, keeping the game just as exciting and fresh as their digital counterpart.
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