FATAL ERROR
ASYMMETRIC HIDDEN MOVEMENT GAME
FATAL ERROR is a four-player game that takes place in a small space station with a big problem. The OVERSEER AI (or “OS”) has gone haywire and cut off all the oxygen to the space station. Players need to team up with a crew of technicians to collect all the access keys required to override the OS before oxygen runs out.
Role: Game Design
Collaborator: Kristina Atanasoski, Oliver Hong, Isabella Djurovic
Design Process
We were inspired by A Letter from Whitechapel, an asymmetric hide-and-seek board game, and incorporated the hide-and-seek mechanism with a round moveable board: the OS can manipulate the board to confuse the technicians. We spent the majority of designing time on balancing the two sides so that both sides have similar chances to win while the game will not end too quickly. In later stages, we also provide different technician abilities and OS upgrades to make each game be able to provide players with distinct experience.