PROTOTYPE

Design

A Shooter without Shooting

Tasked to come up with a multiplayer game idea for class, I decided reflecting a stream of light was perfectly elegant – a simple idea that could lead to complex gameplay interactions. This idea seemed to lend itself most obviously to the puzzle genre, but I didn't want to make the obvious choice. Instead, I explored the possibility of giving it an action spin! Reflecting incoming lasers into your opponent fit that bill, and sounded like a thrilling and innovative shooter game.

Disco Inferno

Since the game is all about reflecting, it only makes sense for players to assume control of sentient mirrors. And by marrying this idea of mirrors to the core idea of light, it only made sense to imbue the game with a discotic aesthetic!