Project: Bubblegum
DETAILS
ROLE
Level Designer
Developer
Emerald City Games
Release Date
TBD
Platforms
Console, PC
(Unreleased Emerald City Games Project)
Game Overview
"Project Bubblegum" is a 3D Beat 'Em Up incorporating elements from Platforming and Fighting Games. In this adventure, up to four players assume the roles of anthropomorphic space rangers on a mission to halt a catastrophic war and clear their names. Through completing missions, forming alliances with formidable allies, navigating through space, and enhancing their equipment, the rangers will engage in combat within a region on the verge of conflict. Along the way, they'll unveil and conquer a long-forgotten enemy with plans to resurface.
Moveable Object Puzzle
Buck and his gang ‘the Trotters’. He’s polite until insulted.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Use agile and efficient rapid prototyping techniques to intricately design level layouts and swiftly refine gameplay mechanics
Develop precise foundational greyblocks for every unique "Gameplay Beat," covering combat mechanics, puzzle elements, and hazardous components with meticulous attention to detail.
Establish collision setups for both environmental structures and gameplay elements to ensure seamless interactions.
Design and implement an intuitive tutorial system, fostering an accessible and engaging learning experience for players.
Craft an intricate encounter system by strategically placing enemies, incorporating detailed animations, refining behaviors, and orchestrating challenging boss battles with precision.
Script intricate level events, including cutscenes, gameplay triggers, camera transitions, boss triggers, etc.
Set up a camera system with smart trigger switches, player containment rules, and fine-tune settings like framing percentages and zoom distances.
Apply Blueprint scripting for advanced functionalities, offering tailored and sophisticated behaviors to enhance the overall gaming experience.
Journey through the galaxy as a squad of space rangers in this dynamic, co-op action-arcade game for up to 4 players!
Project Bubblegum is an online and local couch co-op action-game for up to 4 players. This new spin on a classic genre includes RPG, puzzle and platforming elements all rendered in gorgeous 3D graphics. Explore multiple planets and experience plenty of drama as you take part in an epic space adventure.
A Game for Everyone: Inviting visuals, diverse characters, easy to pick up controls and depth in all areas of gameplay. The game is designed to be fun for a wide audience.
All New Beat ‘em Up: Classic genre reimagined in 3D with tightly tuned controls and fresh mechanics to create an experience like no other.
Couch Co-op: Either online or locally. Enjoy playing with up to four players as you make your way through the campaign together.
It’s got ‘The Feel’: Whether it's the first time you play or the last skill you’ve unlocked, controlling your character should always feel responsive with a dance of blocks, dodges, melee, and ranged attacks.
Gameplay Depth: While the game is meant to be easy to pick up and play, it’s also important to have systems that allow skill growth. Players are able to continue mastering different aspects as they progress.
Unique Characters: Choose from a group of heroes that play, look, and feel very different! Each comes with their own personality and sets of advantages and disadvantages.
Curated Experience: No amount of content is procedurally generated. Every beat, level, and narrative element are hand-crafted with a storyline that guides the player through the game.
Stylized Visuals: A talented team delivers a cartoonish art style following in the studio’s tradition with special attention to polish, detail and charm to thoughtfully tie in the story and the universe.
A Whole New World: ECG’s first original title since Lionheart. Immerse yourself in a space fantasy opera that follows an endearing cast of anthropomorphic characters on a light-hearted and fun adventure!
The world of Bubblegum is set far into the future… but it's not our future. Wolves, Cats, Reptiles and hundreds of others species struggle to carve out their own niche across thousands of systems collectively called ‘Known Space’.
In the lawless regions known as the Territories, life is harder. Those planets are beset by pirates, nomad clans, alien monstrosities and worse. Yet there’s freedom to be had out there, one that lures the bold, the adventurous and, more often than not, those hiding from their past or looking to start afresh.
Among the most dangerous of those is the mercenary group known simply as ‘The Squad’. A group of ex-space rangers, the Squad take on jobs. Some small, some big. Whatever pays the bills.
Meet Vlad the Eliminator!
Recently, they’ve been hired to protect a group of miners from a criminal gang. Nothing special. But this one mission will lead them from a backwater dustball of a planet to the Heart of Known Space and into its darkest shadows where something is stirring.. Something Eons old with one hell of grudge.
Immerse yourself in our sci-fi fantasy setting with an endearing cast of characters that travel across different planets to uncover a conspiracy much deeper than anyone knew. This is a whirlwind of a journey like no other!
Buck and his gang ‘the Trotters’. He’s polite until insulted.
Your squad consists of elite ex-space rangers employed by one of the Autocrat houses. Your mission is to escort two nobles to a nearby Moon.
Choose from Sarge, Kali, Valhalla or Kumbaya. Each character has a unique set of attacks, combos and special abilities that complement each other. Use their skills, gear and team strategy to turn the tide against The Nightmare.
Mysterious and humourless. He's a hard man to understand. He's a superb tactician with a natural ability to read the ebb and flow of combat. He's always very polite and controlled but keeps those closest to him at arm's length, worried that his past will come crashing down on them. It's a lonely life.
An orphan from the world of Samsara, abandoned at the age of 15. She's efficient, hard-drinking, brave and incredibly determined. She is loyal to an almost unbelievable level. She's been in love with Sarge from the moment she met him but has never said anything.
An irritable, emotional person who tries hard to hide it behind a calm, docile nature. She speaks in a delicate high-pitchvoice until she gets annoyed, then roars and screams with rage. She'll then cough and revert to squeaking.
A giant of a bear, towering above the rest, but acts more like a little sister to the squad. She loves cutesy things: pink gear, stickers and decals on her weaponry. Naturally powerful. She's acutely aware of how big she is and can feel awkward and brutish around those she doesn't know. She frequently tells her friends she's 'actually fairly small for my breed' (she's lying - she's huge even for bear).
Known Space's greatest assassin. Charming, diplomatic and polite. Shah Ruhk was adopted by Emperor Timur after his parents died and thought to be a mighty warrior until an illness ravaged his nervous system. He remains loyal to his father who he's spent years failing to impress.
Intuitive Controls: Players can use light and heavy attacks for different effects. Unlock special inputs to unleash unique abilities that vary from launching an enemy into the air to more situational maneuvers.
Light-attack combo.
Heavy Hitter! Some characters pack a bigger punch.
Deep Combat Mechanics: Dynamic enemies and systems create moments to take advantage. There’s a counterplay to beat each enemy efficiently, and you’re armed with the toolkit to do so, but beware - so are they!
Using Splash Damage to clear a swarm.
Multiplayer Platforming Gameplay Beat
Time a perfect parry to repel a projectile.
Weapon of Choice: Each character has a melee and ranged weapon that play and feel very different. Use either to suit your style or situation and string their attacks together to come up with your own cool combinations!
All characters have a unique ranged weapon equipped.
Players can switch between melee and ranged at any time.
Melee to ranged attack sequence.
Co-Operative Elements: Helping your friend perform a KO, aiding a fallen ally or performing unique co-op special moves. We’re exploring different cooperative ideas in gameplay.
Stun tag-team (test)
Platforming and Movement: Run, skid, sprint, jump, jetpack and parkour your way around the levels. Focusing on the control of your character has allowed us to create more interesting environments and combat scenarios.
Platforming and slide! (test)
Puzzles and Immersion: Exploring a level should be fun and we plan to use these moments to balance the action. Interacting with objects to cool effect and getting to further deliver the narrative through the environment. Interacting with different elements to unlock parts of levels or special rewards makes the levels more engaging and fun. Puzzles and narrative moments balance (and sometimes add to) the action during the game.
Experimenting with more complex ideas. (Cut-Rope Puzzle)
Memorable Bosses: Like Bloat! These epic moments are awaiting you at the end of every stage. Ready to put your squad’s combat skills to the test?
Pre-Production Boss Intro sequence testing
Concept Art
The Territories are a cluster of planets home to some dangerous monsters, rogue AI, and greedy outlaws. Join our squad as they embark on an adventure that will take them to all corners of the system and more. What secrets lie within each of these strange and unique lands?
Train for the scavenger gang Greed Inc.
Iriorn - a rugged, desolate planet home to miners and a criminal clan.
Nexros7 - a moon with eerie scenery, fossilized plants and volcanic activity.