Gameplay mechanics

This week, we spent a lot of time discussing amongst ourselves the best way to implement a number of mechanics we had previously discussed adding to the game. Our idea is to add a "skill check-esque" minigame after a player has to make a choice. This not only keeps the player on their toes, but they also won't get bombarded with dialogue, and it gives an opportunity to recover if they chose a bad prompt. Another big reason to add these mechanics is to stray away from the norm, making our game stand out from the dating genre.

We decided on 6 minigames, these include; Sequence, Simon Says, Dot to Dot, Timing Bar, Fishing, and Clicky Clicky. Each 'skill check' ranges in difficulty and will have room for difficulties to be tweaked in the future if needed. When researching these, we looked into a number of games with similar ideas, our main concern being not breaking the immersion, being challenging enough so that the player can lose, and having clear win and lose states. Below are our initial concepts for these skill checks.