Climate Controller

Climate Controller was a solo game I developed as part of a module where we focused on our design process and discover what more niche areas of design that we would like to continue to pursue in the Final Year of University.

I chose to focus on Systems Design, specifically focusing around how I could translate the information present within the game to the player without overwhelming them and reducing the need to read external sources to understand game mechanics.

I chose to make an RTS game around controlling the amount of energy present within a given region, keeping the populous happy with enough energy and reducing any side effects that would arise from certain Power Production types. This then needs to be kept up throughout all regions until the technological progress of the planet is able to use 100% of energy resources available on the planet.

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Project Overview

Features

Crisis Managment

As the game goes on, the player will need to sort the ever evolving conditions of the regions using the Power Plants to keep on top of the regions stats.

Regions

The world is split into different regions, based on geographical differences and population density due to the environmental conditions of each power plant type.

Power Plants

Power Plants are what is used to keep the population happy. Each plant has separate conditions that need to be met to be used and all come with drawbacks for the region.

UI

The UI is how this information is displayed and how the player can interact with the regions, using the power plants.

Project Details

Regions

World Split

To help separate Information, the planet is split into regions.

This is to group similar geographic areas together and average out the population density.

Each region has their own group of stats and all have to stay about a certain threshold to avoid a loss.

Sub-Regions

Each region is split into sub-regions, these sub-regions then have their own stats and are more split based on population density.

This is where power plants can be placed with Region Stats being the average of all sub-regions.

region stats

Regions stats are more simplified compared to sub-regions, only having the average happiness, energy and science output.

This then gives the player to overview of the region, allowing them to monitor from afar.

Sub-region stats

Sub-Regions are where the player has direct influence, through the use of Power Plants.

Sub-Regions have preset stats that are related to the real world stats of the location.

These stats can then be viewed in the expanded view.