Familiar Wishes
A narrative-driven smartphone game that mixes mechanics from Pokemon, Reigns: Your Majesty, and Bugsnax.
Familiar Wishes is a solo-developed smartphone game that combines beloved mechanics from iconic games like Pokemon, Reigns: Your Majesty, and Bugsnax. The story revolves around Witches, their Familiars, and other Dimensions. As the only developer, I am creating a node system using XNode for dynamic storytelling, developing the entire narrative, implementing an inventory system, designing familiar creatures (similar to Pokemon), creating quest systems, and building an explorable map. Players travel to The Obstruction and use strategic card-based mechanics to convince familiars to join them without fighting, uncovering secrets to achieve their ultimate Wish.
Challenges
- •Implementing a complex node-based storytelling system using XNode for dynamic narrative branching
- •Designing balanced card-based mechanics that encourage strategic thinking over combat
- •Creating an engaging familiar collection and progression system with meaningful choices
Solutions
- •Developed a flexible XNode-based dialogue and quest system that allows for complex story branching
- •Implemented a persuasion-based card system that rewards player understanding of familiar personalities
- •Created a progression system where each familiar has unique abilities that enhance exploration and story options
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