Upside Downgeon: Development of a videogame based on classic role-playing board games

Abstract

This document represents the Final Degree Work report of Javier Albors Caño in Video Game Design and Development. Aforesaid work is made up of a PC videogame titled Upside Downgeon, a videogame inspired by the classic dungeon crawler games. This videogame seeks to be built as a board game. In this way, the player will fnd a new way to play a «board game», fnding a better immersion thanks to the automation, animation and sound that the electronic basis of the videogame provides. This is the way the project tries to reflect on the relationship, similarities and differences between board games and its electronic descendants. The project put special emphasis on the game art, sound and appearance but also special care on its game design. Every game asset, including specifc scripting, 2D and 3D art, sound and music has been specifcally developed.