US vs. It
Summary: La Boulange Jeffrey and I took a day together to balance a game of US vs. It. Because we were not able to make it on the original day (due to GDC), we scheduled a day together to finally make a balanced game. At first, we assigned the tanks certain properties, but the Robot would seem to either destroy them too easily or in turn be defeated to easily. It was actually a monotonous experience at times because we had to keep implementing theories over and over and over. Eventually, we finally came up with a formula in which the Robot does reach victory but barely manages to survive in the process. We know that this formula works because both Jeffrey and I have taken our own respective playthroughs and have achieved different but similar results. Both playthroughs of ours had different routes but both ultimately ended with a lifepoint of 1 for the robot.
Included we also have a simulation of a player who is inexperienced and did not read the directions. They will just barely lose because they did not read or know about the ability to use the special bomb.
Technical
Game Rules:
10 Turns
Laser Eye
Special Bomb (Lose a Turn)
Properties:
Orange:
Green:
Purple:
Tests:
Move Forward 10
Move Forward 10
Laser Eye 8 (-2)
Move Forward 8
Move Forward 6 (-2)
Special Bomb 5 (-1)
Lost Turn 4 (-1)
Move Forward 2 (-2)
Move Forward 1 (-1)
Move Forward 1
WIN 1
Move Forward 10
Move Forward 8 (-2)
Laser Eye 8 (-2)
Move Forward 7 (-1)
Move Forward 5 (-2)
Special Bomb 4 (-1)
Lost Turn 4 (-1)
Move Forward 2 (-2)
Move Forward 1 (-1)
Move Forward 1
WIN 1
Move Forward 10
Move Forward 10
Laser Eye 8 (-2)
Move Forward 8
Move Forward 6 (-2)
Move Forward 3 (-3)
Move Forward 1 (-2)
Move Forward 0
LOSS 0
