Legacy of Mendel
This is the capstone project for my master degree. This is a game that combines elements of tower defense, strategy, RPG and science, and is set in a parallel universe to our own. In this world, the existence of monsters is a common phenomenon. In this world, the existence of monsters is a common phenomenon, and the study of genetics is mainly focused on these monsters. You'll play as a student at the Royal Institute of Biology. You'll play as a student at the Royal Institute of Biology, where your teacher is the famous geneticist ⸺ Mendel. Coincidentally, Mendel's laws of heredity seem to be universal in. Coincidentally, Mendel's laws of genetics seem to be universal in all universes. As his personal disciple, extract the dominant and recessive genes you want from the tissues of the monster's limbs and breed the most powerful monsters for your use. As his personal disciple, extract the dominant and recessive genes you want from the tissues of monster limbs, breed the most powerful monsters for your use, and become the last shield of the Royal Institute of Biology. Here is a short trailer of our game:
And here is a downloadable version of our game
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rlVZkrgPGxLs640aJ8MxjujXEKD1tITO/view?usp=sharing
Game Overview
Features List
● Core Mechanic: Breeding, Tower Defense
● Player Character: Student of the Royal Institute of Biology
● Enemies: Monsters with various creature traits
● Tone,Genre: Western Fantasy, Relaxed
● Progression Mechanic: Sift through the favorable trait combinations.
● Goal: Breed a variety of monsters to defend against attacks
● Game Structure: Top-down 3D
Game Flow Summary
a. Defeat invading monsters to obtain biological tissues.
b.Analyze biological tissues to identify dominant and recessive traits.
c.Select the parent tree to breed a specific monster.
d.Put into the next round of battle to test the strength of the combination.
The itch link of our game: Legacy of Mendel by zhaochuansong, CalvinZhao0502, EastWindSL, Revolt7
Link to our Game Design Documentations: With English and Chinese version
Design Details
Some UI and process prototypes:
Monster and Defender Design
As the project starts it's exactly the time when Palworld became hot, so we designed our monsters and defenders in reference of the creatures in the game, and we add different organs to a basic Slime to make their genes recognizable:
Narrative Design
In this parallel universe, our main character, Aiden, located at the Royal Institute of Biology, is a young student aspiring to become a geneticist. His teacher, Professor Mendel, is a pioneer in genetics, but in this world, his research centers not on plants, but on mysterious and unknown monsters. But in this world, his research centers not on plants, but on monsters filled with mystery and the unknown.
Prof. Mendel has developed a method for studying monster genes that can reveal their genetic characteristics and how they can be used to create new, new creatures. Professor Mendel developed a way to study monster genes, a way to reveal the genetic characteristics of monsters and how to utilize these characteristics to create new and more powerful monsters. However, this knowledge was not accepted by all. Some unknown people or organizations tried to attack the Royal Institute of Biology in order to obtain this powerful knowledge. Institute of Biology, with the aim of obtaining Mendel's research results. They destroyed the protective fence around the Institute, exposing itMendel's research. They destroyed the protective network around the Institute, exposing it to an endless tide of monsters. During the attack, Mendel was seriously injured trying to protect his research.
On his deathbed, he gives all his research and his discovery of the secrets of biogenetic inheritance to his favorite student, our Monrovia. Aidan receives from Mendel the keys to his laboratory and a research notebook containing the secrets of genetic evolution. Mendel's last words. Mendel's last words were, "Carry on my research, protect our world, and remember, have a reverence for life."
Now, as recipients of Mendel's legacy, Episcopalians are tasked with protecting the research and using it to fight the forces of evil that want to misuse this knowledge. And to use it against the forces of evil that would abuse that knowledge. By collecting genetic samples of monsters and utilizing Mendel's knowledge of genetics, he must create a formidable army of monsters to prevent these evils from taking over. team to prevent these evil forces from destroying the world. In the process, Aiden learns a lot from Mendel's notes about life, genetics and evolution. He understands the diversity and complexity of life and is fascinated by its beauty and wonder.
In the end, using the skills and knowledge left behind by his teacher, he successfully fends off the monsters and holds on until the protective net is repaired. He finally realizes that Mendel's legacy is not only a notebook or a pile of knowledge, but also a respect for life and the pursuit of knowledge. He finally realized that Mendel's legacy was not just a notebook, or a pile of knowledge, but more importantly a respect for life, a pursuit of knowledge, and an understanding of the world. So he decided to take this will of his teacher and continue to watch over the Institute of Biology in the name of science. In the name of science, he decided to continue to watch over the Institute of Biology. By now, he had fully inherited Mendel's legacy.
Project Management
We use trello to manage the whole project:
