Bontăgo
stretches the limits of strategy gaming by providing an innovative
experience that will challenge even the most seasoned gamers. Construct
towers to expand influence and control an ever changing playing field.
Summary
Sink
opponents, activate special blocks (volcanos, bombs, earthquakes, and
more!), and extend influence, all while maintaining towering structures
in a realistic physics environment.
Developed by Juniors at
DigiPen Institute of Technology, Bontăgo is an intense single or
multiplayer 3d real-time strategy game. Players begin with flags (one
color for each player) spaced evenly around the edge of a large disk,
called the field, balanced on a fulcrum in the center. Around each flag
is a circle representing that player's controlled area. Every few
seconds a block appears on each player's cursor. The players must place
the blocks somewhere in their controlled areas. Players can place the
block at any moment in the allotted time, or can hold it until time is
up and the block will fall on its own and be replaced by the next
block.
The goal of the game is to encompass all of the world flags in
the controlled area. To expand the controlled area, the player must
build upwards and outwards. The radius of the controlled area (and thus
the area the player may place blocks in) is determined using the height
of the player's structures perpendicular to the disk. If controlled
areas of opposing players meet, a hole is formed in the disk in the
overlapping region. The first player to possess a continuous area
containing the world flags wins.
Real-time multiplayer strategy. Up to 8 players can test their skills online.
Blocks
are given randomly to players and come in a variety of semi-random
shapes. The base block unit is a cube. Several types of blocks are made
as a combination of base units.
Specialty blocks can be attained by extending the controlled area
around gift boxes randomly dropped on the map during the game. The next
block the player receives after encircling the crate will be a
specialty block. These include volcano, earthquake, rocket, and other
blocks. Smashing a specialty block in any obvious way will activate it.
Experiment with free-form building in the sandbox.
Bontăgo
uses realistic Tokamak powered physics, and the disk can tilt on its
fulcrum if certain special blocks are activated. Towers will fall,
blocks will slide off the game world, and specialty blocks will wreak
havoc on opponents. Although the rules are simple, strategic thinking,
quick reflexes, and a bit of luck is required to win this game.
Features
powered physics.
Real-time multiplayer action (up to 8 players).
A wide variety of specialty blocks.
