Frame Perfect

Frame Perfect was a brief design brain worm that I just had to bring to reality - see my patreon post here.

It's a 3v3 mech combat game (I just like 3v3 games okay? They're fun!) inspired by my love for geometric strategy games - Chess and Into The Breach in particular. The key game properties / design goals are:

• Geometric strategy - players are on an abstract grid that they have to maneuver through / position in.
• Content catalogues - I've never made a game where players can build their own play loadouts by buying individual options from a big shopping list (like Magic the Gathering, most tabletop RPGs, etc). Can't have a mech game without some mech customization!
• Deterministic* combat - the catch here is that unlike chess there's still uncertainty because it's not perfect information. I wanna defeat analysis paralysis while still keeping the "tactical mastermind" play feel of chess by making players program actions facedown on a timeline. The moment to moment gameplay is gonna have a lot of mixups and mindgames, inspired by fighting games!

I've placed the game on hold because I want to return to working on Gunsong, my big RPG project. But the game's here and free to play for anyone who's interested:

Details

• 10 minute teaching time
• 1.5 hour playtime

The game can be played for free via tabletop simulator. 

1. You can find the google docs manual here: Frame Perfect doc
2. You can find the TTS mod here: Frame Perfect TTS

Buying this game (or signing up to my patreon) gets you a bookmarked PDF and all the vector game assets you'll need to make cards of your own. I haven't compiled print and play files for the game yet.

You'll also get my undying gratitude for supporting my work, for whatever that's worth. <3

Feedback

Hey I make board games and tabletop roleplaying games. If you wanna follow my work or give me feedback, check out my patreon or join my discord design server!