CULT SUMMONER
Cult Summoner is an auto-battle game created in its MVP version by Tapps Games in 2023. The game tells the story of a cultist who had her Grimoire stolen and must recover it with her army of skeletons.
Available at Google Play and App Store.
Myself and another Game Designer were responsible for conceptualizing, documenting and balancing the game's MVP, with a focus on the D1 retention metric for the MVP to be considered successful. I was also responsible for creating and applying the tests with users, from the script, analysis of the testers' profile to filter the most suitable ones to the creation of the test results report.
The game has a creepy-cute theme with dark elements and at the same time a cute approach to animal skeletons added to funny puns. The big development challenge was to create a complete experience that was quick to implement at the same time. The game is divided into 3 scenarios and has 16 relics to help you always evolve and reach further.
Cult Summoner was inspired by Despot's Game, which is a premium PC game, so the challenge was to translate the mechanics of a more hardcore auto-battle into a more casual mobile version that could prove the players' interest in:
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Creepy-cute theme;
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Casualization of an auto-battle coming from another platform;
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Roguelike genre for more casual players.
Mechanical Inspiration: Despot's Game
Thematic Inspiration: Cult of the Lamb