Project Pocket

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The Video Showcase for “Project Pocket”, as submitted for my MComp Project Assignment

“Project Pocket” is my Master’s project for my final year at Teesside University. My goal was to create an adaptation of English Pool that was tailored for a multiplayer party scenario, similar to how Mario Strikers adapts football or video games of Monopoly adapt the board game. I wanted to design a game with deeper mechanics than the source material, adding a healthy amount of RNG while still rewarding strategic play. The game also makes use of the digital medium through mechanics which wouldn’t normally be possible on a real pool table such as 4-player matches and item cards.