Week 8: Research (Killer Queen)

Killer Queen (Arcade)

Description

Killer Queen is a real-time strategy platform game released on an arcade platform in 2013 by BumbleBear Games. The game has a team competition structure and can be played with up to 10 players, with the players divided into 2 teams of up to 5 players each. Within each team, one player will play as the Queen, while other will play as drones, which can be upgraded into a speed drone or a warrior with varying abilities by using the berries. The drones can be respawn once killed, while the Queen have 3 lives.

Winning Conditions

There are more than one way to achieve victory within a match, which allow the teams to set their own strategy and goal when playing the game. The conditions for winning are divided into 3 types: Snail, Military, and Economic. For Snail, the player must bring the giant snail towards the goal by riding the snail with the drone. For Military, the players must kill the opposing team's Queen 3 times. Lastly, for Economic, the players can use the drones to collect berries to fill their team's hive. The varying conditions allow the teams to change their strategy whilst playing the game if one becomes more advantageous than other.

If the teams decide on different objectives as their goals, this would create an asymmetry in the objectives of the team. In addition, there are asymmetry within the players, since there are different roles they can take. This allows for more strategizing between the players, for example, the team that is aiming for Military Victory might have more warrior drones, while the team that is aiming for Economic Victory might decide to have more normal drones than special ones.