Project “Safe Haven” 1.5-Page GDD
Diablo meets Valheim
Genre: Top-down survival RPG, MP/SP
Target Audience: 13+, Fans of open world survival games, games like Valheim, Diablo,
Controls: Mouse and Keyboard
Thematic Setting: Medieval Fantasy / Dark and Grim
Tech Stack: Unity 2019. Audacity, Blender, Asset store
Platform(s): Steam
MVP Game Moment: Learn to craft and build a starter base with gathering//crafting. Basic
Combat.
Game Summary: Safe Haven is a survival game set in a dark, medieval, fantasy setting
with a bunch of creatures that are out to kill you. You awake in a safe clearing, surrounded
by miles of dark, mystic forests, consisting mainly of tall, pine trees. Your initial goal is to set
up a small base which will help you survive, before you venture into the dark forest beyond.
The game is about exploration, building a safe Haven and progressing your character, all
that while trying to stay alive.
Core Player Experience: Progression & Exploration
Central Story Theme: Ordinary human stuck in a magical forest
Design Pillar: Crafting, combat, exploration.
Remarkability: A new perspective on the survival game genre. “Semi-open world, arcade
mechanics”
Anticipated Steam Early Access Launch date: End of 2022
Feature Development Priorities:
- Real time combat
- Crafting and gathering
- Inventory, loot, usables
- Procedurally generated bimoes(instanced)
- Stats and abilities
- NPC recruitment system
- Multiplayer
Reference Games: Torchlight 2, Diablo, Valheim