Undivided is a cooperative two-player puzzle solving game. Each player’s character is restricted to movement on only one axis, so players must work together to push each other through the levels. Teamwork and communication is a must for players to complete this game.
With Undivided, we wanted to bring an emotional arch to the puzzle genre. While looking at the emotion create by story heavy games, we realized that a lot of emotion is created through the relationship between the player’s character and npcs. This led the creation of two player characters who rely on one another, and must overcome separation.
Sound and Title can dramatically change the feel of your game. We tried two interations of this game, one in which the game was called Undivided with soft instrumental music, and another in which it was called Block Bros with fast digital music. The gameplay and art was exactly the same for both, but with just those changes the player experience would change from emotional story game to cool puzzle game.