Localz - Multiplayer Game Experience

Progress

Gameplay Concept

Become a local in North Beach, San Francisco.

Engage in social rituals, earn local status, and uncover a deeper simulation of community living and urban play.

Gameplay Loop

• Complete tasks at real-world locations to build rapport with neighborhood NPCs
• Make money doing local deliveries
• Use money to hang out at Places of Interest
• Manage drunkeness
• Unlock social interactions with Localz
  • NPCs start greeting you by name
  • Access to minigames, secret challenges, and insider info
• Time-of-day effects
• Environmental modifiers, weather
• Customize your look with unlocked cosmetics

Places of Interest

Game Start - Spawn

1. Bus Stop at Columbus and Union
2. Meet Kevin and get directed to Italian Athletic Club

Italian Athletic Club - Main Hub

1. Social Boards that track progress - non-networked objects
2. Empty boards fill with progression
3. Balcony - first area unlock

Marios

Player can only be in Mario's Zone X minutes a day unless buying food / drink.

Zone: Extends partially across street Enable Access: First Mission from IAC / meet Dario on street

1. Meet Dario
2. Run deliveries: Liguria
3. Minigame: Make Panini
4. Scope for localz
   1. Buy menu items to extend access in zone
   2. NPC that spawns doors away and then returns home after
   3. Appear after X minutes at place

Hole in the Wall

1. Meet Nick / Matt
2. Run deliveries
   1. Graffeo
   2. Liquor Store
3. Pick up shifts
4. Minigame: Make Coffee at HITW

Tony Niks

Player can only be inside Tony Niks while buying drinks.

1. Meet Sebastian
2. Pay Cover
3. Expensive by minute

Church - Opens on Sunday

1. Sneak and Steal Money from Pews
2. Donate in front of Priest to increase rep

Technical TODO

Quests System

• Implement proximity-based triggers (e.g. “Hey! Listen!”)
  • Example: character in the park offers a narrated introduction
• Store quest data in structured JSON/YAML (by location or NPC)

Challenges System

• Short skill-based or timing-based mechanics at known hotspots
• Examples: dice at Bing’s, oyster eating competition
• Pub Crawl

Social Interactions

• Implement reputation system per NPC
• Unlock new conversation branches, perks, or items based on social level
• Agent-based dialogue trees with probabilistic or branching logic

Character Progression

• Leveling or notoriety system tied to local recognition
• Cosmetic unlocks via vendors (hats, shoes, ball trails)
• All data stored in easy-to-edit formats per location/NPC

North Beach Feature List

Gameplay Mechanics

• Deliveries: Marios, Graffeo, Liguiria, HITW, Lillies
• Events: “Afters”, Oyster Competition, Tai Chi at W2
• Bars: Bing’s dice, Tony Niks, Specs, Bow Bow karaoke
• Shifts: Work at HITW after meeting Nick
• Items: Condor magnet, Fernet (drunk vision), Specs secret order
• Minigames: Skate the Hill, underground poker
• Books: Meet Dave by reading his favorite

Mechanics to Prototype

• Dialogue engine
• Dynamic reputation gates
• Simple job system
• Delivery → Inventory → Reward loop
• Environmental state triggers (time of day, popularity zones)

Super Backlog

• Expansion Cities (e.g. Lower Haight, The Mission, Brooklyn, etc.)
• Mobile version
• NPC phone/text interactions
• Offline/local save mode
• “Localz” branded merch and story expansions

Patch Notes

7/3

• New North Beach Model
  • Building bases with aligned satellite imagery

7/2

• Making Character Models in Blender
• Exporting Baked textures with Blender scripts
• Unity material hookup successful with Mixamo Auto-Rigger

6/26

• Networking

  • Testing to Success
  • Demo'd with: John, Josh, and Matt! Successfully!
  • Able to join via Steam Friends with and without and invite

• Models

  • Progress on procedural generated buildings
  • Marios, OJs, the other place.

6/25

• Steam.NET integration with FuzzySteamworks

• Blender

  • Washington Square Park Huge updates

6/24

• Concept Art

• Blender

  • Washington Square Park, Church, Tony Niks, Marios
  • Filbert, Union Streets and Buildings
  • North Beach Streets Grid

• Unity Scale and North Beach Model .fbx Testings Successful

6/23

• Throw Animation with steps and RPC

• Networked Ball prefab

  • Holding a ball in hand
  • balls list of prefabs

• Animator Throw still has issues

6/22

• Added Mirror
• Network Animator and local test success
• Animator Overhaul with Mixamo Character Model

6/21

• Third Person Controller Overhaul
• Graphics Render Pipeline fix
• Camera working good enough with run jump walk and spin dwad

6/20

• Character Controller rework to failure, needs more work

  • Throw mode working but will be scraped

6/19

• Found potential fix for Multiplayer Test
• Camera v1: Orbital Camera and Throw Mode
• Charged Throw with added pitch and throw-from-hand

6/18

• Fresh Unity Project

• Followed the Mirror Quick Start Guide

• Working local multiplayer

• Swapped Transport Layer to Steam.NET

  • Added Steam.NET and FizzySteamworks

• Built and shipped 0.0.1

• Testing Steam Friends Multiplayer: Failed to Connect