Revomon — capture mechanics: Slingshots & Orbs

6 min readMay 19, 2021

Game Synopsis

Revomon crashed to Earth long before the evolution of humanity into the planet’s dominant force. As time passed however, these creatures were forced to adapt to the presence of humanity. As this change occurred, Revomon Tamers managed to bring great benefits to the human race by harnessing the incredible power of the monsters. Many mysteries still remain around the magical capabilities of the Revomon, as it seems that Tamers have only just begun to understand their true power.‌
Throughout the years various factions have emerged who see the revomon for different purposes:
1) The scientists, who wish to study these revomon and to understand and catalogue their unique abilities.
2) The secret society, made up of the world’s most elite and powerful people, they see revomon as nothing but a tool to be used for profit.
3) The anarchists, who believe the world was better when humans and revomon were equal, their goal is to use revomon to disturb the peace.‌

Select your Tamer and train your Revomon in a first-person environment within VR, and explore the environment by interacting with various elements. Use your slingshot to throw energy Orbs at Revomon to catch or release them.

The main tool: The slingshot

We needed to define a user-friendly tool that fit several criteria:

It has to make sense within the game era when your character exists.
It has to make the most of the VR experience (real gestures).
It needs to be a cool and unique concept rarely seen in other games.

The game era

The Revomon world is set sometime between our current age and an advanced world (2021–2300), meaning that technology has progressed and humans have managed to take advantage of it with more sophisticated gadgets.

Here are the first 2 modeled versions of the slingshot.

We added textures and animation to finalize the concept.
The following 2 slingshots (revoshots) are available to all players starting their Revomon adventure:

The VR experience

Players will have to use real movements depending on which action they wish to perform, such as: grabbing the rope, pulling and releasing.
Several uses are mandatory to increase the in game VR experience thanks to physical movements.
For example, the pulling movement is all about calibrating your shot:
- If the player chooses a weak or too powerful shot, he would probably miss the target ending in a catch failure. Better to practise first or else you may miss your first legendary!

A cool & original concept

We needed to bring something new to the table for the hero’s main tool, while keeping it consistent with game era and allowing the player to make the most of the VR experience.
To show originality, we thought of the slingshot, often forgotten and which however, is still used nowadays thanks to super sophisticated models:

More skins will be available in-game, either to earn, win or purchase.

Slingshot Ammo: The Orbs

We imagined 4 types of Orbs which would influence the catch efficiency. Each of the orbs is distinguishable by its color.
Depending on the Revomon you want to catch, one orb could be more effective than another because it would allow a better catch rate.
Although the catch rate is not determined solely by the Orb you use, it will play a pivotal role in the calculation.

🔴The Red Orb

The first orb available when you join the Revomon world is the red orb. The red orb has a basic catch rate, it will allow you to catch your first Revomon.
In theory, you could catch all Revomon with this orb but you will have to be very lucky to catch a legendary with it.

Effective against: common revomon.

🔵The Blue Orb

The second orb will be available in the early stage of your game progression, it gives a better percentage catch rate for the Revomon you encounter. Although you could manage to catch a legendary with it, it’s still not the most efficient option.

Super effective against: common revomon.
Effective against: rare revomon.

🟢The Green Orb

The third orb in term of efficiency, the green orb is great to use whenever you want to make sure to catch a normal and rare revomon without having to splash out on the most expensive option. Also good to use against legendaries but still not the best method.

Super effective against: common and rare revomon.
Almost effective against: legendary revomon.

🌈The Bifrost Orb

Scientists have managed to merge the Red, the Blue and the Green Orbs together. They artificially created the Bifrost Orbs. Very few of these exist because they require a gigantic source of energy to produce and the process has not yet been mastered. In addition to catching powerful revomon, legend tells it could bridge two worlds.

Super effective against: common, rare & legendary revomon.

Catch formula

The formula that determines a successful capture will be based on the following factors:

Variables

The Revomon’s max HP.
The Revomon’s current HP.
A unique identifier for each species that will determine its difficulty
The type of orb used.
Any debuff effects applied to the target Revomon.

To sum up, to increase your chance to catch a revomon, you will need to use the best Orb combined with lowering the revomon HP to the minimum possible and putting a status on it (asleep, paralized, poisoned..).

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Revomon is a new virtual game world where items and monsters are owned by its users. Community driven model. Revomon is a VR collectible game built on blockchain.