Hades Webinar

About this model

This diagram models a complex game system that simulates a player's journey through randomized dungeon encounters with varying resource management challenges. At the core, it presents mechanics for resource generation, allocation, and consumption, alongside decision points and upgrades that affect gameplay outcomes.

Sources generate an array of resources, such as "Zagreus," the player's character, various types of rewards ("Boon," "Pom of Power," etc.), and currencies ("Charon's Obols"). These resources are processed and directed by complex interactions among Pools, Gates, Drains, and Converters that metaphorically represent the player's inventory, decisions, combat outcomes, and progression through dungeon rooms. Registers implement logic for resource conversion, simulating game mechanics like health replenishment, skill upgrades, and purchasing items. Various conditions and triggers modeled by State Connections and Gates dynamically alter the flow of resources based on the game's current state, mimicking the unpredictable nature of gameplay and player choices. Drains consume resources to denote the completion of encounters or the use of items, ensuring a cyclical economy that demands strategic planning. This system intricately balances resource generation with consumption to simulate a progressively challenging gameplay experience, underscored by strategic decisions around resource use, path selection, and combat strategy.

"Hades Webinar" is a public Machinations diagram shared in the Community by David Zuzu, with 420 components.

It was created in June 2022.

Open the diagram in the Machinations app and press Play to watch the resources move, adjust its values to test how the system responds, or remix it to make an editable copy in My diagrams.