Tamaraw tribe

Inspiration

a collaborative multiplayer reddit game where players work together to feed the tamaraw to keep its health up, allowing it to walk further for a high score. The original idea involved a tamaraw with decaying health that players feed via a button when cooldowns are available. The speed of the tamaraw depends on its health, which can go over 100% for higher speeds.

How we built it

Made user interface to Show health bar, current speed, distance, high score. Maybe a list of active players and their cooldown statuses. When a player feeds, their button goes on cooldown, and others can see that they've contributed. used single prompt

Challenges we ran into

Making sure that the cooldown mechanic balances so that it's possible but challenging to maintain the tamaraw's health. If too many players are active, maybe the health can skyrocket, making speed very high. So decay needs to balance that.

What it does

A simplified, focused cooperative reddit tamaraw game concept: Core Concept "Tamaraw Tribe" - A real-time co-op game where players globally collaborate to keep a virtual tamaraw alive and sprinting for distance records. Key Mechanics

1. One Button Gameplay
   • Single action: "Feed" button (cooldown 15-30 sec).
   • All players share the same simple UI.
2. Dynamic Health/Speed System
   • Health decays 1% every 2 seconds.
   • Each feed adds 5-10% health (scales with active players).
   • Overdrive Mode: Health >100% = speed multiplier (150% health = 2x speed).
3. Shared Progress
   • Global leaderboard tracks furthest distance per tamaraw "generation".
   • Tamaraw dies if health hits 0% → resets with new name/gen, players start over.
4. Visual Simplicity
   • 2D side-scroller with looped grassland background (no complex procgen).
   • Tamaraw sprite changes:
     • 0-50% health: Limping animation
     • 100%+: Speed lines/VFX Cut Features to Reduce Scope
5. start with adult tamaraw
6. Complex terrain/trees (visual interest via day/night cycles instead)
7. Extra buttons/stats (only show: health%, speed, distance, leaderboard)
   

Accomplishments that we're proud of

What we learned

How to develop game in reddit and bolt.new

What's next for Tamaraw tribe

Built With

• devvit
• react