The Highwayman – The plan

Once on board, it’s time to meet the crew !

The game in a nutshell

You are the Highwayman, a criminal who specializes in stealing from museums and private collections. You hire a team of trained mercenaries and lead them from the secrecy of your hideout. Hire, plan, steal and escape.

The game is divided in 3 distinct phases :

• The Hideout : the Highwayman hiding spot. Here, the player will have to buy and manage his mercenaries as well as equipment. Once it’s done, he will be able to choose a mission to go accomplish.
• The Preparation phase : the player will have a map of the place he has to rob in front of him. Her will see more or less details of the map depending on the actions he did or did not do, such as hacking in some computers/camera/guard pagers or buying intel on the black market. The player will choose where to place his mercenaries to begin the mission and will devise a plan.
• The action phase or Robbery : the player will control the mercenaries directly and give them orders. Using what the player did during the Preparation phase, he will try to reach his objective -the objective being stealing a particular precious object– and get away from the crime scene.

This is what it looks like.

References for each phase

We’re done for today ! See you nest post to have a glimpse of the early prototype !