CyberSiege // Strategy and Skill for aspiring IT professionals

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Il s'agit avant tout d'un jeu éducatif destiné aux spécialistes de l'informatique. Soit vous et vos coéquipiers sécurisez votre serveur en tant qu'administrateurs, soit vous tentez, au sein de votre équipe de hackers, de prendre le contrôle du serveur adverse ; le jeu se déroule alors comme un jeu de tower defense avec création de deck. Les informaticiens peuvent y apprendre le vocabulaire clé du secteur informatique et acquérir des compétences transversales importantes telles que la gestion d’équipe, la coopération, la stratégie et la capacité à sortir des sentiers battus. Quant aux non-informaticiens, ils sont mis au défi par un jeu passionnant et découvrent les dangers du piratage informatique ainsi que les mesures de cybersécurité possibles. Il existe 3 modes de jeu différents pouvant être joués avec le même jeu de cartes : « Siege », où chaque équipe endosse un rôle spécifique (administrateurs ou hackers). « Warfare », où les deux équipes doivent à la fois attaquer et se défendre. « Strike », un jeu divertissant et rapide qui se joue à deux en environ 5 minutes. Le jeu de base comprend au total 2 x 42 cartes (jeu des administrateurs et jeu des pirates informatiques) permettant de jouer aux trois modes de jeu et d’apprendre les mécanismes essentiels. Plus de 200 cartes seront également disponibles dans des boosters, et la gamme est constamment enrichie. —description du concepteur

Présentation de la campagne

The Game

The Cards

Over 200 cards in 8 different card types have already been developed and will be available at the start of the game.

I will try to design more playing cards, which will also be released on the launch date. 

The Products

The essential deck includes everything you need to get started right away with your friends.  

You don't need additional cards or more basic decks to play with up to 10 people at the same time.  

As an add-on, there is the “BitBurst” booster pack and an exclusive playmat, which will only be available on Gamefound.  

The designs of the products are not yet finished. As soon as they are final, I will post an update.  

The Game Modes

CyberSiege consists not only of a single game, but of three different game modes that can be played depending on the situation or preference.  

The main game is `Siege`, but there are also the `Warfare` and `Strike` modes.

The Game Mechanics

In the near future, I will explain the core mechanics in detail in an update.  

Until then, you can already take a look at the prototype of the `Siege` rules (Can be updated until the launch).

Think of CyberSiege as an asymmetrical Tower Defense game with a highly cooperative gameplay.

While the Admin's must deploy and secure their server, the Hacker's are attacking it to gain control over the network.

These rules have already been tested with the help of my own trainees. In the coming weeks, external trainers and teachers in my area will receive the game for unsupervised testing.

More information will be published in an update here on Gamefound.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me by email or in the comments section. 

The Stretch Goals

The first stretch goals have already been planned.  

Are those all the possible stretch goals? I don't know yet. But comment if you think there's anything missing from CyberSiege!

The Prelaunch Events

Take part in the pre-launch events and secure great bonuses with a pledge!  

The events will be held until launch, so make sure you read the CyberSiege updates!

IT Training

CyberSiege is not a typical educational game that is exclusively linked to learning. It aims to visually link abstract IT topics.  

As an IT instructor, I have learned that young people learn best when they are motivated and have an emotional and illustrative connection to the learning content.  

And that's where CyberSiege comes in. It doesn't immediately teach what a particular technical term means. It motivates trainees and students to learn the topics independently.  

Because independent learning brings more lasting success than dull, traditional classroom teaching.  

Since CyberSiege does not directly teach IT, interested young people can also play the game together with their friends who do not want to learn about IT. No background knowledge or experience in computer science is required.  

So what does CyberSiege offer if not direct learning?  

Of course, interested students are much more receptive than those who are not interested.  

But there's more to it than that. The rules and mechanics of CyberSiege are designed to teach or reinforce important soft skills in computer science.  

These are primarily effective communication, reliability and trust, responding to unexpected events, agreeing on strategies and sticking to them and of course team building.  

Once interest has been sparked and some strengths in soft skills have become apparent, the teacher or trainer can explain the terms one by one.  

They can either start learning units using the visual and emotional components of the game or explain the term directly while playing.

This makes CyberSiege a completely new learning experience that does not rely on forcing learning content upon students.