Cooperative worker placement game
A game in which players work together to utilize resources to produce a game (or some other collaborative product).

Game or player playing antagonist role provides deadlines which players must meet.
Various resource nodes, challenge is in optimizing their use rather than claiming what you want first.

Possible mechanic is to make resource nodes give one less resource when they change hands. Players will naturally want to move from node to node to acquire the resources they need, but this discourages that. To counterbalance and thereby avoid the penalty, players may acquire communication resources, which may be expended instead.

Method in place (cards, or nodes) which allow transference of resources from one player to another.

Staff meeting node, which uses the resource placement to instead provide some directional bonus (direction ability-cards, shifting of resources, alteration of deadlines).

Periodic investor review gives money based on progress/appearance, for purchasing new nodes/staff/assets. Concern that this leads to snowballing success or hard-to-catch-up failure. Balance should be that a good investor review requires long-term sacrifices to achieve.

Possible resources:
- Design
- Coding
- Polish
- Graphics & Sound
- Marketing
- Money
- Communication

Possible direction cards or projects:
- Custom tools: takes coding, grants communication each round
- Shifted resources: transfer some resources from one player to another
- Various 'free resources' options

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