Level Design - The Process
In a short production cycle, Abyssal Shade aimed to provide a relaxing and serine gameplay experience. Through creating distinct level areas, my goal as a level designer on this project was to make players feel like they knew exactly where they were and distinguish between areas from anywhere in the map.
Mid-Point
- After utilizing test scenes and temp environments, our first draft consisted of finding where we wanted to lead the player.
- It was important to try and make the player want to explore each area enviornment as they are never locked to one enviornment
Final
Through use of kitbashing and trying to leverage the omni-directional movement in our game, I landed on designing 3/4 sections with points of interest at different verticality, allowing the player see all areas in a way that seamlessly compliments our mechanics
Level Design
- Designed the level map layout
- Set Dressed 3/4 level with Kitbashing from artist
- Prioritized verticality and freedom of player movement
Details
Genre: 3rd person - Adventure
Role: Level Designer
Engine: Unity