Designing Mobile Game Levels
Focus On:
- Replay ability
- Difficulty Scaling
- Learning Curve
- Introducing New Mechanics
- Satisfying to Beat
Layout & Guiding
Being sure to lead the player in the right direction, but give them a challenge, is important. The player needs to feel like they bested the level themselves, whether on the first try or through trial and error, it should feel just as satisfying.
Challenging the Designer & Player
Something that was challenging was to make sure the medium levels were properly scaled to the Easy and Hard levels, while implementing new mechanics like Lock and Key. Making a tutorial-like medium difficulty level for the Key Mechanic that worth it to play for the player was important.