Level Design Metrics Gym

Defined level design metrics and maintained example maps to ensure consistency and quality.

Encounters

Designed over 50 combat and puzzle encounters, handling every phase from concept and greybox to shipping.

Combat encounter example: Magwytch Factory

This is a 32m combat space with 4 enemy spawners. I used photos of the Battersea Power Station and the Power Plant from Red Alert 1 to create the shell of the building.

Then I refereneced some images of gun factories in the Victorian era to create the inside layout.

Puzzle encounter example: Gloriana's Tears

A 16m puzzle encounter where players need to:

1. Find all the hidden glyphs

2. Solve a line puzzle

3. Follow the instructions provided and play an emote to a statue.

This is the first time players will encounter this type of Ritual puzzle. Therefore I made it easy to solve.

Each glyph was placed near a statue. Players can easily find them all and move to the next phase of the puzzle.

16m is not a lot of space, so I used the vertical space to create more gameplay, which also fits the theme of this realm.

Boss Arena: The Queen of Magwytch

I was paired with a gameplay designer to design the behavior of this boss and the arena in 2 months, from concept to polishing.

Abilities of the Harpy Queen:

• Sheild (immune to ranged attack)

• Spit toxic projectiles

• Knockback attack

• Spawn minions

• Teleport

We themed the arena to be the Queen's nest and make the boss fight into a chase. As the boss's health decreases, she will retreat deeper and deeper to her nest. The water will deal toxic damage and there will be fewer platforms for the players to stand and fight on. The platforms in the later section of the fight are also destructible, making the fight more tense. Players can also spend resources to build their own platforms.