Third Person Experience
Summary
In this third person project, you play as a Space Marine whose mission is to eliminate the chaos marines and close the chaos portal.
Breakdown
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Individual solo project spanning 3 weeks half-time
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Focus on designing and building the level
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Scripting gameplay events
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Level Art and Lighting
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AI placement and AI patrols
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All Meshes made by me
Overview
Top Down
Level Flowchart
1. Enter the moon station
2. Kill the infected
3. Activate the orbital canon
4. Fire the orbital canon
5. Kill the chaos marines and reach the thunderhawk
6. Escape
Design Techniques
Foreshadow
I wanted to foreshadow the end goal of the level to immerse the player
Backtracking
I wanted to reuse the level instead of creating another to escape and to let the player experience the level from a different perspective
Monster Closet
In this area I wanted to immediately reveal the new enemies right after the player completed their goal
Blockout Process
Gathering references
I began this project by gathering reference pictures with the theme i wanted to set the experience in.
Blockout & Playtest
A rough blockout helped me get a feel for the scale of the level. I began playtesting to see what worked and what I needed to iterate. I started to refine the level once I felt the level flow was good. I made sure to keep playtesting and asking others for playtests to find out wich areas needed to be improved.