GameJam Week 2

After the interchange week we got back to work on the game and with most of the preliminary concept art done I started work on the level layout and giving art direction to the others in my group focusing on 3D assets.

The first level plan I proposed was to designed to imply that a full version of the game had more to offer. Initially I wanted the player to start in a smaller tower/island which would have a tutorial inside. Upon completion the player would have to journey across a bridge showing them the next tower and multiple future towers (that would not be in the prototype). This would give the player a sense of scale and expectation for the rest of the game. However we ultimately decided that this would not be a good idea moving forward as the others would have to model the outside aw well the inside so we decided instead to have a decorated interior hall to wow the player in place of the bridge.

I then started working on the inner layout of the level regarding puzzle room placement alongside the platforming sections. The rest of group wanted a sense of upward progression so I thought that the best way to achieve this would be having the puzzle rooms rotate up around the core of the tower, separated by platforming sections.

I then began work on some alpha patterns that can be used for normal and emissive maps alongside providing extra concept art for boxes and debris that had been requested.