I’ve always appreciated the art form as an observer. I’d sit in class and make these obstacle courses on paper - obelisks for Lara to hop between and slide down. I know, I’m amazed I didn’t get bullied too. That same attention to detail is what draws your eye to a hanging pipe to cross silently above the guards on the street below, or to an open window you can creep through.Īs a kid, I used to sketch out Tomb Raider levels. Yet there aren’t invisible walls, there’s no “you are leaving the mission area” pop-up, and there’s nothing else breaking the illusion that you’re exploring a real city - it’s just smart level design keeping you hemmed in. Dishonored is a world where you can use your Blink power to teleport onto rooftops, and potentially into places where the designers didn’t intend for you to even reach. Arkane’s library is a perfect example of this - the developer creates these intricate spider-webs where, despite their complexity, you intuitively understand where to go. I’ve always been fascinated by it because great level design is one of the things that can set a good game apart from an essential one. Recently I’ve been trying to learn a little more about level design.
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