We not too long ago printed a teaser for our recreation Legacy 1917, the place we confirmed the primary gameplay footage of the “Prologue” degree. In this text, we are going to speak in regards to the primary ideas of degree design, strategies and tips that have been used to create this location.

Preparatory work

The place to begin was the work on the final synopsis. At the primary stage, the crew and I created gameplay conditions, linked them with the narrative and tried to realize the specified gaming expertise. This is how the primary drafts of the placement design doc, degree schemes, descriptions of gameplay conditions appeared.

The subsequent step was extraordinarily necessary to work with references. This usually helps to type the final look of the placement, to grasp the topology of the world, its foremost options. We didn’t try for historic authenticity, however we would have liked to convey the spirit of the town, its particular options.

Monotonous areas will shortly bore the participant, and dealing with references helps so as to add selection and spotlight these options that characterize the area.

Having ready the design doc and having give you a sketch of the extent, we proceeded to the lengthy stage of creation. After many iterations, we lastly got here to the specified end result, which we’re able to current to you.

Introductory scene

According to the synopsis, the primary scene of the extent is the station. This is historically the place from which the research of the town begins. Similar moments have been, for instance, in Half-Life 2 or Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The participant can get acquainted with the world similtaneously the primary character and their feelings from what is occurring will coincide. In our case, the Brestsky railway station was taken as the premise.

At the very starting, the participant enters a big space and sees a lot of folks in entrance of the station. Here he has the chance to go searching, talk with folks, type an thought of ​​what is occurring round him. The whole first a part of the extent is an acquaintance with the town that survived the revolution. The foremost character arrived right here with no clear thought of ​​what is occurring, and our activity is to deliver him updated. This a part of the extent doesn’t include any threats and the participant is free to discover it, however already on the exit the soldier warns that it may be harmful exterior the station. This is how we put together the participant for the upcoming challenges.

Further Dive

Here is a bit of the extent the place we go into extra element about what is going on on. The participant sees littered streets, deserted wagons, trams, a damaged energy line, and so forth. The end result right here is the road, which is totally blocked by makeshift barricades. Throughout this part, we present the participant that this place can nonetheless be harmful and regularly escalate the state of affairs. If the station created the impression of a peaceable location, then additional down the extent, the participant increasingly more usually stumbles upon traces of armed conflicts.

Here, the attentive participant encounters a small department, which he can discover to search out sources and one of many first secrets and techniques (collectible merchandise). It is necessary to notice that just about at all times in our recreation the character strikes diagonally from the underside to the highest nook, however right here we intentionally shifted the actions to a horizontal aircraft. This makes it potential to put a visual passage into the constructing on the central a part of the display screen. Also on this place, the participant can discover a ladder, which additional motivates to discover this space.

Even if the participant ignores these indicators, shifting on, he’ll see a platform from which he can clearly soar down, and to the facet he’ll discover the key already acquainted to him from the coaching degree. This will stimulate him to nonetheless discover a passage upstairs.

First Blood

Of course, as a part of the tutorial ranges, the participant encountered enemies. He has realized the essential mechanics: he is aware of sneak, stealthily kill, distract enemies with particles, cover within the bushes. But it’s this degree that presents the primary actual take a look at for the participant. However, we did not wish to make the participant undergo an excessive amount of. Our activity was to create such a take a look at, which was primarily attention-grabbing for the participant. Here are some tips that helped us with this.

The variety of enemies. This is probably the most banal technique of facilitating or complicating gameplay segments. It is utilized in virtually all video games that contain collision.

Structure of the sector. When your activity is to sneak previous a bunch of enemies, it’s vital to know precisely the place you’ll want to go. The specifics of our digital camera doesn’t suggest that the participant can see the exit from the sector, being on the very starting of it. For this motive, we tried to maintain the sector easy sufficient to make it simple for gamers to navigate at first. The foremost factor right here is to not make it too easy, since creating an attention-grabbing panorama instantly impacts the standard of the gameplay.

Space for maneuvers. Even a small variety of enemies can create issues for the participant if the sector forces him to always be close to them. This is a good way to extend the strain because the participant will get the sensation that they’re always on the verge of detection, however this solely works if they’ve mastered the fundamentals effectively sufficient. That is why the primary arenas counsel that it’s potential to keep up a snug distance from enemies.

Numerous excessive and vast shelters. The accumulation of bins that closes Peter to his full peak is instinctively perceived by him as a extra dependable shelter than a small fence. In order to make the participant really feel extra assured, we tried to make use of these covers extra usually.

This phase has two arenas linked by a connector, wherein the participant can take a breather. Such components assist you to join a number of arenas collectively to create long-lasting stealth sections, with the chance for the participant to take a brief break. In addition, checkpoints are normally situated in such locations in order that in case of demise the participant doesn’t replay your complete phase, however continues the place he had issues.

After the stealth part, you’ll want to give the participant a break from one of these gameplay, and as you already know, the perfect relaxation is a change of exercise. But extra on that within the second half…

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