Port Royal

With this level I was solely responsible for the design of the level and not for the art which was a first for me. Focussing on the design only allowed me to test the level more often. I could spot issues quicker and iterate rapidly. I was used to greybox my levels and then move on to the art phase but staying in the greyboxing phase a little longer resulted in a much better level. The four player deathmatch map had a great flow and players constantly moved across different height levels. After six weeks I finished the level and was allowed to present the greybox level to a group of artists. Two teams of artists decided to choose my level and art pass it.

The Artpass

I designed the level specifically with Pirates of the Caribbean in mind as a theme, both art teams used the movies as reference but only the first team stuck with Port Royal, the second team decided to go for Singapore from the third movie. The course sadly did not allow us to cooperate together on a regular basis so there were some sacrifices on gameplay but I got a nice insight on the artists workflow from the few meetings we had.

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