Crystal Bond

Level & Game Designer

Winner of the

ETPA 2022 Video Game Grand Prize

PITCH

Using your VR headset, immerge yourself in a world of magic for this soothing experience.

Play without controllers, using your hands to help a little spider get to the moon : move objects, weave webs and form bridges to overcome the obstacles.

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MY WORK

As a Level designer

Our challenge is to teach the basics of VR using hand recognition.
"Show don't tell: I have created levels that teach only by observation how to move and catch objects in order to solve environmental puzzles.
I use a EVC framework to check the player's knowledge and then challenge him/her.

Layout creation

Blockout and balancing.
Prototyping of modular levels using the tools provided by the programmers.
Discussions and Iterations with project members to best meet the constraints.
Environmental storytelling.
Integration of the levels in the engine.

Documentation

Write Level Design documents such as

Level Design intentions.
Level objectives and pacing.
Game Flow chart.
Levels overall structure.
Rational Level Design.

Level Designer Tools

In order to save time I asked our Gameplay Programmer to make some tools that would allow me to be more efficient when creating my levels :

Hand / object detection tool to create puzzles
Tool for snapping items to a position when the player moves a gameplay-related object near the desired area.
Respawn zone for interactive elements if the player throws them too far.
Visual feedback of checkpoints order.

Process