WellSpring Prototype Level Design

[JennBren]

Greetings all,

So I grabbed my tablet and Photoshop and lost track of time. Overall I’m pretty happy with it though honestly, not sure if I have a compelling first level or not yet. My path seems very linear and to be honest, I don’t care for those kind of directed experiences. Hopefully by the time I want to release I’ve made it a lot more open to choosing what you want when you want. For now, I’ll settle for getting through a opening scene. As always, I would greatly appreciate any feedback you might care to share with me. Thanks in advance and have a great day.

Jenn

[CreativebytheSea]

hi @JennBren, it looks great!
Designing a first level is hard. I started over 3 times from finished and working levels because I wasn’t liking the flow and composition. I put together a board in Pinterest with ideas I have been collecting. Feel free to take a look, maybe it helps and brings some ideas: https://www.pinterest.com/creativebysea/ideas-for-environment/

[JennBren]

Thanks for the feedback CreativebytheSea,

I took a look at your Pinterest and noticed that you’ve picked almost entirely isometric references. Is that something you are planning on doing in your game? Keeping it in isometric proportions?

Jenn

[CreativebytheSea]

No, I’m not doing an isometric level, I think mostly of those levels are isometric because that view allows you to see a bigger part of the level, so probably it’s better for design/inspiration
I’m making a third person RPG with a kind of fixed top-down camera but lower than usual.