Leading lines are a technique that helps to guide the player’s eye towards a specific location, item or event. Even this can be risky and may ultimately irritate some players. In a survival horror game breaking affordances is a good way to create stress and put the player under pressure. There are times when your game may require you to break this contract with the player.
How annoying is it in real life when a door says push but really means pull? If you do you’ll cause confusion and frustration for the player. You need to build a trust contract with the player so that they clearly understand what they can and can’t do in the game. It is very important to have clear and consistent affordances (rules) in your levels. Raider” the player learns that if they see a piece of wood or a old cart which is angled in the air, they know that they are able to use it as a launch pad to make longer jumps. Tip 1: Have clear and consistent AffordancesĪn affordance is a rule that is created through your games level design.
But for now I’ve tried to give as much detail in as few words as possible. Every designer has their own approach to creating levels and solving problems so please take these tips and tricks as just that, and not some gospel of level design.Įach one of these “tips” could easily have a whole blog dedicated to it, and in the future I may write some. As far as I’m concerned there are no rules, only guidelines that help create the best experiences possible. This selection of tips are in no way “rules” of level design. Every game is different so every game requires a different approach. The tips I’m going to share are general bits of advice that work in different ways for different games.Īs a Level Designer these tips should be interpreted in a way that is relevant to your level designs. These tips are methods that Level Designers use to move players, encourage progression and create areas of immersive gameplay.
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