Sunday 24.7 | Starting Level Design

Platformer Prototype

Starting out the level design progress by mapping level elements and working on a flow figure.

Level Elements

First I tried plotting down every game element I have on paper, so things like:

• Jumping
• Controlled jump
• Double jump
• Running
• Thin platform
• Moving platform
• Switch
• Exploring
• Alarm
• Controlled double jump
• Parachuting to climbing
• Jump, attack, jump
• etc...

Some of these make no sense and some overlap with others, but it helped a lot when I was figuring out the flow because I could see what I was missing and what I can combine for later challenges. Also it cleared my mind a lot because this is a mess even on paper.

Very in progress flow figure:

Day's Work

• Mapping out all the mechanics and level elements
• Figuring out the flow of the map