Comments on: Continuity Level Design

By: newton64.ca :: Down the Rabbit Hole

newton64.ca :: Down the Rabbit Hole — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:04:57 +0000

[...] slightly askew, breaking the geometric precision of the Chamber’s halls (go read what smart people have to say about guiding the player’s eye). Of course, it becomes more apparent when one [...]

By: Guiding The Player’s Eye - The Quixotic Engineer

Guiding The Player’s Eye - The Quixotic Engineer — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:51:50 +0000

[...] As the birds take off, they fly toward a rooftop where the player can catch a glimpse of a Hunter robot stalking them. This neatly foreshadows the upcoming encounter. [...]

By: Scalene

Scalene — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:58:20 +0000

Cullen – I’m not alone there.

Actually really interesting, and artistically, this post touches on a lot of the same principles you see in art/photography.

I also missed the first reveal of the hunter – but I’ll put my theory as to why here. In the first two Half-Life games – HL2, HL2:E1, there are also birds. And yes, I looked at them the first few tomes – but there was never anything to look at. What I think happened is I just learnt that birds where simply a distraction, and so I ignored the Episode 2 birds, because I’d just so recently finished the previous two games.

Just my thought.

By: Magnus Jonsson

Magnus Jonsson — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:27:45 +0000

Very interesting post. Since I’m playing Mirrors Edge at the moment, it’s painfully obvious how important this is. When you know your direction, I find the game to be genial. However, as soon as you don’t, the experience breaks down, and becomes awfully frustrating.

I wrote something similar to this a while back, which might be an interesting read:

http://www.gnollsmustdie.com/2009/02/21/a-compositional-approach-to-strategic-game-level-design/

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:15:15 +0000

Very interesting. I’ve talked about leading lines myself but I think that lighting and movement is so often forgotten or overridden by art considerations. A lot more co-operation required!

By: Cullen

Cullen — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:43:05 +0000

I actually completely missed the first reveal of the hunter in Episode 2.

By: The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:26:17 +0000

[...] from comments threads) has been giving his blog a face-lift. First big thing is his essay on Continuity Level Design, which is a phrase he’s totally made up. There’s no stopping him. In it, with reference [...]