LEVEL SUMMARY
A recently deceased Viking warrior speedrun his way through Niflheim to make a deal with the Goddess Hel.
STYLE: Side-scroller/Platformer
DESIGN PROCESS
REFERENCES & PREPRODUCTION
Project Reference Board
INPIRATIONS
For this level, I wanted to start working on a passion project of mine I had been working visually on and off for some time. The project is called Berserk Ascension and my goal for it is to make a Beat Them All/Sidescroller/Roguelite. It is set in a dark fantasy viking world. For this level specifically here, I took inspirations from Icelandic landscapes along with some references from the game Thrine.
In my idea for this game, there would be at least 9 levels, for the 9 realms of the Norse Mythology. For this assignment, I would concentrate on the beginning. This level would be what could be the realm of Niflheim.
ASKING QUESTIONS
Something I like to do when preparing my ideas is to ask me some simple questions that I answer with concepts that will guide me through making my levels:
WHO◽WHEN◽WHERE◽WHAT◽WHY◽HOW
Here are the answers I gave myself to guide me:
WHO: Hermod. a dead warrior dad
WHEN: Viking Era (Fantasy)
WHERE: Helheim (Niflheim)
WHAT: Go to the Halls of Hell to make a deal with the Goddess
WHY: He needs to get to Valhalla before his son
HOW: Traversing Niflheim and defeating monsters (beat them all up!)
PLACES TO VISIT
After some research, I decided I would integrate 3 interesting areas in my level:
1. Nastrond | The Corpse Shore
2. Hvergelmir | The Boiling Spring
3. The Halls of Hel
A shot of the whole level
INGREDIENTS CREATED & LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS
HAZARDS◽ENNEMIES◽BOOST ORBS◽RESPAWN◽LANDMARKS
HAZARDS: Jump over hazards to not take damage.
ORBS: Pickup orbs to get a speed boost.
RESPAWN: Respawn made to bring the player back on the course if you fall down (for playtest).
LANDMARKS: Explore different are or the level that have their own identity.
"WOWING" THE PLAYER
In this level, I wanted to focus on interesting places to visit. I put a little extra efforts on making cool locations so you don't feel like you run through an empty level.
Mimir at the base of Ygdrasil
The Corpse Shore where deceased crashed into Helheim
The Boilling Spring. Where all waters rise, the source of numerous rivers.
The Halls of Hell, where the goddess rules.
TOOL USED
UNREAL ENGINE 5◽PUREREF ◽BLENDER ◽SKETCHFAB◽PRIMITIVE CHARACTERS PACK
