A Maiden's Story

At the beginning of the project I was lead designer for the Lanscaping the island which would become the MVP level. I designed the whole basic look for the MVP level including the first boss enemy area. (The boss area was later revised slightly to add a cliff area by team member John Cruz.) I worked closely with asset designer Ronald Rubio.The MVP level was going to be the starting point on of the game and introduce the enemies, items, and the inventory and quest systems to the player. I designed this area to be slightly large so the player would be able to practice with battling and working the systems before moving on to the boss. I was also responsible for the design of our Mindful Forest Level which connects the Gafford Library Level to the Final Catacombs Level. We wanted the level to be a break point between two challenge levels. So there is not much fighting in this level. There a few quests the player can go on within the level to get more XP as well as several healing points and mana bushes as well as Health Apple Trees. There are two challenging brides which requires the player to use boost jump. I designed the water below the bridges to cause significent damage to the player so that the player will be challenged even with the lack of fighting as well as allowing the player to master the boost jump mechanic in the game.