Gabriel Defrançois
Junior QA Tester
Context of the project
After playing Portal 2 and enjoying it deeply, I decided to use the Level Editor to train myself and make some levels based around mechanics of gameplay.
Intentions
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Making two series of levels based on two mechanics : inertia and logic
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Having a progression in difficulty
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Force the player to have instants of reflexion
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Levels are apparently simple but the solution may be difficult to find
My tasks
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Level Designer
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Game Designer
General Informations
Genre
Puzzle / Platformer
Platform
PC
Period
October 2021
Duration
3 weeks
Level Design
Levels were built directly inside Portal 2 Level Editor
Inertia mechanic
In these levels, the player has to use the character's speed, mainly her impulse, to accomplish puzzles.
It start really simple, with a tutorial, but in 5 levels, the difficulty increases to reach a medium difficulty.
Logic mechanic
In these levels, the player is put in rooms that may seems simple and has a few elements to interact with.
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It start really simple, with a tutorial, but in 5 levels, the difficulty increases to reach a hard difficulty.
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After many tests, a level was added, level 4, to introduce a mechanic to this series : using buttons to destroy cubes. The Level 4 works as a second tutorial.