October 17th, 2018
#BlockTober - Restaurant
For the October #blocktober month I decided to spend two weeks designing a short to medium range combat inside a restaurant, where the players objective is to clear the area and save the survivors.
This level is in-line with criteria provided by the podcast Level Design Lobby. The constraints were as the following;
I want you to create a combat space in a restaurant.
- Short to Medium range combat.
-The LoS should not be so long for snipers.
- There should be multiple flanking routes for players and AI
- I need you to make it look like a restaurant with just blockout (no meshes only the power of cubes)
- The combat encounter should only last around 3-5 minutes at most. - The type of restaurant is up to you.
- You must provide research and references. - Do not worry about adding working AI just the layout.
The level is available to download with the following link below;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UFY3QpNTAxuEtyg4OFO5bIYXSWhofGV4/view?usp=sharing
With that in mind, I started to create the level using the Unreal Engine 4 with futures of Animation starter pack, Super Grid and Ultra Dynamic Sky.
Overall Restaurant Level
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Third person Character
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1 - 4 players
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Short to medium range combat
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Multiple Flanking routes for the player and AI
StoryBeasts
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The Players Start outside the restaurant.
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There are two different entrances, the players can take to enter the restaurant.
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When the players enter the building they will be an encounter with enemies.
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When the players kill the enemies the sniper enemies and reinforcements will come.
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When the players kill the enemies they would go upstairs to locate the map for black market trade, that is taking places in the storages.
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The players make their way to the location of the storages.
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Along the way to the storages, the players encounter more reinforcements.
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In the storages, the players need to stop the trade taking place.
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When the player kills every enemy and stops the trade level finishes.
References
Outside Area
Inside area
Restaurant Map Layout
Restaurant Level
