Stealth level inspired by Dishonored

Inspired by the masterclass in stealth design by Dishonored I created a stealth focused level, with minimal enemy interaction and instead making the levels traversal the main focus.

Solo Project // Duration: 4 weeks

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Flower Shop

Level designer in a 7 week group project. Flower shop is a cozy game about running your own florist business. Main responsibility was designing the shop and part of the landscape.

Team size: 17 // Duration: 7 weeks

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Research facility in the Horizon Zero Dawn universe

A 4 day project where I designed a Horizon Zero Dawn facility. Putting the focus on environmental storytelling and emulating the exploration focused gameplay of HZD, finishing off this short area with a boss arena.

Solo Project // Duration: 4 days

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Flower Shop

Flower Shop is a cozy, exploration-based flower shop simulation set in a serene rural town in Japan. Manage your florist business by picking flowers, arrange bouquets based on requests and sell them to customers.

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Taking over your familys flower shop you start off by checking your inbox for todays orders. Go out and gather the flowers for the bouquets, maybe explore some on the way!

Sketches and first iteration

Moodboard

First Blockout Store

Shipped Game

1. The Store

Fuctionality

Aesthetics

I found designing the shop to be a challenge in the beginning because I had no path or goal to work towards more than "the player will run a business in here". The space was as much for aesthetics as it was functional. Combining the two forced me to think about how the player behaves in a space when they aren't guided by landmarks or quests.My solution to this was to design around how a curious player moves around in a given space. What grabs their interest? What nooks and crannies do they want to squeeze into? What would make their exploration annoying instead of rewarding? This thought process was then transferred to when I designed the landscape as well.While these questions were important when making the space interesting I also had to take into consideration how the space would be used to support the intended gameplay mechanics. Here I did a lot of playtesting with classmates and other teammembers, but also by myself to figure out what path felt natural once you entered the store. The conclusion here was to make an unobstructed path to the functionality of the space while also leaving room for the curious player to look around.

2, 3, 4,. Forest

Forest

Stepping in to the beautiful world the player is greeted with a dirt road wrapping around a bit of forest. In here they can find plenty of flowers to pick for their bouquets but also lots of things to look at and interact with. A path walks the player through the forest and along it they can find a mushroom circle that makes tinkling sounds when you step inside it, interactable bushes that spawn butterflies that seem to want to lead the player somewhere and a beautiful gazebo they can step inside.

5. Secret Grove

Secret Grove

Following the path of the butterflies the player come upon a gate with mysteious fog inside it. Interacting with this gate takes the player to a secret grove filles with frog shrines. This space acts as a religous space for the locals, but is also utilized as showing credits in a fun way. The frogs in here are named and all have a unique "ribbit" recorded by all team members.

6, 7. Campsite

Campsite

At the edge of the map a campsite and some benches can be found. Here the palyer can take a rest and look out over the water if the so please. I would have loved to make this space interactive with being able to sit down at the tables and lighting the campfire but unfortunately there was not enough time to prioritize that.

HZD Research Facility

An underground research facility made to fit into the Horizon Zero Dawn universe. Designed to be a part of a mission with a climactic end where Aloy fights a big machine. The level focuses on environmental storytelling and invites exploration.

Sketches and first iteration

Moodboard

Level Overview

1. Connector

The level starts by going down a broken staircase and into a connector. Here they find four open doors.

The player can find a small office with a screen showing a big error and a shattered coffee mug. A server room with some loot to reward exploration, and a sleeping quarters showing scratches on the floor implying someone wanted to be just that little bit closer to another person.

2. Diverging Paths

A vent right in front

Stairs to the right

Hallway to the left

After exploring the connector they come into a hallway with three paths.Here they are presented with a choice of where they want to go. To the right is a staircase leading deeper into the facility. To the left is a short hall with a door, leading directly to the boss arena and between them is a vent that also leads directly to the boss arena.My choice here to make two out of three paths lead directly to the goal is something I definitely would iterate further on. I would make both those paths longer and maybe even come together at some point.The stairs take the player to an office with a much more interesting path forward.

3. The Office

The office

Coming into an office the player is met with tables and screens in bright colors. Here the locked door is introduced for the first time in the level, communicating that there is more to this facility than the player has access to. A post it note on the laptop tells a story of communication between two employees. One asks the other to "fix the screens before the meeting or we're screwed!", which we can see that they never did. This opens up to questions about this scenario. What was the meeting about? Were they actually screwed? What happened when the sceens weren't fixed?

4. Hallway - Window to arena

Hallway

Exiting the office they are met with a dark hallway. The floor above has collapsed down and blocks the door to the right, possibly damaged the lock mechanism. Coming around the corner the space opens up with a big window, looking into a big room. This acts like a confirmation that they are heading in the right direction but also let's them familiarize themselves with the arena.

5. Security

Security/Observation

Continuing on they come into a room clearly meant for observation. There are many door connecting to this room but two of them are locked. In the middle they see a hologram picturing the mountain the facility is located in, with warnings of an attack happening from several different angles. The player knows from previously in the game that this is not a current and updated observation, but from "The old world" when "the Faro Plague" happened. The hologram implies that the facility was overrun and attacked, and in the end lost or had to evacuate it's employees.

6. Research

Research Room

The last room before the climax of the level is a space that looks like it has been used for research. Here the player can find a hologram which aims to conclude this questlines story. There are strategically placed loot to draw the player towards the window and the door leading out onto the balcony, letting them start the fight with a height advantage.

7. Boss Arena

Layout

All three paths lead here. The space is designed with combat in mind. When the player enters, a boss fight triggers not soon after. Boxes and containers are placed along the walls and under the balcony to provide cover. There are two entrances into the room that puts you on the balcony, which gives you height advantage but limits your movement and room to dodge ranged attacks.

Stealth Level

A stealth level inspired by Dishonored. I wanted to put the focus on traversal for this level with multiple paths and minimal enemy interaction. The player can traverse almost everywhere in the level and make it to the end. Just beware of the searchlights and city is yours to go wherever you please to get to your goal.

Sketch

Moodboard

Level Overview

1. Start - Roof

Start

The player start out in an alley. They can peek out the side but will be put on the big open street of they choose that path. There is also a ladder taking them up onto the roof where they see almost the whole level and can start planning ther pathing.

2 + 3. Ladder & Warehouse

Ladder

Going to the right presents the player with two options. A ladder to the roofs and a locked door. A guard stands by the ladder, not paying attention to what's behind them. The player can see into the warehouse through the window and see two guards playeing cards lazily. They can walk up and take out the guard by the ladder stealthily and get the green key. Now they can choose to continue onto the roofs or go back and enter the warehouse.

4. Searchlights/open street

Searchlights

Getting on the roofs lets the player get close to the main obstacle of the level, the searchlights. Oscillating left and right they cover a big area the player should avoid. The searchlights are meant to provide a constant tension for the player, always avoiding getting caught.

5. Zipline

Zipline

Moving on on the roofs they can climb higher to reach a zipline. The zip takes you to a roof otherwise not accessible. It's a fun break in the environment and provides a fun way to cross this space. The blue keys can be found in the house you land on here.

6. Garage

Garage

A truck garage offering cover. A platform with a ladder leads out to a catwalk connected to the roof beside it. The garage offers a safe space for the player to catch their breath and potentially reroute if they want to explore something else or feel like theyv found a better route.

7. Watchtower

Watchtower

Coming out of the garage the player sees a watchtower with a guard on top. They can climb up and silently take them out, to gather the pink key. From up here they can also see the hole in the roof the can drop down into to get to the last room.

8. Roof drop

Roof Drop

Accessing the last room in the level and drop the player right in front of the door to finish the level. The hole offers a path for the player to finish the level without having to use the keys or traversing the streets.

The Street

Alleys

Trucks

Keys

2.5D Sidescroller

Taking inspiration from some of my favourite games, Little Nightmares and INSIDE, I'm creating a vertical slice with a heavy narrative experience. This is an ongoing project

Solo Project // Duration: Ongoing

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Sidescroller

Taking inspiration from INSIDE and Little Nightmares I'm creating a 2.5D sidescroller. My goal is to create a narrative experience like the previously mentioned games capture so beautifully.

This project is still in development.
Additional information will be posted when the project is finished.

Hi, I'm My!

I am born and raised in Umeå and am currently studying Game Design here at Futuregames. I am looking for a game design internship between May - December or entry level position.Games has always held a special place in my heart and getting to develop games feels like coming home. I am a curious person and like to learn whatever I can whenever I can, I bring that into my design by trying to look at my projects from many different angles and finding what works best (which might not always be my own point of view).During my studies I found my passion for level design, creating the area of play. I love creating engaging levels that invites the player to explore. I'm developing my style to be something that invokes strong feeling, and I like making lots stuff to find and interact with.

Outside of development I enjoy snowboarding. It is equally likely you'll find me on the slopes as finding me at home playing a game or reading a book. And when the sun finally shows it's face here up north my friends and I usually flock to the closest bar with outdoor seating.

Umeå Game Conference

This January I volounteered at Umeå Game Conference. It was an amazing event and I learned a lot through the speakers and people I got to talk to. This also gave me great hands-on experience with running a game event as well as working on my collaboration skills.