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The other day we had a great discussion about level design. We drew the map on a whiteboard showing the bosses and the players’ spawnpoint. Then we discussed where to put all the pickups (textiles) to best help the player.
We also discussed the tutorial path. When you start the game you will get a short but informative tutorial. Have you played the game before you don’t have to follow it, just run past it.
Red dot = spawnpoint
Black dot = PickUp (Wool)
Blue dot = Enemy
The tutorial starts with an open room where you have to discover how to move around using the keys W, A, S and D. When you have found the right keys to walk around and explore the room to see nothing’s there exept one way out, you meet your first enemy. The enemy is patrolling the tunnel and the player will have to learn how to shoot, using the left mouse button. When the bug is dead you can go on exploring the suit.
A few steps later you see a nice looking chest. When you walk on it you get a notification somewhere on the screen saying something like “Picked up a [what kind], you can now use it in your customization”.
Then you have to choose, will you go right or left? They will both lead to the same place and show you the same mechanic though. When you go within the red lines there will be an exclamation mark above Barneys (the avatars) head and a notification sound to enlighten you there is something of value or something hidden nearby. You might just pass throught it and the exclamation mark disappears, and you might go back to see if it comes back, which it will. You might see the hint of the hidden room, the ragged walls are gone and there is a vague hint of a path right infront of it. If you see this you have found the first secret room in this map and you know how to find the rest. The exclamation mark will not be showing after this point but the notification sound will.
Now the tutorial has come to an end and you have learned all the mechanics to play the game.
We won’t give any tutorial to the customization since that is not necessary to beat the game. The only hint about it is when you pick up the first textile and then you have to explore it yourself.
 
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