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Zone Runner
ROLE
Lead Designer | Project Manager
DESCRIPTION
TIME LIMIT
9 Weeks.
YEAR
2021
GENRE
First-person Shooter
PLATFORM
PC
Game Design Document
This is a Game Design and Level Design project made at University of Silicon Valley.
Zone Runner is an action first-person shooter in a distance cyberpunk future.
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Story
The world is currently in a lockdown due to a nuclear meltdown.
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The playable character, Soldier, used to be a part of a corrupt military organization
and is on the run.
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On this seemingly deserted planet, the military activates its control turrets to kill Soldier.
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Soldier is making his way to a ship he is tracking to escape.
Paper Map
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Overview​
We were given the story about a soldier escaping a nuclear wasteland​
This is our concept on creating a story driven game in 3 levels.
Game Start
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Tutorial​
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With a focus on player movement, I designed a tutorial level that will teach the player how to move and use the movement system.​
There are death traps to encourage the player learn the system through dying and repeating.
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Level theme: Running away from the enemies on top of densely packed skyscrapers
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Level 1: The Streets
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This level was designed with 2 travel route in mind.
You can either travel on the ground by foot, or, use the movement system to your advantage to dodge enemy turrets and quick access to skip routes.
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Level theme: Player fell from the skyscraper to land on the streets below, ruined by machinery and factory nuclear waste.
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Level 2: The Factory
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This is a very small and limited level, we were challenging ourselves to create a small level that utilizes the movement system while enabling player to lay low from enemy turrets.
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Level theme: Limited space factory that leads to waste management.
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Final Level: The Overgrown
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Our idea for this level is that you are at the final level, the enemy has figured that you found the last working spaceship on this planet so they have placed defense around your goal.
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Level theme: Open, minimal vision, minimal hiding place, strategic and fast paced gunplay.