ALIEN ISLAND

ROLE

Level Designer

DESCRIPTION

First person shooter solo level design project developed in Unreal Engine.

GOAL

Create a Call of Duty inspired first person shooter level with clear sightlines, areas for close quarter combat and long range combat, and balanced player flow.

LEARNINGS

Demonstrated Theory

Use of dominant structures, colour palette and composition to create landmarks for players to differentiate map areas and reduce orientation confusion
Use of elevated spaces and verticality to establish locations and eyelines
Setting up chokepoints for fast paced CQC gameplay
Experimented with three-lane map structure and learned how it impacts decision making, map flow and pacing
Studied how risk and reward areas influence player choices

Processes Implemented

Used Unreal Blueprints to set up:
- NPCs which move to a random area within a defined range and wait there for x seconds, to simulate basic multiplayer activity
- Item container spawners that drop an item below if shot at, and respawns a new container y seconds after the item below is collected
Created cinematics using the Unreal Sequencer

GAMEPLAY

Level Overview

YEAR

2025

GENRE

First person shooter

SOFTWARE USED

Unreal

Level greyboxing using BSP and static meshes.
Blueprints for NPCs running throughout the level to mimic player activity, loot spawners, wall climbing and simple object rotation.
Material creation.
Cinematics using Sequencers.