Project Overview
Genre :
Third Person Adventure
Platform:
PC and Console
Engine:
Unreal Engine 5
The Forgotten Lands is set in a mythical fantasy world and it’s main purpose is to serve as the tutorial section for the open world game. This level focuses mainly on traversal and exploration and level also features environmental storytelling elements, making exploration rewarding and keeping the player interested.
Brief Narrative : Thorian Blackwood, a young warrior as part of his final training is sent my his mentor to collect the “Ancient book of magic” from the forgotten lands. A task which seems to be simple enough for the prodigy seems to be far from it, as the book is stolen from the safe keep. Now Thorian must track down the thief and get the book back before it’s too late
Duration: 10 days
Team Size : Solo
Level Flow
- Start
- Narrative Element
- Mantling Tutorial
- Broken Shrine – POI
- Jump Tutorial
- Tutorial Reinforcement : Reinforcement of jump that the player learnt in the previous point, but this time it’s combined with another mechanic, where the ground/platform breaks and player slides down and has to time his jump to safely land towards the other side
- Narrative beat : Player finds the book to be stolen and has to track down the theif
- Player learns grapple ability
- Reaches the landmark that was seen from the distance
- Ancient Grove – POI
- Fallen Citadel – Citadel’s exit leads to the stepping out moment into the open world. This is where player has the first encounter and is introduced to the combat mechanics
(Level Flow region Screenshots below)
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Level Screenshots
