Natalie Basile
Strawberry Garden
Ascend the soaring tower as your once-thriving garden has grown too large, trapping you at the bottom. Carefully leap across fragile leaves, flowers, and strawberries making sure to be quick in STRAWBERRY GARDEN, brought to you by Local Gardeners.
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Goal: 2D platformer that serves a quantic foundry motivation (chose Challenge)
DOCUMENTATION
Platforms
It was interesting to design and balance the different platform types the player travel across. The system of the leaves disappearing after a short time was engaging to work with and using strawberries as a bouncy platform fit the theme well.
Level Design
It was challenging to iterate on level design and give players multiple routes to choose between while still increasing difficulty at a relatively steady pace. Each level introduces a new platform type and requires the player to master it before being able to progress.
What I Learned
I learned how useful a grid-based level creation tool is. Without a grid, I playtested every jump to make sure it was possible. If I had used a grid tool and a playground level, the process would've been quicker.
