TRIPLEDDRUGGCO - BREAKER

MY ROLE: Level Designer, Project Lead

For Breaker, I'm working hand in hand with our environment artist to produce a functional asset list for a level design pipeline fitting our project.

I've worked closely with our systems designer for the entirety of the project to make absolutely certain the movement fits the scale of the levels, while maintaining a sense of realism for interior spaces.

Along the way I've used Unreal Engine 5.6's greyboxing tools to block out levels, using concept art from our art team, to produce examples for our environment artist.

ABOUT MY WORKFLOW

As a strong believer in the iterative process, before passing off the greybox to our environment artist, I produced a prototype level that underwent several iterations.

Every version of the level was better adapted to handle target movement and combat goals and capabilities from the player: focusing on quick, snappy, high-skill movement, reinforced by low time-to-kill combat scenarios.

EXAMPLE SECTION - LEVEL EXIT HALLWAY

GREYBOX PASS

Though there is only one image here, this pass was more like four passes!

This phase went through a lot of testing as we tweaked the physics of the player and dimensions of the level to meet our design goals with the combat system.

MODELING PASS

Using the kit co-developed by me and our 3D Artist, (fully modeled by him, of course) I assembled the room from the greybox pass.

As I worked out the segment however, different aspects and needs changed! Since we worked to develop a modular kit for level design however, it was effortless to adjust the level to our new needs (mostly relating to combat.)

LIGHTING PASS

Finally, the lighting pass! By working with our Tech Artist, I established an art direction for the game, focusing on harsh lighting and dramatic scenes. And he delivered with his shader!

I lit the scene to emphasize important aspects, establish mood, and leave in darkness that which the player should ignore.

BREAKER is in active development, so feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more!