AXEL VERA JIMENEZ
STAIRS EVERYWHERE
September 2023 | College Project
Portal 2 level which explores the different use cases for staircases. Meant for beginner-medium players. Made use of Portal 2's built-in level editor to develop this project.
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I was the sole developer for this project. The main focus was level design.
Background
This level was made as a part of my level design course at Sheridan College. The goal for this assignment was to build a Portal 2 level for beginner-medium players. We were meant to challenge them with 3 different puzzles to demonstrate our ability to create a balanced difficulty curve. This was my first time designing a proper level that could be played from beginning to end.
LEVEL DESIGN
Choosing A Mechanic
When looking at the mechanics in Portal 2, there are many that are arguably more interesting than the stairs, but this is precisely why I found them interesting. Playing through the base game these are pretty much exclusively used as a way to gain height, many times the end solution to a puzzle will be finding a way to simply activate a staircase. I was determined to try and find interesting ways of using them.
PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Sorry for the inconvenience, but the page for this project is currently being worked on.
Plan: Dive deeper into what my process for developing this level was, how stairs were used in creative ways, explain some of the shortcomings in the level (and propose some solutions), and more!
Come back later.