visualizing gameplay: visual techniques for guiding players through 3d environments

VISUALIZING GAMEPLAY

Scene design techniques for guiding players through a 3D environment

Brian Pelletier - Creative Director, Games Learning Society

Game Art is

Game Play Visualized

Art Reinforces the Game Design

Action areasWhere enemies are coming from

Art Reinforces the Game Design

MoodWhat the player is feeling

Art Reinforces the Game Design

Puzzle areasSteps needed to overcome an obstacle

Art Reinforces the Game Design

TraversalWhere player needs to go

Techniques to visualizeTRAVERSAL

Composition

Form

Lighting

Color

Arches

2009

Examples from:

Composition and Color

High Contrast area

Compositional Lines and Archways

Foreign Shapes draw attention

Exit door is not the focal point

This is.

Use of Lines…

…and arches to guide you

2010

Examples from:

Lines and arches

1 exterior light fixture used guide player

3 pathways all draw your attention

Composition and Color

Side paths lead to center

Center lines and high contrast shapes lead eye to doorway

Techniques to visualizeTRAVERSAL

Composition

Form

Lighting

Color

Arches

VISUALIZING GAMEPLAY

Scene design techniques for guiding players through a 3D environment

Brian Pelletier - Creative Director, Games Learning Society

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