#Gamedevtips
One trick you can use in adding replayability to a game is to break up some parts of your level into discreet prefabs/blueprints that can be shuffled.
One trick you can use in adding replayability to a game is to break up some parts of your level into discreet prefabs/blueprints that can be shuffled.
This can be as simple as switching a few corridors or rooms around, or just changing enemy or item placement but the effect is the same... players cannot rely on their memory of the layout, and can jolt them into being in the present, rather than playing by wrote.
Having parts of levels in prefab slabs help you test them separately.
You don't need many of these to create enough variety to cause this effect and it doesn't shake up the narrative.
You just... can't memorise a map.
You don't need many of these to create enough variety to cause this effect and it doesn't shake up the narrative.
You just... can't memorise a map.
You don't need to randomly generate or populate the entire level. Just mix things up a bit.
It is amazing what just mirroring the layout can have on you.
Breaking up sections into playable functions. Okay I need item A to open door A in module A. Item A is in section B.
Sometimes it is a roller door that needs a crowbar, and it is in the garage.
Other times it is the passcard on the dumpster corpse outside garage
Sometimes it is a roller door that needs a crowbar, and it is in the garage.
Other times it is the passcard on the dumpster corpse outside garage
Throw in simple things like randomising the material you have on doors and each replay can feel like your character is experiencing the game for the first time.
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