Transitioning From Linear to Open World Design with Sunset Overdrive. Liz England Designer at Insomniac Games
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1 Transitioning From Linear to Open World Design with Sunset Overdrive Liz England Designer at Insomniac Games
2 20 th year anniversary
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4 LINEAR GAMEPLAY
5 Overview
6 Overview What do we mean by linear and open world?
7 Overview What do we mean by linear and open world? How did the roles and responsibilities of designers change?
8 Overview What do we mean by linear and open world? How did the roles and responsibilities of designers change? How did our workflow change in implementing systems, spaces, and content?
9 Overview What do we mean by linear and open world? How did the roles and responsibilities of designers change? How did our workflow change in implementing systems, spaces, and content? What were the side effects of these changes?
10 Linear Open World
11 PART 1: Linear vs. Open World
12 Linear Open World
13 Linear Open World
14 Linear Open World [open world node graph]
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17 What is a page in a video game?
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19 Based on where the player is, what do we know about the game state?
20 KNOWN UNKNOWN
21 KNOWN Time into game Story Progress Tutorials Combat Level Content Enemies Weapons Pacing UNKNOWN
22 KNOWN Time into game Story Progress Tutorials Level Content Enemies Weapons UNKNOWN Coop Difficulty Weapon Level Replay? Combat Pacing
23 Sunset Overdrive
24 KNOWN UNKNOWN
25 KNOWN Completed tutorial UNKNOWN
26 KNOWN Completed tutorial UNKNOWN Time Played? Story Moments? Mission? Weapons? Abilities? Areas Explored? Allies? Multiplayer? Pacing? Combat? Difficulty?
27 PART 2: Role of the Designer
28 Resistance 3 / Linear
29 Resistance 3 / Linear Designers are generalists
30 Resistance 3 / Linear Designers are generalists Owned discrete spaces
31 Resistance 3 / Linear Designers are generalists Owned discrete spaces Implemented all gameplay in that space
32 Resistance 3 / Linear Designers are generalists Owned discrete spaces Implemented all gameplay in that space
33 Resistance 3 / Linear Designers are generalists Owned discrete spaces Implemented all gameplay in that space
34 Resistance 3 / Linear Designers are generalists Owned discrete spaces Implemented all gameplay in that space
35 design generalists became design specialists
36 Sunset Overdrive / Open World Designers are specialists
37 Sunset Overdrive / Open World Designers are specialists Owned systems not spaces
38 Sunset Overdrive / Open World Designers are specialists Owned systems not spaces Implemented one system in all spaces
39 Vertical Horizontal
40 Vertical Horizontal
41 Vertical Horizontal
42 What is a system?
43 What is the player doing in a space?
44 Moving through it traversal system
45 Moving through it Fighting enemies traversal system combat system
46 Moving through it Fighting enemies Completing objectives traversal system combat system mission & quest system
47 Moving through it Fighting enemies Completing objectives Searching for loot traversal system combat system mission & quest system open world system
48 Moving through it Fighting enemies Completing objectives Searching for loot Competing traversal system combat system mission & quest system open world system multiplayer system
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50 Why specialists?
51 Why specialists? rise of systems
52 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics & rules
53 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics & rules
54 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics & rules coordination with departments
55 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics coordination with departments
56 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics & rules coordination with departments new tech specific to open world
57 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics & rules coordination with departments new tech specific to open world modularized art system
58 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics & rules coordination with departments new tech specific to open world hex-based streaming
59 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics & rules coordination with departments new tech specific to open world tool to generate roads
60 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics & rules coordination with departments new tech specific to open world tradition of hand-scripted gameplay
61 Why specialists? rise of systems importance of metrics & rules coordination with departments new tech specific to open world tradition of hand-scripted gameplay } full time job!
62 PART 3: Workflow
63 Recap!
64 Systems Workflow Resistance 3 Sunset Overdrive
65 DESIGNER Resistance 3 Systems Workflow Sunset Overdrive
66 DESIGNER Resistance 3 define system Systems Workflow Sunset Overdrive
67 DESIGNER Resistance 3 Systems Workflow Sunset Overdrive define system PROGRAMMER create system
68 DESIGNER Resistance 3 Systems Workflow Sunset Overdrive define system PROGRAMMER create system DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement
69 DESIGNER Resistance 3 Systems Workflow Sunset Overdrive define system PROGRAMMER create system implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement
70 DESIGNER Resistance 3 Systems Workflow Sunset Overdrive define system PROGRAMMER create system implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement
71 DESIGNER Resistance 3 Systems Workflow DESIGNER Sunset Overdrive define system PROGRAMMER create system implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement
72 DESIGNER Resistance 3 Systems Workflow DESIGNER Sunset Overdrive define system PROGRAMMER define system create system implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement
73 DESIGNER Resistance 3 Systems Workflow DESIGNER Sunset Overdrive define system PROGRAMMER define system PROGRAMMER create system create system implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement
74 DESIGNER Resistance 3 Systems Workflow DESIGNER Sunset Overdrive define system PROGRAMMER define system PROGRAMMER create system create system implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement DESIGNER implement implement
75 Spaces & Content Workflow
76 Spaces & Content Workflow Resistance 3
77 Spaces & Content Workflow Resistance 3 DESIGNER
78 Resistance 3 DESIGNER whitebox spaces Spaces & Content Workflow
79 Resistance 3 DESIGNER whitebox spaces prototype gameplay Spaces & Content Workflow
80 DESIGNER Resistance 3 whitebox spaces prototype gameplay define visuals Spaces & Content Workflow ARTIST
81 DESIGNER Resistance 3 whitebox spaces prototype gameplay define visuals add layers Spaces & Content Workflow ARTIST AUDIO FX
82 DESIGNER Resistance 3 whitebox spaces prototype gameplay define visuals add layers iterate Spaces & Content Workflow ARTIST AUDIO FX
83 DESIGNER Resistance 3 whitebox spaces prototype gameplay define visuals add layers iterate bug-fix and polish Spaces & Content Workflow ARTIST AUDIO FX
84 Spaces & Content Workflow Sunset Overdrive
85 Spaces & Content Workflow Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER
86 Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER whitebox spaces Spaces & Content Workflow
87 Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER whitebox spaces traversal layer Spaces & Content Workflow
88 Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER whitebox spaces traversal layer split area into blocks Spaces & Content Workflow
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90 Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER whitebox spaces traversal layer split area into blocks hand off spaces to Spaces & Content Workflow
91 Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER whitebox spaces traversal layer split area into blocks hand off spaces to Spaces & Content Workflow COMBAT DESIGNER MISSION DESIGNER MULTIPLAYER DESIGNER
92 Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER whitebox spaces traversal layer split area into blocks hand off spaces to Spaces & Content Workflow EACH SPECIALIST COMBAT DESIGNER MISSION DESIGNER MULTIPLAYER DESIGNER
93 Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER whitebox spaces traversal layer split area into blocks hand off spaces to Spaces & Content Workflow EACH SPECIALIST optimizes the space COMBAT DESIGNER MISSION DESIGNER MULTIPLAYER DESIGNER
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95 Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER whitebox spaces traversal layer split area into blocks hand off spaces to Spaces & Content Workflow EACH SPECIALIST optimizes the space finalizes the geometry COMBAT DESIGNER MISSION DESIGNER MULTIPLAYER DESIGNER
96 Sunset Overdrive WORLD BUILDER whitebox spaces traversal layer split area into blocks hand off spaces to Spaces & Content Workflow EACH SPECIALIST optimizes the space finalizes the geometry the space is ready for gameplay COMBAT DESIGNER MISSION DESIGNER MULTIPLAYER DESIGNER
97 Gameplay content are instanced layers called overlays
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104 Sunset Overdrive Spaces & Content Workflow Basic open world structure Traversal markup Create identity for space Gameplay Layers Geometry Iteration Bug-fix & Polish Missions Quests Challenges Multiplayer Open World Combat
105 Do designers hand off work? Linear Open World Systems Spaces
106 Do designers hand off work? Systems Linear YES Open World NO Spaces NO YES
107 Recap
108 Recap What do we mean by linear and open world?
109 Recap What do we mean by linear and open world? How did the roles and responsibilities of designers change?
110 Recap What do we mean by linear and open world? How did the roles and responsibilities of designers change? How did our workflow change in implementing systems, spaces, and content?
111 Recap What do we mean by linear and open world? How did the roles and responsibilities of designers change? How did our workflow change in implementing systems, spaces, and content? What were the side effects of these changes?
112 PART 4: Side Effects
113 The Bad The Good
114 The Bad feedback lag from leads The Good
115 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad The Good
116 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking The Good
117 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking invisible conflicts between layers The Good
118 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking invisible conflicts between layers orphaned systems The Good
119 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking invisible conflicts between layers orphaned systems hot-potato bugs The Good
120 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking invisible conflicts between layers orphaned systems hot-potato bugs The Good
121 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking invisible conflicts between layers orphaned systems hot-potato bugs The Good rapid content creation
122 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking invisible conflicts between layers orphaned systems hot-potato bugs The Good rapid content creation faster ramp up for new team members
123 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking invisible conflicts between layers orphaned systems hot-potato bugs The Good rapid content creation faster ramp up for new team members Communication between designers
124 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking invisible conflicts between layers orphaned systems hot-potato bugs The Good rapid content creation faster ramp up for new team members Communication between designers Communication with art
125 feedback lag from leads bottlenecks The Bad prototype levels delayed transition into open world thinking invisible conflicts between layers orphaned systems hot-potato bugs The Good rapid content creation faster ramp up for new team members Communication between designers Communication with art Communication with gameplay programmers
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127 Are these changes permanent?
128 Are these changes permanent? No.
129
130 Q & A
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