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Development Time: in development Tools Used: Unity Role on Project: Level Design, solo development Date of Development: Currently in development Puzzle Temple
Introduction
Puzzle Temple is a currently in development concept project based on block
style puzzle games. As someone that really enjoys puzzle games this was
an attempt to create a game completely on my own with very little
assistance. Throughout the life of this project I've focused on
interesting mechanics and the balance of using those mechanics with an
overarching theme. I've also focused heavily on scalability. Below
you'll find a link to an early prototype build of the project that's
downloadable and playable from my itch page.
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Design Choices
My design process for this project was to create interesting puzzles that
would follow a theme and progressively get harder. This would allow me to create
new mechanics that could build off of one another. In this way the player could start
with levels and themes that were less mechanically driven and understand the basics of
the game and then work into harder puzzles as they progressed through the story. Some of
the intro puzzles are pictured below and include themes such as "In Order", "Relience",
and "All In Time."
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Post-Mortem
The biggest take away I've had with this project is how much work goes
into making a whole game by yourself. Learning a whole new platform takes time
and time management skills on top of the skills needed to create the game. So this
project is an excerise in all of those things.
This project also taught me the importance of playtesting a game. There's times where I create a complicated puzzle and I take it in for playtesting and the players find a shortcut and the level is solved in half the moves that I wanted the player to make.
This project also taught me the importance of playtesting a game. There's times where I create a complicated puzzle and I take it in for playtesting and the players find a shortcut and the level is solved in half the moves that I wanted the player to make.
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