Push & Pull - The art of guiding players through an environment

[Corwin]

Hey all,

Because my busy life doesn't allow much time for side projects and thus doesn't satisfy the urge of doing something constructive, I wrote a multi-parts article about guiding players through environments (a subject that fascinates me greatly.) 

Push & Pull - The art of guiding players through an environment

1. Introduction

2. Facilitate mental mapping

3. Influence via composition

4. Lure with affordance

5. Drive with goals & narrative

6. Communicate through a language

7. Direct with restrictions & cameras

8. Show with UI elements & cut-scenes

9. Conclusion

I intend to tweak and improve the article if needed so I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts, criticism and feedback!

Hope you like it!

Edited October 11, 2017 by Corwin

[Vilham]

Highly recommend people give this a read.

 

@Sprony also this should definitely be turned into a site article if clem wants to

Edited March 17, 2016 by Vilham

[Sprony]

39 minutes ago, Vilham said:

Highly recommend people give this a read.

@Sprony also this should definitely be turned into a site article if clem wants to

We tried, but it didn't work out due to technical difficulties

[blackdog]

This comes just at the right time, since I'm fiddling with Hammer again.

[-HP-]

This is fantastic! It's a topic we discuss on a daily basis in our team as well, and it's arguably one of the most important aspects of good level layout.

[FMPONE]

Welcome to the Spotlight! Great read.

[Corwin]

Thanks guys!

[Sigma]

Very nice

[Sentura]

Great stuff dude!

Edited March 18, 2016 by Sentura

[D3ads]

Fantastic work, I really loved your past work on the F.E.A.R. 2 video, it's helped me with design ideas a lot

[poLemin]

Just had a glance at it, but this is great! Thanks for sharing!

Is there a printable/PDF version of the whole thing? I'd like to read the whole thing while traveling :>

[Corwin]

I'm afraid there isn't a compilation of all the parts into one document, you'd have to print each part individually and the pictures may be a pain (maybe disable them). 

[Sjonsson]

I haven't finished all of it yet but damn you did such a good job. Very cohesive and inclusive!

I will use it as course material in an upcoming level design course this autumn.

Thanks for sharing, gold bombs like this is why the Core is the place to be.

[laminutederire]

One thing that bugged me was the fact that there isn't always comment on pictures showed in the article. That may be that way because I'm used to scientific research articles. But if a picture isn't explicitly linked to the argumentation it can be confusing.

Otherwise really good article, thanks a lot for your article

[Minos]

Started reading yesterday and I'm loving it so far. This is something that I always struggled to get right and this info will surely come in handy

Thanks a lot man, really appreciate you taking the time to write this!