{"id":1714,"date":"2012-10-01T12:19:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T20:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matheuspitillo.com\/blog\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2012-10-08T13:58:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T21:58:46","slug":"the-level-design-of-nml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matheuspitillo.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/the-level-design-of-nml\/","title":{"rendered":"The Level Design of NML"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey ya! Milestone 02 was completed and now we are working hard for Alpha Phase. (YAY!)\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m here today to present the Level Design behind National Mech League<\/em>. Finally, the part that I am doing. \ud83d\ude1b Mostly everything that you are going to see here was created during the Pre-Production Phase, but after the last few weeks we had a lot of changes in the Design of the game, so the Arena and the Sections needed to be transformed too. So here I am with the result of these transformations. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

The Environment<\/strong>
\nTo better explain our Level Design, first I will talk a little bit about the whole universe around it. National Mech League takes place in a futuristic universe in which the most exciting sport is Mech Matches.\u00a0The game features a game universe focused on how the marketing and brands expanded in the world in a way that controls even more of people\u2019s lives. Everything in NML is related to products, sponsorship, sports and machines, and at the same time parodying famous brands and sports. The World of the League Arena is full of lights, flashes, explosions, colours, giant structures, platforms and bots. Everything is futuristic, everything is connected, and there is marketing everywhere.<\/p>\n

The game takes place during a Match of the National Mech League. The whole game will pass during night time, to highlight all the illumination, flashes and explosions in the game.<\/p>\n

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The Level Design<\/strong>
\nThe Single Player campaign is the only Game Mode available in National Mech League<\/em>. The player takes on the role of a new pilot that wants to compete in the new season of the National Mech League. As the player progresses through the Single Player campaign, they will move to different areas of the League Arena and Training Centre.<\/p>\n

As the player progresses through the single player campaign, they must first pass through a series of tests in the Training Centre, to learn the basic mechanics of the game. After that, the player will navigate their way through the environments of the League Arena – divided into sections – to reach the top central platform and fight against the League Boss. The story begins with a new pilot entering himself into the new season of NML and completing the fundamental training to gain his Mech License, allowing him to participate in the biggest League.<\/p>\n

The villains in the game are the sponsor bots that are there to destroy the character, stopping him from reaching the top of the arena. Besides these\u00a0obstacles,\u00a0the biggest challenge the player faces is the final Boss Fight against Fatvertiser. To reach the victory, the player needs to destroy it and survive.<\/p>\n

The short story is communicated to the player via small dialogues between the commentators, always highlighting important situations that the player is facing at the specific moment. The end of the game will close out with the Main Character winning the League and being crowned the new victor.<\/p>\n

The player’s progression through the Single Player Campaign is done in 2 levels and 4 sections.<\/p>\n

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Campaign Overview Scheme<\/em><\/p>\n

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Campaign Beat Chart<\/em><\/p>\n