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Anne-Marie Grönroos (Lead Level Designer, Remedy Entertainment)
Location: Room 2001, West Hall
Date: Tuesday, March 19
Time: 10:50 am - 11:50 am
Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass - Get your pass now!
Topic: Design
Format: Session
Vault Recording: Video
Audience Level: Intermediate
Alan Wake 2 is a survival horror game with a weird, complex story featuring two worlds and protagonists. This session covers how the mission structures evolved during development and what can go wrong when you combine puzzles, narrative, combat, and dream logic. Using the Proof of Concept missions as a case study, the talk shows how we structured the missions into various kinds of loops, the many failed attempts at designing dream logic, and how bringing the two protagonists closer helped us escape the nightmare New York.
The attendees will learn how the earliest Alan Wake 2 missions evolved from concept to playable levels, see the impact narrative and mission structures had on each other, and gain insight into the struggle of making dream logic playable.
The session is aimed at mission and level designers. It's accessible to anyone with a basic understanding of level design, but should be especially interesting to those dealing with semi-linear game spaces, puzzles, and gameplay intertwined with narrative.
