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Project Grim

Platformer Level Design | February 2023

Project Grim is a platformer where you play as the Grim Reaper. Traverse the graveyard to collect lingering souls, but avoid touching the living!​​​

  • Designed to immerse the player in the graveyard atmosphere while creating a fun and challenging platforming experience

  • Designed and implemented three distinct zones for the player to explore

  • Implemented level collisions and player jump physics

Gameplay Video

Level In-Engine

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Section 1: Gravedigger Camp
This area was focused on teaching basic mechanics such as moving, jumping, and dashing. The level additionally taught the player to avoid humans and to reap ghosts.

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Section 2: Haunted Farms
This section was themed after a farm to introduce the mechanics of mud, which limits player movement, and sinkholes, which collapse when walked on. A mini-boss is introduced at the end of the level.

 

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Section 3: The Crypts
This level has the player fall into underground crypts and introduces the final mechanic of the mourner, who can pray to damage the player, and blessed graves, which damage the player because they were blessed by the mourner. At the end, the player climbs out of the crypts to complete the game.

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