LEVEL 1

Made in 1 & a half day as a proof of concept for a level design test. This prototype is inspired famous Deathruns created in Fortnite Creative Mode.

THEME & CONCEPT

The prototype is built around the theme Escape the Room without touching the Floor / Floor is Lava.

You as a player are stuck in a facility that is always moving & changing. It’s always surrounded by an invisible barrier of death. Avoid this & escape the facility. It’s the matter of your life.

• The map is built to emulate floor is lava condition.
• Player will have to escape the room without dying.
• Location Saving is only on checkpoints at the end of each section or start of new section.

CURRENT ABILITIES

The map is initially built for a Single-Player experience. It consists of following mechanics –

• Walk & Turn Around in Third Person view.Jump.
• Dash.
• Moving Platforms.
• Grab Ledge, Climb & Side Movement.

CONTROLS

The game only supports keyboard & mouse input (v0.3). 

KEYBINDS	DESCRIPTION
W	Move forward
A	Move Left
S	Move Back
D	Move Right
SPACE BAR	Jump
MOUSE	Look Around
Q	Dash
S (while hanging)	Look back
S (while looking back)	Exit Ledge
W (while hanging & looking back)	Look forward while hanging
SPACE BAR (while hanging)	Jump to opposite direction while hanging
SPACE BAR & S (while hanging & looking back)	Grab the ledge while in air at opposite direction
A – D (while hanging)	Move left or right while hanging
A – D & Space (while hanging & near edge)	If jump-able gap, press them together to jump to next ledge

ENGINE & ASSETS

Prototype is built in Unreal Engine 4.24.3 with default& free assets available on the Unreal Engine marketplace. Climb system & animations are courtesy of Medel Design (YouTube).

The prototype will be updated with more features & mechanics in future versions.

KNOWN BUGS & ISSUES

• Climbing a ledge can glitch & orientation of the player can change to random direction.
• Player can switch the ledge side instead of jumping between ledges.
• Checkpoint update indicator can reset & display 0 on re-spawning.
• Checkpoint update indicator can display another one on top of it on re-spawning.
• Jumping back while hanging will not grab the ledge sometimes.
• Dashing & jumping at the same time will teleport the player to the starting checkpoint with hanging animation & input being disabled. 

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Constructive criticism & suggestions are welcome! :)

Thank you for downloading & playing this.

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