Hydroelectric Dam

Hydroelectric Dam - Single Player Level Design

2009: Rogue Warrior (Xbox 360, PS3 and PC)

The hydroelectric dam is set deep behind enemy lines near Ryazanovka, Primorsky Province southern Russia. The player fights along the upper surface of the dam - using a choice of stealth or all-out attack to infiltrate the heart of the dam where the generator room and the massive turbines that power an adjoining submarine base are located. Destroying the turbines sends the facility into an emergency shutdown. With only limited power available, the submarine base cannot open its sea gates, preventing the submarine from escaping - setting up the events of the subsequent and final mission.

Key duties:

1. Writing level design documentation and creating top-down diagrams
2. Creating scripting plans and contributing to other aspects of technical design
3. Working closely with artists, programmers and design team leads
4. Creating "whitebox" prototypes of the fundamental level geometry
5. Designing and implementing key events and combat encounters
6. Final level implementation and scripting including overall level logic
7. Critiquing and writing feedback documents for mechanics and other levels
8. Conducting play-tests, reviewing and cataloguing test data
9. Balancing / re-working scenarios and encounters according to play-tests
10. Bug fixing and working closely with QA

Official Web site: www.roguewarrior.com

See below for screenshots of the level at various stages of completion: