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Witch Hunt
Undead Eraser level
This is the first and only level of Undead Eraser (not counting the arenas).
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There are 4 different weak enemies and a boss-fight.
Technical details
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Engine: Unreal Engine 5.1
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Tools Used: Unreal 5.1, Photopea
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Level Length: 10-15 Minutes.
Description
This an introduction level designed to show all the mechanics of the game
Level flow chart
Layout
1.
The level starts with a small path that shows the player how to move. A tutorial panel show the controls.
The walls force the player to move forward until the stairs are founded, path enlighten with an oil lamp.
Once the stairs are crossed, there's a first melee enemy. Another panel show the basic attack and roll controls.
First enemy encounter
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After the first combat, the path will be enlighten with another oil lamp.
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The houses act as a hallway directing the player to the next combat.
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Two more lights reinforce this.
3.
Here there's another encounter, this time showing the player how to deal with two melee enemies at once.
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A panel show how to do a heavy attack and how to lock the camera in one enemy.
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Once the player defeats the enemies, the door opens.
4.
A new kind of enemy is introduced: a ranged enemy. The height difference puts the player in a vulnerable situation.
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A tutorial shows how to throw a fireball to it.
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After defeating the enemy the first bonfire is introduced, it is placed in a position that makes it unavoidable for the player.
5.
Now, the player already knows all the mechanics, so here it is the first challenge with a more complex combat: a range enemy throw bombs to the player, while 2 melee ones awaits for an ambush.
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The path narrows halfway to force the player to confront the enemies.
Ambush
6.
This time, two ranged enemies. guard a door that won't open until they are defeated. There's again height difference to put the player in a vulnerable situation.
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The oil lamps reinforce the player's path.
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There's an open view to see the next encounter.
7.
Here there is a small rest zone.
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The player is provided with a bonfire before the next encounter.
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The column and the rounded wall makes the player know that the path continues to the right.
Ambush
Mini-boss
8.
This is the hardest battle before the boss fight. First, the player see 3 melee enemies, one of them is a mini-boss. Behind them, there is a ranged one.
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Add to that, once the player steps on the area, a melee one will ambush.
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After defeating all of them, the door opens.
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This is a last safe zone. The calm before the storm.
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There's a bonfire to have a checkpoint before the boss-fight behind the fog.
Boss
10.
Now is the turn for the boss fight.
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It is a simple square fight zone.
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There are four platforms. In the floating fase of the boss, she will approach some of them. That's when the player can take the opportunity to attack her from a platform.
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Once the boss is defeated, the level will finish, returning the player to the main menu.
Enviromental art
Although I'm not an artist, I didn't want to leave the map in blocking, so I downloaded a free asset package form the Unreal Marketplace and I did my best placing them.
