Level 3 Design
Throughout the entirety of the game, it was decided within the studio that each level within the game would represent a specific OS version of Windows. For level 3 it was decided that Windows Vista would be represented. To represent Windows Vista within the level, elements such as colour schemes and lines were specifically relied upon.
A stock background image of Windows Vista was found and a colour scheme was generated for the level with the use of the stock image. The colour scheme of chosen for the level were:
An initial sketch was created to ideate what the level would possibly look like. The initial idea I had developed was the arctic sky aurora with neon lights on the vista colour scheme behind a dark background. Below is the initial sketched idea:
Upon receiving feedback during studio, I decided to change that rather than having a colourful background I would use a dark background and add lines/rips similar to Windows Vista and make those lines filled with the colour scheme of Vista.
After the first version of the background was created, I felt as if the background did not resemble Windows Vista enough in terms of colour scheme and the amount of lines and the shape. Therefore I decided to make the lines neon by merging three seperate lines with different stroke amounts and gaussian blur effect amounts.
Neon light before merge:
Neon lights after merge:
After the neon lights in different lengths were created, I attempted to arrange these lines and layer them on a dark canvas. The lines were specifically arranged similar to the location of the colours within the default Windows Vista background. This can be seen in the final background version below:
The level 3 map was designed through sketches to ensure each level progressively becomes more difficult and challenging for the user. The map designs for level 3 can be seen below.
