Honours Project 1 - Uncharted: Cassie Drake's Rescue Mission (Part 3)

 

Honours - Project 1 (Part 3) 

In this post, I will be showing the process of the Blockout of my level with screenshots.

Sketch / Top-Down

Blockout of the Level / Level Walkthrough

The player will now be making their way to turn off the second camera.

The only way to get inside the Security Room without the Keycard is by using the stepladder which leads to the rooftop.

There the player will spot a guard who can be killed from behind if the player is quiet.

As soon as the player goes down the stairs they will spot the button for the second security camera by the front door. The player needs to be careful because there will be another guard.

Both cameras should be turned off by now!

The player can now make their way to the main entrance of the Hideout to get inside.

Here is a top view for the first area the player will be once they walk inside the Hideout. 

All the doors that don't have a Keycard system to be unlocked next to them cannot be opened.  

The RED doors that have the card system next to them can be unlocked with a red keycard.

The player will now gain access to the interior of the Hideout and the first part they will come across is the cells where the guards keep the new prisoners. The cell with Cassie's name on it is opened with something inside, but no sign of where Cassie could be.

The player will have to explore the Hideout and be careful with the guards around to find where Cassie is being kept wether it is inside the Hideout or somewhere else.

Honours Project 1 - Uncharted: Cassie Drake's Rescue Mission (Part 2)

Honours - Project 1 (Part 2 - Blockout)

In the following weeks, I started doing the blockout of my level in UE5.

I worked on the front of the Hideout and some of the rooms inside it.

BLUEPRINTS:  I have also done some blueprints like making the player go up the stepladder to get to the rooftop, and pressing the camera button to switch them off. 

UE5 Assets: I am using a Blockout Tools Plugin and the Blockout Starter Pack from the marketplace which is helping me a lot since it has door blueprints and other useful assets.

Sketch / Top-Down

In this post, I will be showing the process of the Blockout of my level with screenshots.

Blockout of the Level / Walkthrough

Here you can see where the player will start after arriving at the Hideout.

You can also see where the enemies are placed and what can be used as a cover for the player to take each enemy down without getting spotted.

Here the player can see both of the Security Cameras activated. If the player tries to go in after taking all the guards down without deactivating the camera, the alarm will go off and more enemies will show up and start shooting.

To lead the player where to go to turn each camera off, I've placed a red cable under each camera as shown in the screenshot.

 After taking the guards down the player can finally make their way inside the Crafting Studio to switch the first camera off and collect the green Keycard to open the main door once both cameras are off.

The first button is located behind the window.

The keycard is on top of the table which was left by one of the security guards.

 

The player can now make their way to the next button located inside the Security Room.

Honours Project 1 - Uncharted: Cassie Drake's Rescue Mission (Part 1)

Honours - Project 1 (Part 1)

When this project started I was going with a platform adventure game, but I wasn't too happy with it so I decided to go with something else, something related to a game I was used to, so I created a level in Uncharted. 

I spent the first few weeks deciding about gameplay and making sketches of where I wanted the level to happen and the idea behind it.

About the Level and where it takes place

My level takes place after the end of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End since that is when Cassie Drake is first introduced to everyone.

The level will happen inside a Hideout which is owned by Rafe Adler's Family. Rafe's Family finds out that Nathan Drake is the reason why Rafe is dead, so they decide to take revenge by kidnapping Cassie Drake to get Nathan to the Hideout and exchange for his daughter's life all the gold and all the treasures Nathan has found throughout the years.

Sketch / Top-Down

GAMEPLAY

Making your way inside the Hideout

The Level will start with the player arriving at the Hideout without anyone knowing.

The player will notice the place is filled with guards everywhere and the main entrance to get inside the Hideout has two security cameras. 

The player will have to make their way around without being spotted by the guards to get the cameras off. Both security cameras can be turned off with a button which is located inside the Crafting Studio and the Security Room.

Left Security Camera -  The button for the security camera on the left is located inside the Crafting Studio. The player can gain access to that button by using the open window in the parking lot to get inside the Crafting Studio. On the way, there will be a few guards roaming around so the player can use the covers such as the boxes and the cars to hide and take each enemy quietly.

Right Security Camera - The button for the security camera on right is located inside the Security Room. The player can gain access to that button by using the stepladder to get to the rooftop of the building. there will be a guard there so again the player needs to be careful not to make any noise so the enemies aren't alerted. Once the player takes down the guard on the rooftop, they will then be able to get inside the security room to deactivate the security camera giving him the opportunity to get inside the Hideout.

Green Keycard - Inside the Crafting Studio there is also a Keycard which the player will need to unlock the door. Each keycard for this level is assigned to the corresponding door colour, so the player can only unlock certain doors if they have the right keycard for it.

Cell with Cassie's Belongings

Inside the Hideout, the player will find a room with Cells where the enemies keep prisoners, and one of the Cells has Cassie's name on it. Inside it, Drake will find some of Cassie's stuff but not her.