900m x 700m

focused on:

• varying the size, shape, and placement of player cover

• blocking sightlines between pathways

gameplay intentions:

• make players think about their pathing and how best to navigate obstacles

• force player/enemy interactions through spawner and bug hole placement

problems solved:

• in other critical strike maps, players never utilized the full size of the large boss arena → shrunk the arena to ½ the size to encourage more intense, high-stakes gameplay

• the dynamic weather system was continuously blocking player vision too much, and did not look good visually → worked with the unreal engine uds plug-in to adjust weather and storm values to ensure adequate player visibility