Creating an Unreal Tournament map:

As part of a school assignment, I spent 8 weeks designing and creating an 8-player level for Unreal Tournament. Although I had played a lot of first-person shooters before, UT was not one of them. This meant I started with an extensive research stage to learn the ins and outs of the game, both as a player and as a developer.

After researching the game's mechanics, metrics, level design and pickup placement of existing maps, I ended up gaining quite a deep understanding and even became a fairly proficient player in the online mode. 

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Using this newly gained knowledge I defined a theme, metrics and flow design for my own level and got to the actual in-engine creation, play testing, and iteration phase, which is what I spent the rest of my time on this project doing. 

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Tasks included:

• Researching the existing UT game and official maps

• Setting up metrics for the level geometry, pickups, and player spawns

• Creating design documentation

• Designing and creating the whitebox level in the Unreal Tournament editor

• Texturing, set dressing, and lighting the level

• Hosting play tests and iterating on the map