This post will briefly go through a summary of the process behind the world design of a project I worked on for a span of several months called Debris Wanderer. Before we dive into that part however, here’s a brief bit about the project. Debris Wanderer is a 3D platformer project where you you play as a creature assembled from discarded mechanical and organic parts. Journey through landscapes filled with debris. Navigate through platforming challenges, engage in fast paced combat with a variety of mechanical enemies, as you embark on a quest of self-discovery.

My work on the project consisted of prototyping and developing all of the base gameplay systems as well as the world design of the project at a prototype level of completion. Meaning the world never went through a full visual or art pass, but rather, my work done on it focused on simple, low poly designs accompanied by more heavily “blocked out” segments using much simpler geometry such as primitive grid geometry. The primary focus of this project was to provide a very base level prototype slice of the overall game’s design prior to any full-scale development taking place, by request of the client and their respected vision. I learned lots and had tons of fun working on it over the course of several months doing so!