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“Remembering Hue” is a Third Person Exploration game created my me and a group of 6 other teammates. PaintGirl is thrown forth into grief after the loss of her painter mentor, Hugh, at the beginning of the game. PaintGirl must traverse through her own mindscape of grief in order to bring color back to her world. All the while, she must avoid “grievals”, ink monsters manifested by her negative emotions.<\/p>\n

This project allowed me to thrive in my focus areas of level design and sound design, while also being able to do other work such as 3D modelling and game design. My team and I are actively continuing development. We have an Itch.io page that we will be posting development updates on, which can be found here!<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Process…<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”156.4px” custom_padding=”1px||2px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”141.4px” custom_margin=”|auto|-33px|auto||” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”a02f871b-c316-4d7d-a16b-1660fe17b8f5″ text_font_size=”74px” min_height=”96.4px” custom_margin=”||-11px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||” text_font_size_tablet=”74px” text_font_size_phone=”46px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Level Design<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”20px” custom_padding=”2px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#000000″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”537.7px” custom_margin=”|auto|-25px|auto||” custom_padding=”||5px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”a02f871b-c316-4d7d-a16b-1660fe17b8f5″ text_font_size=”25px” text_line_height=”1.6em” custom_margin=”||-2px|||” text_font_size_tablet=”25px” text_font_size_phone=”18px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]

When beginning the level design process, my teammate and I had to make sure the design we made fell in line with mechanics and themes we had discussed as a group. We knew we had to accommodate for each mechanic, including the red jump pad, orange crate, yellow catapult, green bridge, blue puddle, and purple door. We also knew our aesthetic was an abandoned city because we wanted to reflect PaintGirl’s grief in her environment, especially since this is all happening in her mind.<\/p>\n

We started off by making a top down map with pencil and paper. We focused on incorporating design philosophies into our process to standardize each level and make them more consistent with each other. We agreed that each level needed at least 2 to 3 zones, and that each zone would involve necessary exploration to progress to the next zone. We also agreed to have puzzles in each zone to make the player think about how they can use their palette to use interactable objects in different ways.<\/p>\n

Our biggest challenges were dealing with framerate issues and pivot point issues on certain assets. The framerate issues were mainly from the shear volume of assets being loaded at any given time. We fixed this by changing our shadow settings to very low and changing other lighting parameters. The pivot point issue was with our modular building models. We learned how important it is for modular models to have pivot points that are perfectly snapped and centered on grid before exporting to a game engine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through playtesting we feel that we were very successful in creating an environment that provides varied areas and gameplay opportunities.<\/p>\n

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Modular building pieces used in Level 1.<\/i><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/matthew.merinocreations.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Level-1-Map-Scan-Zone-1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Level-1-Map-Scan-Zone-1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”204px” height=”494px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”a02f871b-c316-4d7d-a16b-1660fe17b8f5″ min_height=”87px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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