战争机器多人地图设计思路multiplayermaptheory

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1、MultiplayerMapTheory(GearsofWar)DocumentSummary:TheLeadLevelDesignerforGearsofWar360wantedtosharesomeofourphilosophiesofmakingagreatGearsMPmapnowthattheeditorispublic.Hopefullyyoucanputthemtogooduse.DocumentChangelog:Createdby LeePerry.·MultiplayerMapTheory(

2、GearsofWar)oINTRODUCTIONoTHE“FRONT”oTHE“VISIBLEFLANK”o“FUZZYCOVER”oLEVELFLOWAND“LURES”oCOVERCONSTRUCTIONANDPLACEMENToSCALEoAPPROACHoGIMMICKSANDHOOKSoVISUALCLUTTERoCONCLUSIONSoFINALTHOUGHTSINTRODUCTIONWe’reexcitedaboutthecommunityinterestinmakingmultiplayerma

3、psforGearsofWaroncetheeditorbecomesavailable.Wethoughtwe’dsharewhatwe’vefoundworksanddoesn’tworkwhendesigningmultiplayermapsforGearsofWar.Thisisn’tatechnical“howtouseUnrealEd”doc,butratherahighleveldesigndocspecificallyforGearsmultiplayermaps.Weweren’tsureif

4、wewereevengoingtoincludeMPinGearssimplybecauseitisveryeasytomakeabadGearsmap,andittookusalongtimetofigureoutthe“rules”thatmakeMPmapsworthplaying.Wedon’twantthecommunitytohaveto“reinventthewheel”,andhopefullythisdocwillsavebothdesignersandplayersfromabunchoff

5、rustration.Every“rule”belowcanbe(andhasbeen)broken,andindeeddoingsowilloftencreatesomethinginterestingorunique.Justbeawareofthebasicsanddecideconsciouslythatyouaregoingoutsidethelinesratherthenstumbleblindlyahead.Iwouldcautionadesigneragainstdisregardingmore

6、thanoneortwooftheseinagivenmapuntiltheyunderstandtherepercussionsofthevariousfacetsdiscussedbelow.The‘funfactor’ofaGearsmapcanbeahouseofcards,sobecarefulwhenyoubumpit!Sowithoutfurtherado,heretheyareinnoparticularorder:THE“FRONT”Themostimportantgameplayfactor

7、sinGearsarethenarrowfieldofviewandrestrictedrotationrates.It’slikebeinginsidetheBatmansuitfromtheoriginalTimBurtonmovie.Whiletechnicallylimitingtheplayer,thisisalsoamajorreasonwhyGearsfeelsintimate,asitallowstheenemyonscreentobesubstantiallylargerandmorevisi

8、ble,anditgeneratestensionandvulnerability.Withthisinmind,itbecomesveryimportantthatbothteamshavea“front”orcommondirectionanenemyislikelytocomefrom.Playersneedtobeabletolineuponsomecoverwithyours