Mechanica Maris is a metroidvania style game with heavy 2.5D elements in its environments. The player takes the role of a caretaker robot that unlocks new abilities as they progress through their creator's submarine.

• Unreal 5

• PC

• 6 person development team

• 4 month development period

• ~25 minutes in length

• Roles: I worked as a level designer, and a blueprint editor.

Working on level design for the first time on this project, I found that I had a few important struggles with designing this project. Throughout this project's development I found that there is a very distinct necessity for directing the player in a way that is not only visible, but also won't draw the player out of their experience. During the project we dedicated time to finding a way to do this, and found that with the use of different colored lights and environmental visual cues we could convey a sense of direction to the player.

The game can be found at https://sammudy.itch.io/mechanica-maris.