Portal 2: A Janitor’s Story
In a team with 4 other designers, over the course of about a month, we created a DLC-sized suite of levels for Portal 2. Each of us designed 3 levels focusing on one or a few specific game ingredients. We had to work both individually and as a team to ensure a proper learning / intensity curve both within our own set of 3 levels and in the series of levels as a whole. Part of the test was to see if we grasped the concept of teach, master, combine, that is, introducing an ingredient in a simple enough way to be understood by the player before using it in more complex ways or in combination with other ingredients.
I designed levels 2, 7 and 12 with the primary focus being the use of the Conversion Gel (portal gel).
My levels (and those of my teammates) are available on the steam workshop.