Map/Environment Creation

By Perry Jay Alpasan & Neffie Di Paranga BSIT 3-A

What’s one of the best thing that makes a game so cool? It’s the map and the environment which players can interact. From a small house to a large building, from a town to a large city, from a simple plain in a field to wild and dangerous mountains. For us the map is one thing that sets the mood for a game. Many game developers used game development platforms that matches their taste to create an in-game environment.

A simple 2d level from the game “Brave Bran”. The developers used Godot Game Engine.

A dense jungle sample level created in Unreal Engine 4.

For us, while studying the subject Game Development, we really enjoyed creating and designing our own environment using our imagination. From that point, we were given the chance to experience the joy of a game designer of how he felt when we made our own personal in-game environment.

A student’s speed map creation using Unreal Engine 3.

Now here are some games that we thought has the best in-game environments:

1. Assassin’s Creed

What’s a better way to relive and to remake the history and the world of your ancestors? Play Assassin’s Creed. Yes, here in the Assassin’s Creed franchise experience how the world feels like in the Renaissance, to the scourge of the pirates in the Caribbean, to the majestic places in Egypt. So, take up arms and jump straight to your animus.

Assassin’s Creed II: Brotherhood

Assassin’s Creed: Origins

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

2. ARK: Survival Evolved

Thrilling for a survival game where crafting, looking for food, and hunting and taming dinosaurs is the thing you do all day. Then ARK: Survival Evolved is the game for you. Enjoy from the breeze of a fresh plain to the ice and freezing regions. Just think of it as minecraft but, replace the blocks with superb environments and put some dinosaurs and monsters for hunting and taming. Get ready for survival cause it just got even bigger!

3. Dying Light: The Following

Now who doesn’t love a great zombie game? Well Dying Light: The Following is not just one of your typical zombie games, experience post apocalyptic environments while being chased by your good old brain eaters, but hey here, your running places is not just limited, jump, run, and hide in this open-world zombie game, just heed this advice, DON’T GO OUT AT NIGHT!

So there you have it, hope you enjoyed our list of some games we thought has amazing environments that can blow your mind away.