Alright, here she blows. Some big additions, some small...added a mine of some sort (was thinking maybe a fossil excavation?), some buildings, a fancy tunnel, the beginnings of another Isla Nublar reference because Nublar ist güt...just see for yourself:
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http://www.mediafire.com/file/2v33venlm ... t.zip/file
Sweet. As a note, the area of terrain opened up for new development looks nice but may be increasing the size of the level too much. Of course if anyone wants to step up to the plate and take care of the extra work it implies, that's awesome...
I'm thinking we cut that area in half and we should be good to go. I still want to add a beach to that area of the level, so that will take up a fair bit of space if we go through with it. Also, what about having a system of electrified fences and dinosaur paddocks in the center of the level, between where I just added the "T-rex paddock road" at the end of the tunnel and the big, empty gap we have between the mountains at the mansion road?
Also, we should start brainstorming the general series of events required to complete the level. We've got all these neat locations but no real gameplay or challenge yet! Obviously the main objective should probably be getting to the top of that mountain and boarding a helicopter, but what do we need to do to get there? An idea of the level outline:
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- 1. Find a passcode to get into the Geo Plant or sneak in back way. Multiple clipboards could exist in different places.
2. Inside Geo Plant, turn on power to the facilities.
3. Open canal floodgate to lower water level in canal. Get key to Mansion from canal.
4. Use radio in Mansion to call helicopter.
5. Reach mountaintop helipad.
6. Escape.
Or, if we include the beach and perhaps a boat:
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- 1. Make it to beach boat house to find boat on stuck lift and empty gas can.
2. Take gas can to source of gas (maybe a boat on the island in the lake, or a truck connected to a pump?) to refill it.
3. Find a passcode to get into the Geo Plant or sneak in back way. Multiple clipboards could exist in different places.
4. Inside Geo Plant, turn on power to the facilities.
5. Return to boat house with gas. Refuel boat and use lift (which requires power) to get it into water.
6. Escape.
Potential places for Geo Plant password:
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- -Elevated tent at mine.
-Plateau camp.
-Somewhere in the paddock system I suggested above.
It's probably best not to make anything too complicated, and ensure that the player knows what they need to do at all times so they don't get lost or bored. Throw in an encounter with a big boss dinosaur and we're set! Was thinking maybe implementing Jeka_Jacka's plan to have the T-rex in the Geo Plant since both of the paths I plotted would require you to go there.