Blockout Playtest

blockout peer testing

after player peer testing an obvious problem was made clear to me in my level, by the mini gun spawn a player was able to wall run across the side of the factory and reach the other teams base very easily, this was a massive oversight on my part and i will redesign the level to remove this design bug. the players also didnt like the chimney aspect of my level so i shall alter them to not act like giant cannons with the jump pads and have them collapsing instead.

blockout peer feedback:

What is your name ?11 responses

Amy

Michael

Luke Knight

Anna Olsson

James

George Lake

Charlie Morse

Richard

Dan Tyler

Joe

Ethan Boddy

was health easy to find and use11 responses

Value	Count
No	1
No, I couldnt find it	1
The health was easy to find only as a counter balance for loss of health.	1
Yeah I guess it was	1
Yes	3
Yes it was easy to find in the middle	1
Yes it was very straight forward	1
some of the health was but not all of it, considering the size more ammo ad health were needed	1
yes	1

did you manage to use advanced techniques to reach secrets? (wall running, crouch sliding ect)10 responses

Value	Count
I used wall running	1
No	2
There was a broken wall that worked well. I got stuck from getting launched really high lots of paths. Tried to avoid the sewers at all cost.	1
Wall running inside was useful for escaping	1
Yes, in the main area and on the top	1
Yes, running ontop of the thin wall after the jump-pad, not sure if that is intentional or not	1
a few bits but not consistently	1
not really it wasn't necessary there was one good path	1
yes	1

is the level balance the same on both sides?11 responses

Value	Count
For the most part yes	1
Must be but didn't seem it.	1
The map seem to be balanced for both teams	1
Yeah since it is symetrical	1
Yes	2
Yes, since the map is mostly symmetrical	1
balanced	1
i think so, but the balance of the level was off a lot of the areas felt unneeded as they could be circumvented by travelling around the side of the map.	1
no	1
yes	1

were jump pads effective and did they give you good access to new areas?11 responses

Yes but some threw me up to high that I took landing on damage

no they made it to easy to get the flag

They gave easy access to the flag

I went onto one jump pad and there wasn't really anywhere to land so i just fell down again and took a lot of damage.

They were too effective and could be used to get out of bounds

Yeah they were the only way to get to the other level

Jump pads were very effective

The jump pads were well used down one side of the map. some sent you so high it was possible to die using them

yes but they were so high they often killed you

Yeah they got you everywhere really quick a bit much though.

yes but they made it too easy to win the flags

was flag placement and player spawn placement good or bad and why?11 responses

Yes because it was hidden and protected

bad as you kept having problems

Not very good, the flag was very easy to get.

Maybe place them in opposite corners rather than straight across so you actually use the whole map.

Spawn was ok, but flag placement was in such a way that you could VERY quickly get from one flag to another

No I didn't like it it was too hard to defend the base

No, the flags were not i good positions for stated reasons

The flags could do with being placed more in the centre

flag placement needs to be more diagonally opposite for the reasons above. spawn seemed pretty good although a bit open when enemy team is nearby

Alright however there was something wrong.

Spawn point maybe more cover

Were the weapon choices appropriate for their locations and did you find them useful11 responses

Yes

not really as a minigun was near spawn

I think they were okay if you move the flags around

i liked the weapon choices for this map, i thought it worked very well long range maybe not as well close range.

They were relatively appropriate, with a good selection of 2 guns near spawn.

I didn't like the bio riffle at the start its not a good start weapon

The weapons were good

The weapon placement was effective

i found them very spread out, and only able to find a few from spawn, i would like to see a few more spread about

Yeah the shock rife was the easiest to get was like the only gun used.

Yeah they were fine good locations, liked the redeemer location

How easy is it to find the power ups?11 responses

Value	Count
1	1
2	3
3	3
4	4
5	0

How easy are the in game routes to navigate?11 responses

Value	Count
1	4
2	2
3	3
4	1
5	1

How good is the weapon selection?11 responses

Value	Count
1	0
2	3
3	5
4	2
5	1

How big was the level?11 responses

Value	Count
1	0
2	1
3	6
4	3
5	1

Could you accidentally fall off or escape the level? (in an unexpected way)11 responses

Yes	6
No	5

Where there any invisible/unexpected walls ?11 responses

Yes	2
No	9

Did you find the levels easy to navigate?11 responses

Value	Count
1	0
2	0
3	1
4	1
5	4
6	2
7	1
8	1
9	0
10	1

Was the level to the correct scale?11 responses

Yes (5)

If it was intentional to run on the ledges they were a bit thin and you could easily get knocked off.

Yes I think so

Yes the size is good for a CTF map, taking time to get across was well timed.

parts seemed off, wall thickness very thin, areas to slide under were too high, but could crouch - seemed like it would be better to just make them a door

The level had issues with heights.

All the parts I was navigating seemed to be

Did you find any Bugs/Glitches/Glaring Issues with the Level?11 responses

No (2)

no lights in sewer kinda felt irrelevant

no

I was able to use the person teleporter thingy to get out of bounds

not really no

No, there weren't really any major problems

Some interior areas were dark, I got lost in the underground section.

redeemer area was broken, and challenging to get out of

There was a path that lead everyone one way the rest of the map was ignored the sewer didn't work. Everyone lost health wasn't worth it.

jumping from the jump pad you are then able to run along the wall and cut out the side

How would you improve the level?11 responses

More sniper areas

make the map more far

Move the flags around so they are not so easy to get too.

Make sure the flag spawns are corrected so that the players make use of the full map and fix the ledges.

Increase the size of the kill zone and reduce the height of the jump pads in the 4 towers so you don't die when you use them

I would add some lighting to the scene and make it so that theres more than one viable route

By changing the flag positions around

Prevent players from running along the wall by the platform between the flag areas

give more reasons for the players to go through the main areas of the map, block some sections off, make distinctive routes

Make it smaller don't loose health on a route especially if its not good and hard to see.

block off the above 'glitch' or make the flags on the opposite side that they are