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2006 | Ubisoft Paris | Level Designer
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RedSteel was a pretty exciting project. The first FPS of the Wii and its new “revolutionary” controller. We all thought that this controller was very near the keyboard/mouse combo and that we could make console FPS looks like PC FPS.
That was pretty false and the wiimote is finally a third kind of controller with the pad and the keyboard/mouse. That was perhaps the biggest mistake done by the design team on Red Steel.
With that, this project combined lots of difficulties : A new hardware, a new controller, a new dev team and a very short timing. Finally what has been done isn't really a good game, but in my opinion it's a pretty cool result compare to the circumstances.

My work

  • Design of one level : Defined the entire walkthrough, tuned the gameplay’s elements and narrative events.
  • Production of two levels: Built level’s architecture, npc’s paths, scripting events (npc reinforcements, events, etc), difficulty and rythm tuning.
  • Debug: on my levels and some other levels too.

For more details on my work, I wrote a making of (in french) about the conception of the level I’ve done and these two videos below.

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Mission 7 - Part 1

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Mission 7 - Part 2


Additional informations

  • Making of a level: I've wrote a making of with lots of screenshots and artworks about my main work on Red Steel.
  • Team at work pictures: Pictures has been took at the Ubisoft Paris studio. You can see the team working on Red Steel.


Videos

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Red Steel Fake Footage

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E3 2006 Nintendo Conference Demo

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E3 2006 Eric Cousian (Level Designer) interview

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Red Steel IGN Coverage

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Red Steel Trailer 2

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Red Steel Multiplayer Trailer

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Gametrailers Red Steel Review


Screenshots