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Game and Level Design Audit

Game design

The Game Design Studio can provide assistance to a publisher or a developer looking for an outside assessment on an existing design. Our audit protocols use statistical analysis to clearly identify the scope of a problem (check the right box  for examples taken from actual audits).

Level design

Auditing is not limited to game design. Level design can be audited as well.

Good level design follows rules that give a structure to it. The analysis of the difficulty curve of the "Bear It" level of Crash Bandicoot 2 demonstrates that a pattern emerges. Rather than being scattered randomly throughout the level, difficulties are positioned as part of a global vision for that level.

The audit protocols developed by The Game Design Studio can help you assess the strength of a level design and its respect of the numerous design rules that make good level design.

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Analysis of the difficulty curve over a complete campaign

Analysis of the game pace in a given level

Difficulty curve of the "Bear It" level in Crash Bandicoot 2