Polako II - Intentionally Blank Unlimited

# Polako II > [!Info] Level Design Doc > **Designer**: Nikita Stulikov > **Teacher**: Kim Nutter > **Genre**: Stealth-action encounter map > **Prequel**: [[NEPOBJEDIVI/ENVIRONMENTS/Levels/Polako I|Polako I]] > > ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/In-Game/Tower.png]] > > "*Thitherwards, stormier than the sea, stormeth our great longing!*" > -Nietzsche F. (1883) "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", Old and New Tables ## NB! - For the blockmesh, all **colliders are turned off** on enemy prefabs. - Restart button (Secret Ending doesn't do anything now) ## ToDo **Mechanics** - [ ] Controller - [ ] Menu + Inventory - [ ] In the restaurant -> Image with a photo: "You date left" when mouse is on the image - [ ] In the ghost location: "Позови меня с собой" OST ([link](https://open.spotify.com/track/45F1AIvIq5IWwM3XxyyA2x?si=7642cf5bed034519), or concert recording) - Option: "[Серые глаза](https://open.spotify.com/track/1O7Wwi1806xyzov5TG29ti?si=f675ff9f999642f4)" **Grey boxes** - Cut floors from the bottom side # Concept #### Narrative **Story**: During the post-Yugoslav privatization of state assets, a criminal conflict erupted around the privatization of the Genex tower. An oligarch who bought the building is rumoured to tear it down ("We should exorcise the spectre of socialism"). And to drive away journalists and activists, he hired armed football hooligans. **Goal / Challenge**: The protagonist happened to have a date in a restaurant at the top of the tower, with a hot tall tourist guide who speaks five languages. He must infiltrate and safely escape the tower, solving puzzles, evading ghosts, and fighting hostile ultras. **Characters**: football hooligans, ghosts, residents, a hot tall tourist guide who knows five languages, Broz Tito's bronze statue (the final boss) ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/In-Game/UFO-Genex.gif]] #### Art **Lighting**: summer evening. When the player progresses to mid-level, the night gets darker. See early dusk reference and late dusk reference below. **Colour**: Concrete grey residential area with trees, bushes and bright graffiti that help in player guidance. # Pacing / Objectives **Length**: 5-7 minutes **Principle**: Different floor sections are different types of [[Beats @ Level Design|level design beats]]: puzzle, stealth, and cutscenes. ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/GenexMaps/LevelBeats.jpg]] ## Infiltration (Tower Square) -> *Tower square* -> *Action* -- If goes straight from the spawn point: gets noticed -> *Stealth* -- If hides behind the bushes -> If gets to the *residential building* -> hooligans blocked the entrance -> If gets to the *office building* -> can enter ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/GenexMaps/Exterior.jpg]] ## Infiltration (Office Building) -> *Office building* -> *Stealth* -- 1st floor -- hides from hooligans and get to the elevator. The protagonist has low/no ammo, travels uses the ladder -> *Cutscene* -- Elevator to the 2th floor + ammo in the elevator -- overshadowing the fight -> *Action* -- 25th floor one of hooligans called the elevator at 25th floor. The player fights his way through to the 26th floor. -> *Stealth* -- 26th floor, where hooligans get scared to enter because there're ghosts. + Ghost haunted the elevator. The protagonist has to use the ladder. The only way to the restaurant is the elevator. + Ghosts also disarmed the player -> *Puzzle* -- 27-28th floor: movie theatre. Puzzle involves speaking to ghosts and using the movie projector. > The ladder to the 28th floor collapsed. > To access the 28th floor, the protagonist needs to use the ladder in the technical room which is accessed through the haunted theatre. > Also, a dialogue: -- Ghosts: "There's no date. He ghosted you three years ago, and you're still not over it" -- The Protagonist: "No, I will win him over when I send him this game" > Puzzle is getting solved through the interactions in the projector room, > Pictures on the screen hint the solution to the puzzle > Ghosts in the cafe will also give a hint > and then the elevator works again. -> *Cutscene* -- Restaurant: the protagonist gets there on the elevator, but the date left ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/GenexMaps/Infiltration.jpg]] ## Refugee (Restaurant) -> *Restaurant* -> *Puzzle* -- If the player solves the puzzle for a mechanism that rotates the restaurant -> *Cutscene (Secret ending)* -- The restaurant rotates, tower detaches from the building and flies into the night sky -> *Cutscene* -- Office Building elevator: exiting the restaurant -> Corridor between buildings (30th floor) -> 30th floor ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/GenexMaps/Restaurant.jpg]] ## Escape (Residential Building) -> *Residential Building* -> *Chase / Cutscene* -- 30th floor -- Right-elevator breaks at the 30th floor >Hooligans block the elevator on the left. >One of the residents hides the protagonist and advises to use the ventilation shaft to get to the 29th floor. -> *Parkour* -- travels through the ventilation shaft -> *Stealth* -- 29th floor -- the protagonist evades the residents of the apartment he finds himself at after escaping the vent -> *Cutscene* -- through the elevator to the 1st floor -> *Boss-fight* -- 1st floor: boss fight with a [bronze statue of Broz Tito](https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/statue-of-joseph-tito-3d-model-2091749?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F) that came to life +The player collects a gun from the body of a hooligan killed by the statue -> *Tower Square* -> *Home* (the end) ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/GenexMaps/Escape.jpg]] # Layout ## Scale | Scale | Height | Exterior | Interior | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Footprint square (Tower)**: 16k m2 - 1 unit = 1 cm - Player Height = 182 units - Half Cover = 92 units - Thinnest walkway = 100 units (1 meter) - Comfortable hallway = 200 units (2 meter) - Jog speed = 200 units/second (2m/s) | **Genex Tower** is 115 meters, 135 with restaurant & antennae **Floor** = 3.6 meters + 0.2 (ceiling & floor) **Residential building** 32 floors = 121.6 units **Office building** 28 floors | **Each tower base's footprint** = 280 m2 () **Exterior square**: 110 (w) x 90 (h) = 9900 m2 **Landmarks**: Highway (an audial and audial landmark) **Details**: vignettes on the side (see [[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/Genex_side.png\|Genex side photo]]) | **Elevator**: both buildings **Residential tower** - 8 units per floor, have residents - Some residents allow the protagonist to walk through - 32th floor is technical, for clocks and the restaurant, 30 & 31 lead to the corridor **Office building** - 27 & 28 -- movie theatre - Abandoned, haunted, occupied by hooligans - Conservatory hall - In fact, now the elevator shaft is used to dispose garbage. There's no elevator. | ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/GenexMaps/Generic Floor Plan.jpg]] ## Gameplay Components | Enemy types | Items | Obstacles / Barriers | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | - Unarmed hooligans - Unarmed hooligans - Armed hooligans (football bats) - Armed hooligans (guns & grenades) - Ghosts (office tower) - Friendly resident - Unfriendly resident - Broz Tito statue (final boss) | **Fight**: - Ammo (to balance action / stealth beats, the player has 4 ammo at the start, and collects ammo just from dead enemies) - TBAdded: Gasoline barrels **Collectibles**: - Yugoslavian brutalism postcards ([reference](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322581088_Brutalism_in_Serbian_Architecture_Style_or_Necessity_Brutalizam_u_srpskoj_arhitekturi_stil_ili_nuznost)) - Or, broken heart pieces | *Exterior*: Construction, concrete fence, bushes *Interior*: Walls, desks, wardrobes and other furniture **Traps** (TBAdded): - Cameras -> security guard - Nets set by hooligans | ## Functionality | Avatar | AI Behaviour | Special | | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | - Walk & Run - Jump - Crouch - Shoot (gun) | *From* Kim Nutter's mission design doc - Stay about 5-15 meters from the target in an open space. 2 meters from each other. - They prefer to be in cover and will move up to 15 meters to get cover. - They do not want to pick a cover spot that’s within 8 meters from their target. - They will also prefer a cover they’ve already been in, as well as picking points that can see their target. - Flank – Force player to choose smart cover - Grenade – Remove player from cover - Dies at 3 shots / 1 headshots / 3 melee attacks | - Dialogue for ghosts, hooligans and residents - Rotating restaurant - Cinema: projecting images - Broz Tito's special attack moves | ## Reference Board <iframe data-testid="embed-iframe" style="border-radius:12px" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1Bws58M48KKAlAHjMkNsfU?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="152" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" loading="lazy"></iframe> ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/GenexMaps/ReferenceBoard.jpg]] # In-Game Screenshots **Upside-down view** ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/In-Game/Top-Down-View.jpeg]] **Gopniks smoking** ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/In-Game/Gopniks-Smoking.png]] **KURAC** ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/In-Game/Gopnik-Pissing.png]] **Ghosts in the cinema hall** ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/In-Game/Ghosts-Projector.png]] # Resources **Research** - Genex Tower [(Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_City_Gate#) - Genex Tower [(Google maps)](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Genex+Tower/@44.8203992,20.4050887,471a,35y,303.11h,1.63t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x475a658241f8e6c1:0xd36313c3f0097607!8m2!3d44.820295!4d20.4050372!16s%2Fg%2F11pdxtpxlx?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEwNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) - Also: Neron's Hall with a rotating mechanism *Articles*: - [Xiaofu Wang documenting Genex Tower](https://phmuseum.com/projects/the-tower#b-avLKVV) - Alfirevic D., Alfirevic S. (2017) [Brutalism in Serbian Architecture: Style or Necessity?](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322581088_Brutalism_in_Serbian_Architecture_Style_or_Necessity_Brutalizam_u_srpskoj_arhitekturi_stil_ili_nuznost?) *YouTube*: - [Inside Genex Tower](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i04pAAbyo-M) - [Belgrade's Communist Utopia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3MiHAacio0) - [Genex Tower in Minecraft](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fEH2J7r4tpo) - [Serbia's Most Famous Abandoned Site (Ru)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy1GzfEe4jY) **Props** - Skybox -- [Wello Soft](https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/sky/10-skyboxes-pack-day-night-32236?srsltid=AfmBOopVkqcuDhQSNxhy_O5PYOb62-676ctEuPi2ZO2J5Ps0NADr697S) - [Broz Tito 3D Model](https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/statue-of-joseph-tito-3d-model-2091749?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F) (comp. [Bronze man from Nils](https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/lagerlof/nils/nils.html#IX)) ![[ATTACHMENTS/MAPS/GenexTower/BronzeTito.png]]