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What is Sweetland Slumber Party & The Familiars?
Sweetland Slumber Party is a 3rd person couch co-op/competitive platforming game.
After students go to bed at a sleepover they wake up a dreamland and must make their way through in time for school in the morning
The game is built around a mix of platforming and puzzles, and based off of titles such as Gang Beasts and Human Fall Flat there are cooperative levels where players must work together and competitive levels where they can sabotage each other to reach the goal first.
Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393790/Sweetland_Slumber_Party/?curator_clanid=4777282
Level Design
I began all of my levels by blocking out the points of interest such as puzzles or key locations.
The amount and spacing of puzzles all relied on their difficulty. Pacing was important for us to keep in mind, so levels changed, as development went on, in response to playtesters' responses.
Early designs saw areas containing 5-10 puzzles, this amount made some players feel that the levels dragged on for a little too long. This led to a general rule of keeping puzzles to 3-5 per level, this provided proper pacing while also giving us puzzles to re-allocate to new levels.
The environments were also altered to keep more in line with the game, and level's themes.