Coral Colonies

When designing this level I decided to divide the area into six identifiable locations where the player can locate different sea creatures or markers of the area.

Location One: 

• The sea creature in this location is the Kraken. To add some narrative to the level, I included a shipwreck. The wreck is also used to draw the players' attention towards the Kraken and the smaller sea life in location five, with the anchor chain extending towards the coral where the sea life is located. 

Location Two:

• This location contains six jellyfish. The quantity of jellyfish and the animated movement make them easy to spot.  They remain in the section throughout the game to prevent the area from being crowded with the various sea life moving around the map and make them easy to locate due to their repetitive movements. 

Location Three:

• The sea creature found in this part of the level is the crab. This crab remains on top of a sand castle to make it stand out amidst the corals and the sea creatures swimming around the map. Because the sand castle is not a naturally occurring element in an underwater environment, it does cause it to stand out, bringing attention to the sea creature on top of it.

Location Four:

• This location contains a school of seven fish; the quantity of fish adds enough sea life in the area that it causes it to stand out, but the quantity is low enough that the environment is not crowded.   

Location Five:

• Location five is brought to the player's attention by the shipwreck near it; the chain with the anchor extends towards the coral cluster where more sea life can be located. Because this location is less noticeable, it does contain two sea creatures the player can photograph: the anemone and the sea snake. 

Location Six:

• This area is the top of the level, where the player can spot the whale and the turtle. The turtle is the easiest for the player to spot since it swims around the entire level, while the whale leaps over the level, and the player temporarily disappears from eyesight until it leaps over again. I determined that this area did not need an identifying feature to draw the player's attention towards the sea creatures due to the other creatures being primarily located near the level walls or the ground of the level, leaving the top a free space where any moving object would be more noticeable to spot due to the lack of assets located in this area.