Atomiclock - Level Design Jam #9

About Project

This level was created for Steve Lee's Level Design Jam #9 with the jam themes being 'Extreme' and '4:33' (in reference to a piece of music/concept).

The level is designed as an Escape Room, with puzzles based around a time looping mechanic and a size altering machine, with a few short platforming sections to add a bit of play variety.

I used an Unreal Engine 5 pack called 'Portals Puzzle Template' by KytanDev as my project base and modified it's assets for use in my project.

Jam Themes

The 'Extreme' theme inspired the idea for changing the player character's size; they can shrink down to tiny proportions, and eventually they can shrink down to the atomic scale.

4:33 inspired... the clock workshop setting, and the player is trapped at 4:33am, so yeah I didn't really go too deep with this theme which has some pretty rich background to it. I did design a puzzle based on the '4:33' ideas which requires the player 'do nothing' to solve a problem, but I think it missed the mark.

Level Narrative

A Clock Maker discovers they are trapped in their workshop and reliving the same 1 minute in a time loop.  A mysterious clock which has appeared from nowhere is at the center of their dilemma. The Clock Maker must repair the mystery clock in order to escape the time loop.

Full Playthrough Video

The playthrough is 11:25.

Project Future

I plan on ironing out the few remaining level breaking bugs and releasing a downloadable build for others to try the level.