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Or just donвЂ™t close the doors during the chase sequence. But it would be more fun to bust through doors as you can do so in the rest of the game and where your flow and momentum isnвЂ™t broken from it. I understand that boats must have valve sealing doors to isolate the compartments in-case of sinking. If you are creating a high-pace chase sequence, donвЂ™t make the player stop.Дuring the high-pace chase sequence on the boat: Effortless Flow Tip #5: DonвЂ™t Stop the Player During High-Speed Chase If your path is to go forward, then it doesnвЂ™t matter which way the door opens.

So, if the player needs to go left, then open the door to the right and if the player needs to go right, then open the door to the left and open it at 80-85% to create the leading line. This was done with doors in the Boat level and it naturally guided me towards the direction I needed to go. Especially if the door doesnвЂ™t completely open 90% but more at 80-85%: Whichever way the door opens it creates a natural leading line, gently pointing towards that direction. But in many cases I would meet a dead end and have to turn around. I would slam through the door and without thinking go opposite of it.

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I found this out through trial and error. So if the door opened away from me and to the right, I naturally turned left:ДЄnd if the door opened away from me and to the left, I naturally turned right:

If you canвЂ™t go forward such as there is a wall in front and you have to turn right or left - depending which side that door swings to, I naturally turned opposite of that door. Effortless Flow Tip #4: Direction of the Opened Door, Guides the Player Where to GoДЄs you open the door, you naturally walk through it. Keep doing this until the player moves effortlessly and naturally from one section of the level to the next. But for more effortless and natural flow, it definitely helps. I am not saying the game has to show me the path every time. In the same chapter, little later on, coming up out of the storm drain - the view is pointing where to go next:Д¬oming out from the backalley in New Eden chapter: Where to go is displayed directly in front of you, framed within view and emphasized by light: Going through the storm drain and opening up the gate in Jacknife. 'Mirror's Edge' does this a lot very effectively. Good principle to follow is when the player enters a new area, frame their point of view towards their next location, their next point of interest. VIDEO Effortless Flow Tip #3: When the Player Enters New Area, Frame Their View Watch the video in the tutorial below, starting at the exact location: Here is a perfect example in the first chapter of the game. Make the player flow turning the same direction towards the exit as they have already been doing for the last few seconds. Keep the flow going and make the door to go through also to the left. Turn around and the opened door is to the right: In Eden Mall, after you run away from being shot at, you reach this orange stair case:ДЄnd then bam you are stopped by the locked door you canвЂ™t go through: Effortless Flow Tip #2: Keep the Flow Going the Same Direction The video tutorial shows a good example of this from 'Alan Wake'. Override switch in my office' which stands out:ДЇor some games the solution might be to take the camera view away from the player temporarily and show what the button press did. You see the red door, try it only to find it locked. Good example of a button press that doesnвЂ™t need to be framed is when you are underground. Press the button and the gate opens within the same view: After pressing the 'Emergency Gate Release' button, within the same view the gate opens: Such as in Jacknife, after you make your way down into the storm drain you have to press a button to open up the gate. As itвЂ™s done in many parts of the game already. I had to press the button a couple of times to make my way through these vents:Д®asy fix is to show the button press and what it does within the same frame of view. I can see the vents above have stopped, but I have to look for the vents to go through. At the far end there is a button to press:ДЄfter you press the button, it is unclear what it did.

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In Ropeburn chapter, as you head towards the subway underground you come into a room full of vents.

Effortless Flow Tip #1: Show Me What the Button Press Does

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