Whiteboard Step: Setting Design Goals for Siege The original vision of Siege was to create a game mode that offered shorter matches and less complexity than Conquest. As with the majority of my levels, I started my design process on my whiteboard and outlined features that were desired: matches should, on average, be 25-35 minutes have Read More
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Global Agenda
I wore many map-making hats during Global Agenda’s development process. While I did get a chance to make a few original PvP maps- most notably Toxicity- much of my time was spent improving existing PvP and PvE maps: adding alternate ways to access points, adding more cover from enemy fire, making lighting adjustments and optimizations, Read More
Assault
The development of this map began when many of our streamers started making rules and hosting “All Random, All Mid” matches using Smite’s regular Conquest map. This player-driven mode had a few simple rules: players could only travel the center lane- no jungle or side lanes; once a player left the spawn area, then the Read More