Games Design

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Reflective Journal

When first looking into tabletop RPGs I played Lazers and Feelings and the Dark Tower. When playing Lazers and Feelings i found that the game was a bit silly because of the fact that its set in space you have an unlimited amount to what you could create whether its a massive bomb with a shield that prevents you from being injured. This ruined the game for me as i felt like you could do literally anything, making it so that i lost interest in the game as i had too much freedom and felt no consequences to straying from the path of the game, as if you didn't want to follow the story given you could literally stray away and suffer no consequences as you could just go to an inhabited planet and live your life. Although the Dark Tower game I thought as there was a limit and consequences to your choices whilst everyone had their own specialties, this made me enjoy this game more as it was very simple to set up and play with the game play being very fun as there were limits to what I could do so I had to be careful on my decisions as it could mean that I would be taken out of the game which i really didn’t want showing how much I wanted to play the game. 

I really enjoyed the outcome of the GM’s control over the structure of the building; I felt this gave the game a different dynamic of mystery and intensity. More so, this encouraged a sense of teamwork and equity between players. 

Lazers and Feelings was particularly influential in making my game due to the humor; I’m happy this is a relevant construct in the game play, as it adds to the overall feel and focus, an important aspect in a tabletop role playing game. 

The more enjoyable elements of The Dark Tower also have a presence in my game.  

When I came up with the mechanics of the game I decided that I had to play test the game and see if there was anything that could be improved. After play testing the game i came to the realization that, the game was way too short, it could easily be completed in an hour which isn't what I wanted for the game and so I decided to try and extend the game by making it so that you had to do little preparation missions so that you can get your weapons and intel about the building which would help the team later on in the campaign whilst also extending the game play for the players. 

Also, when play testing the game I was told the good parts about the game such as the role of the GM is very fun as you are able to fully layout the building that the players will be entering having control over the obstacles and the reactions that will be made from the NPC’s. so they have good control over what will be happening to the players and whether or not they will have a better chance of succeeding or if they will have a tough time to complete their objectives but with this power the GM will be able to make the game much more fun for all the players. 

I went back and play tested my game one more time when I refined the game more and it made the game much more fun to play I was told by the players after as they found that the game was much more enjoyable as they could play for longer and have some feeling of achievement as they carried on through the game which also meant that they wanted to play the game again in the next week. 

Altogether the game was bad at first when i came up with the idea but with multiple game tests I was able to make the game better tailored to the wants and needs of the players, overall making better game play and a better increase in the players experiences within the game opening up a world of possibilities for the players as they keep on playing the game.

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Kuro’s Adventure

Another mechanic that I had trouble with was text within unreal as I couldn't get the text to show up on the screen. I tried to expand it because I thought that it was just really small but when I looked at the text from a side view it was very far away from the rest of the level and so I had to drag it back to the level so that it would fit in with the rest of the scene, I also had to do this with the rest of the text that I had used within the prototype of my level. 

But in the end it turned out well as I was able to change the colour of all my text to match the colour scheme that I wanted for the rest of the game which was the ginger of a fox.

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Kuro’s Adventure

Another mechanic that I had problems with was the double jumping within my game as I couldn't seem to work out how to limit the amount of jumps I could give to the character as I only slightly wanted to boost the jump as to help the player but instead I made it so that you could hold the spacebar and then rise to the edge of the sky box.

To resolve this problem I added a jump counter so that once the character had done a certain amount of jumps it would stop the jumping process which worked out perfectly as it cannot be abused by holding down the space bar making the game harder but at the same time more bearable.

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Kuro’s Adventure

Another problem that I came across was the fact that I had to put the blueprints into the shapes but I didn't want the position of the cones to change as i aligned them so that they were perfect but I needed to add the blueprint. In the end I found that you can replace the the shape with a duplicated shape but it would be placed slightly above the previous shape so I just had to lower back down to the floor.

When checking the blueprint I moved to the cones and then jumped into one, when I collided with one it would take my actor back to the start of the game meaning that the blueprint worked to the correctly and exactly how I wanted to.

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Kuro’s Adventure

Another problem that I came across when making my prototype was the fact that I couldn't  make the character jump high enough to make it to the next ledge making it so that i had to make the prototype very small so that players would be able to make it to the next platform. to fix this problem i decided to increase how long the jump lasts on the character making it so that he/she can jump for longer making it so that characters can make it to further ledges. 

Shown in the picture above I used the character blueprint to increase the amount of jumps that can be done but also limiting them as if i didn't then the player would be able to hold space bar and keep rising till the end of time but by limiting it to 2 jumps that made it so that the jump was not too high.

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Kuro’s Adventure

One of the difficulties that I have come across is making a respawn system for the game. Initially when i was making the game I wanted to make a respawn function so that when the player died they would go back to the start of the level but, when i first tried to make a blueprint for this the character but instead of respawning at the start of the area they would spawn under the map making it so that the blueprint didn't work. 

In the end I figured out the problem being that I set the actor location to below the map making it so the character would keep staying below the map in an endless death cycle so I changed the blueprint so that it would spawn the character at the last place that it spawned being the starting point of the game making sure that when the player dies he will move back to the start of the level. 

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Twine story research Ewan Whitaker - The Story of Razaketh

The research that I conducted was mostly from the BBC tv show Merlin as I liked the way that the kingdom was held and ruled by the Pendragon family. Because of the way that the Pendragon's rule the kingdom I tried to base my world on the society that was portrayed within the show.

I have also researched for names and character personalities within a card game such as Magic The Gathering as I like a lot of the different heroes within the lore and the way they would act and that highly influenced the way that the story progressed as I tried to picture enemies based on MTG.

I have also done research on poisons and anti-toxins that could be best used within the story so I looked at the poison hemlock as this poison could be released as a toxin within the air to kill multiple people in silence which was perfect for the story that I wanted to create as I would be able to kill a large group of sleeping enemies without raising an alarm. But the thought occurred to me that I would need a anti-toxin for hemlock so that my character wouldn't be effected by the poison so I looked around and found the glory lily that can counter-act the effects of hemlock letting my character live when he uses it. 

After looking at Magic The Gathering and the hit BBC show Merlin this is how my world turned out.

The Day to Day Life of Razaketh:

Peaceful as can be as all inhabitants of Razaketh have to work hard to stay alive either by helping the guard/knights/kingdom or by stealing against the guards in the shadows as a rogue/thief.

Razaketh Politics

King Gideon son of Nicol Bolas, left his kingdom of Tezzeref to start his own kingdom to show his father that he is worthy to rule.

Years later, Gideon has made a wealthy kingdom that rivals even his father's , Marrying the Princess of the Aether Chandra.

Creating a peaceful kingdom for the rich and the guard that live in the keep where the poor live in the hovels near the gates of the kingdom with the king helping the poor with diseases for the safety of the kingdom but there are thieves making it a rough environment. But the residents of the hovels are grateful as they are safe inside the kingdom as any thieves caught are sentenced to death by hangings.

Only people within the kingdom's court lowest being The Guard have their own horse without having to pay for it.

Currency is decided by gold with the keep being wealthy in the currency and the hovels having low amounts of gold as they can only just keep food on the table to keep their families fed.

Inhabitants:

King Gideon Bolas, Queen Chandra Bolas, Court Physician, King's Council, Royal servants, Court Servants, Keep Staff.

The Guard-

In the guard you have the Spearmen, Knights and the Bowmen

Knights are usually on patrol around the kingdom on the lookout for thieves and looking out for possible problems within the kingdom

Spearmen mostly train within the barracks when they are not on the outer wall of the kingdom either at the gate or on top of the

Bowmen keep a lookout at the falcon's nest for possible invasions and to scout over the kingdom

The Common Folk-

Most common folk work to feed their families, they work by making weapons and armour for The Guard, tending to crops for the whole kingdom, working as servants within the keep for the King, Queen and the Court, being a cook for the whole Guard and the Royals and tending to the clothes of the Guard and the Royals.

Laws:

Thievery - thieves will be sentenced to death by hanging/banished from the kingdom of Razaketh whilst also having their hands cut off

Murder - sentenced to death by hanging.

Vandalism - i.e the burning of property and general destruction of possessions - dependant on the severity of the vandalism would lead to death by hanging/burning or banishment.

Illegal Hunting - if there has been illegal hunting then this would lead to having your ears cut off and being hung drawn and quartered

Rape - this would lead to castration and the chopping off of your hands

Discrimination - this will lead to banishment

All of these laws will be held up by King Gideon and he will decide how severe the punishment will be with help from council.

Social Structure:

In order of the hierarchy -

King Gideon

Queen Chandra

Kings Council

The Guard  - Knights  - Bowmen  - Spearmen

Court Physician

Royal Servants

Court Servants

Keep Servants

Common folk

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11th January 2018 - Interactive Story telling

There are 3 different types of interactive narrative these different types are: Major, Minor and Emergent. 

Major narrative is when the characters decisions has a major effect on the narrative of the game as shown in games which will allow the player to direct which path the story takes. The benefits of major interactions are that it will make the player feel like an integral part of the story as the decisions that the player will make can have various different outcomes. the fact that a major narrative will allow different outcomes will mean that the player will be able to explore multiple possibilities which adds elements of replay ability. Examples of games with a major narrative are games such as:

- Life is Strange

- The Walking Dead Tell Tales Series 

- The Stanley Parable 

Minor Narrative is when the players decisions has little impact on the story of the game as shown in games that you follow the story but your decisions don’t affect the story. The benefits of a minor narrative is that the player can definitely learn the message of the story, this can make allow the player to get emotionally involved and to experience a situation from a new perspective. Examples of games that have a minor narrative are:

- Beyond Good & Evil  

- The Last of Us 

- Horizon Zero Dawn 

- Destiny 2 

Emergent narrative is when the player develops stories within the game play itself. The benefits of Emergent narrative are that players can use the components provided in the game. This can give the player new experiences can constantly be generated giving the game infinite replay ability, this means that each player will experience something new. Examples of this would be games such as:

- Minecraft

- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

- Journey

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Pyramid Panic Abstract

Pyramid Panic is a great game for 4 players to find their way out of a pyramid, its a race against the clock as you only have 10 minutes to escape the pyramid or you are stuck there for eternity. Choose your characters and work as a team to escape the pyramid and in turn beat the game.

With teamwork and determination help each of your teammates to get to their scarab room and make their way out of the pyramid. Use your own curse cards to counter act the different challenges that will come at the end of each players turn whether it be a snake bite, a rolling boulder or even an act of treachery. use your anti venoms and your escapes to head towards your respective scarab rooms and complete the game. Play as characters such as Ron the Ginger, John the Blue, Jane the Green and Brian the Red as you all work as a team to beat the timer and escape the pyramid with your lives or you will be trapped their for an eternity in darkness. If you don't work as a team then it will mean that no one wins as the only way for you to win is for all players to be in their scarab rooms before the timer goes off.

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Material Sheet For Pyramid Panic

- Playing Board 

- 4 coloured pieces 

- 4 coloured scarabs, one of each colour 

- 4 room bases 

- 4 player cards 

- 19 curse cards 

- 1 D.6 dice 

- 1 D.20 dice 

by Ewan Whitaker 

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Pyramid Panic Rules Sheet

Setting up the board:

In the game there is 4 players being:

- Ron of the Ginger: 1 to 5. 

- John of the Blue : 6 to 10. 

- Brian of the Red: 11 to 15. 

- Jane of the Green: 16 to 20. 

The board should be set up with the red scarab in the bottom left room, the orange scarab in the bottom right room, the blue scarab in the top right room and the green scarab in the top right room. 

Then each character should be placed at their starting points being:

- Ron the Ginger at the bottom left corner of the board. 

- John the Blue at the bottom right corner of the board. 

- Brian of the Red at the top right corner of the board. 

- Jane of the Green at the top left corner of the board. 

As shown in the picture above. 

The curse deck should be shuffled thoroughly and then placed to the side face down so you cannot see the cards. 

The d.6 (six sided dice) and the d.20 (the 20 sided dice) should be placed to the side ready to play.

Set a timer for 10 minutes 

Rules of play:

- At the start of each players turn they roll the d.6 and move clockwise around the board. 

- when the first player takes their first turns you start the timer for 10 mins 

- At the end of each players turn they pick up a curse card from the curse deck and announce what the text says on the card whether it be a:

Snakebite - Miss your next 2 turns. 

Treachery - Move all scarabs in a clockwise rotation around the board. 

Anti-venom - Counter a Snakebite - Can only be used once then placed into the discard pile. 

Escape - Counter any curse card - Can only be used once then placed into the discard pile.

- When a player is on the steps of their scarab room each the player must roll a d.20 and see if he/she rolls a number that is between the numbers on their character card e.g. John the blue must roll from 6 to 10.

- When a player is in their respective scarab room they are unaffected by all curses such as treachery will move over that certain scarab room. 

- When all curses have been used you will reshuffle the discard pile of the curse deck and then reuse them.

- When a player is in their respective scarab room they can choose a player and then roll a d.6 to move another players piece to better help that certain player but they cannot roll a d.20 for another player.

- Each player may use their Anti-venom or their escape cards whenever relevant even to save one of their team mates even if they are within their scarab rooms.

- Your team beats the game if all players are in their respective scarab rooms.

By Ewan Whitaker

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Pyramid Panic Design Statement

The first game idea that we came up with for the CO-OP game was an escape room where you and a group would have to find all the different secrets to find a way out of the room but I found this idea hard to put into board game form so I decided that I should think of another idea which could be made as a CO-OP board game and so I did some research on games that I have enjoyed that could have the potential to be turned into a CO-OP game that is easy to understand and fun for the players.

The research that I did was on a game called balderdash as it was a game that I very much enjoyed as it was easy and gave me a lot of control over what I was going to do between each turn but I couldn't see a way to turn this game into a CO-OP game so I decided to keep looking. In the end I found a game called Khufu The Mummy which was a game where you enter a pyramid and then you had to work your way around the board to enter each room and complete the challenge and from this I thought of a fun idea for a 4 player game where you are trapped in a pyramid and you must work as a team to get around the board and then get out of the pyramid before the timer runs out.

When looking at the board for Khufu I thought about using the spinning rooms which meant that you must get into the specific room when the passage ways are open but when I came to a play test I found that the rooms could not be enter and with my game idea I found that because the players had to go in a clockwise rotation around the board I found that it would be frustrating to get around the board and up to the room that you wanted to enter and then find out that the passage to get into the room would be blocked off because of a previous players curse which could not be stopped so I decided to take this element out and think of a new way to keep the game moving and then I thought of a curse called treachery which would move the scarabs to the next room in a clock wise rotation (scarabs would designate by their colour what room each player would be aiming to enter). 

Another design challenge that I found was that using 2 d.6′s meant that the players were moving around the board too fast and were easily catching up to their scarabs meaning that the game was way too short. The solution that I found for this game was to make it so that players were only moving around the board with 1 d.6 which made it so that the players would have to take more turns to get to their scarabs extending the game further.

When it came to having a counter measure to the players moving around the board I thought that I could add a curse system to the CO-OP game which meant that at the end of each players turn they would pick up a curse card which meant that new ways for the game to stop the players from winning would be introduced and so the players would feel like they are playing against the game to win. 

A real problem that I have encountered within the design of this CO-OP game was the fact that once the players were in their specific room they would have nothing to do as they are already in their room so I had to come up with a mechanic that meant that players that are within their room can still take part in the game. so the mechanic that I came up with was that when it came to a turn when someone is in their respective room they can choose a player and then roll a d.6 and move that forward by the amount that they had rolled but they will not be able to roll the d.20 on their turn for another player.

Another design problem that I had was that if you were to get a treachery and you were already in you room then you would have to come out of the room and redo the whole process which players found frustrating so I decided that a solution had to be made. The solution that I came up with meant that if the treachery card came up at the end of a turn and you were safely in you scarab room then the treachery card would move over. for further detail if you were in the bottom right room and you were the only person who was safe in their scarab room and a treachery card came up then this would mean that the scarabs would go over you room so the top right would move to the bottom left and the original bottom left would go to the top left and the original top left would be moved to the top right and this would happen if there was 2 players in their respective scarab room as they would just swap but if 3 players were in their respective rooms then the treachery card would be cancelled out and the last player would be safe for that turn and the player that is in their room doesn't have to pick up a curse card on their turn 

Even though players were slowed down by only rolling one d.6 I felt like they could still be moving quite fast around the board so I decided to add an mechanic to the game which meant that the player would skip their next 2 turns but I also felt that this mechanic could do too much to stop the game as it could mean that all players were missing turns which would mean no one would roll for a while  so I added an antidote for the curse which meant that you didn't have to skip the next 2 of the certain players turn.

By Ewan Whitaker

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Limbo Trailer Audio Development 2

After having extra feedback off of my tutor I felt it appropriate to restart my trailer as then I could make a better trailer and try to keep with the theme of horror and suspense within the game trailer. by doing this I researched some scary movies and how their backing track helped the atmosphere and in my research I came across the movie Halloween about the serial killer Mike Myers and the opening theme of the film caught my ear as I thought that it held the suspense well and kept the viewer on the edge of their seat as the music was very tense. 

When restarting my trailer I decided to try using the Halloween theme on my Limbo trailer and it makes the trailer very tense which is the exact reaction that I was hoping for with my trailer. although I had to cut the theme so that it fit in well with the trailer as then I could incorporate sound effects without any other noises such as creaking gates and opening doors.

When looking at sound effects I went to YouTube as it was the only website that I knew which might have had the sound effects that I wanted. When I was looking through the sound effects for running through grass as it was the first movement on the trailer I looked through the different options as there were many as I didn't want to choose the very first option that was available to me, I wanted to pick the sound effect that I thought best fit what I wanted the trailer to sound like as then it would make the player know how the game would sound when you are playing it as that is an important aspect that the trailer should have as then the viewer would know what the game would be like when you are playing by the sound effects within the trailer. 

When rescoring the trailer I did come over problems as I found it difficult to find sound effects for some of the sequences of the trailer such as when the spider is chasing the protagonist I couldn't find a sound effect that gave the feeling of a log being pushed into a lake and so I decided to focus more on the spider within the trailer as I thought that it would give the player a sense of the fear that the character would feel in that situation so I went threw many different spider noises and they all weren't giving the impression that I wanted as the sound effects were mostly just little scratches of their pincers so I started to look at spider screeches and found a terrifying sound that would put fear into anyone that would watch the trailer as it catches you off guard and gives a sort of jump scare which was exactly the reaction that I would want from someone watching this section of the trailer.

With some sound effects on the trailer I had to compromise as with sounds such as a tyre dropping I couldn't get this as a definite sound effect and so I decided to look at different sound effects that could simulate the sound of a tyre dropping such as a strong man doing workouts with a tyre where he picked up a heavy tyre and then threw it onto the ground which simulates well the sound of a tyre being dropped from high up, then I had to just get sound of a tyre being rolled so that it could show how the tyre moved through the sound effects.

with my final piece of feedback I was told to think about the sound effects and how they would be more prominent to the viewer as it will show the sounds that will be used within the actual game, as if I was to show these sounds then the viewer could have a better grasp on what the game would be like. 

All together I found this assignment challenging but a lot of fun as it gave me the creative freedom to make the trailer how I would like it to be portrayed.

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Limbo Trailer Audio Development

The software that we used was Adobe Premiere Pro as it was a familiar software for me as i used it to create a documentary in the past which meant that i had sound and video skills on the software but i would only need the sound skills predominantly 

When re-scoring the Limbo trailer I first thought that the genre that I had picked was going to be a genre like action or adventure and then I was given feedback on the trailer that I had made so far and was told that the genre of the trailer would be more of a parody. When doing my research i was looking at different songs such as “Alone (By Marshmello)” and “Statik Shock (By Slushii)” and i didn’t feel that the song went with the different actions of the trailer and then i looked at one of my favorite songs because of its drops which is “Boneless (By Steve Aoki)” and i feel like this song works well with the trailer as it gets you enticed and can have good synergy with the actions of the character within the game.

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Ideas for a game based on: L.A in the 1980′s

L.A in the 1980s was known for its peak in crime activity so I thought that would be a great way to make a game based on L.A in the 1980s.

The main crime events that happened in the 1980s was the crack epidemic between 1984 and 1990 as crack cocaine first began to be used on a massive scale in Los Angeles in 1984. Cocaine abuse and related violence had exploded to unprecedented levels in L.A and was the same within most of the major cities. This meant that police raids were quite common. This meant that unknown gangs were growing and new ones were emerging.

And so I came up with the idea of having a sandbox game such as GTA were you had your own gang and then you could run your own drug cartel and you could take it down the road of having a ghost organisation that uses its resources to intercept police vans to take the drugs that have been seized by the police which will mean that the gang would be always in constant threat of the police shutting down labs were your drugs were made and the police coming and arresting you. Or you can go down the route of having a gang that controls multiple small time gangs to make the most profits which even if the police were to arrest one gang you may not be affected as you had nothing to do with it.

To separate the pros and cons from either route id make it so that the first route of being a ghost organisation would have high profits as you are playing in more of a risky way as the police are aware of your involvement but if you were to go down the second route you would have much less profits as you aren’t taking the risks to gain more profits so that it depends on how you wanted to play the game as in either route you are the leader of either drug cartel and you would be able to spend your time as you please doing activities that best suits your route such as in the first route you could go with team members of your gang that you have chosen to go and raid police storage houses and take the drugs that they have ceased or infiltrate armored cars to steal money or save gang members, and you could hunt down witnesses that would testify against you in court.

On the other hand, if you have taken the second route you could also go and strike fear into the gangs that you control to make them be loyal to you or you could go with people that you have chosen from the gangs that you control and go and take over other gangs that you don’t control so that you can expand your empire and still be able to choose what gangs you keep and if a certain gang that you have control of is becoming to rebellious or if they are not making enough money.

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Ideas for a game based on: L.A in the 1980′s

L.A in the 1980s was known for its peak in crime activity so I thought that would be a great way to make a game based on L.A in the 1980s.

The main crime events that happened in the 1980s was the crack epidemic between 1984 and 1990 as crack cocaine first began to be used on a massive scale in Los Angeles in 1984. Cocaine abuse and related violence had exploded to unprecedented levels in L.A and was the same within most of the major cities. This meant that police raids were quite common. This meant that unknown gangs were growing and new ones were emerging.

And so I came up with the idea of having a sandbox game such as GTA were you had your own gang and then you could run your own drug cartel and you could take it down the road of having a ghost organisation that uses its resources to intercept police vans to take the drugs that have been seized by the police which will mean that the gang would be always in constant threat of the police shutting down labs were your drugs were made and the police coming and arresting you. Or you can go down the route of having a gang that controls multiple small time gangs to make the most profits which even if the police were to arrest one gang you may not be affected as you had nothing to do with it.

To separate the pros and cons from either route id make it so that the first route of being a ghost organisation would have high profits as you are playing in more of a risky way as the police are aware of your involvement but if you were to go down the second route you would have much less profits as you aren’t taking the risks to gain more profits so that it depends on how you wanted to play the game as in either route you are the leader of either drug cartel and you would be able to spend your time as you please doing activities that best suits your route such as in the first route you could go with team members of your gang that you have chosen to go and raid police storage houses and take the drugs that they have ceased or infiltrate armoured cars to steal money or save gang members, and you could hunt down witnesses that would testify against you in court.

On the other hand, if you have taken the second route you could also go and strike fear into the gangs that you control to make them be loyal to you or you could go with people that you have chosen from the gangs that you control and go and take over other gangs that you don’t control so that you can expand your empire and still be able to choose what gangs you keep and if a certain gang that you have control of is becoming to rebellious or if they are not making enough money.

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How Horizon Zero Dawn Uses Colour

The game that I have chosen to talk about how it uses colour is Horizon Zero Dawn, as I feel that it has some very interesting uses of colour and how it uses primary colours into the mechanics of the game.

As you can see in the photo above the game uses colour very well in the way of scenery as the game is magnificent to look at, as everything stands out be it the trees, rocks or even the cloud in the sky.

Also the game uses colours in the main mechanics of the game as we can see in the red icon above the health bar of the enemy who is attacking this is to indicate that the enemy is hostile and is about to attack. Using these bold colours allows the user to easily be able to see when they are in danger of being attacked, it easy to see this as they are using the colour red which is a primary in colour theory which means that it is bold and will stand out to the user which is evident within the game.

In this picture we can see that there is a use of colour as when you scan the enemy it allows you to see the weakest point on its body so then you will easily be able to strike the enemy hard. The indicator to show the weak point of the enemy is in yellow which yet again is a primary colour which will stand out to the player as it is a bold colour. This is a good way to make a mechanic easily noticeable by the player as if you use bold colours the player will be able to easily see it whilst battling enemies and can then use it to their advantage to defeat their enemies as it is easily noticeable on the enemy as it is such a bold bright colour.

Another way that the game uses colour is to show the pathways that enemies take so that you can predict where to go so that you can either avoid the enemy or to have a stealth attack on the enemy as the pathways are very bright so even in a dark environment as shown you are able to see the pathways that the enemies would take.

Also within the game you are able to highlight human enemies as to show where they are within the area as so then you can plan out who is the more valuable enemies to get rid of first. This mechanic also lets you know the whereabouts of all enemies nearby so that you wont be getting any unexpected surprises. When the enemies are highlighted the colour that is used is yellow as it is bold and a primary colour so that you will be able to notice where they are as they can be easily noticed by the use of the colour.