Hi, thanks for your kind words.
I don’t know if you’re in the discord, but I put a lot of effort into the level design – both at the detail level and at the structural level.
I did the first pass of each of the main rooms separately, and once I was happy with them, I worked out a flow diagram with how I wanted everything to interconnect, and played through the game in my head about what order things should come, and where I could put the keys to allow different branches whilst still ensuring each possible branch was still engaging.
It was only after a handful of attempts where I was happy with it, I tried to figure out how that flow could work as a 3d space, which was kind mind bending as I was figuring out how all these 3d spaces interconnected with each other!
I’m really glad I put this effort in, and it’s clear it’s being appreciated it! I also think it was healthy for me to think so deeply about the project away from the screen, in a nice cafe.
Once I then put the rooms in the right place, I then expanded/modified/edited them to fit properly, and created the handful of new rooms and content I needed in my plan in the spaces left between the already made scenes!
Thanks for playing
/Kai