The exercise

Pathwardens - Deus Ex x Observer x 1984

Game synopsis

The main character (Sal) is a detective, so called Pathwarden, in a dystopian future where jobs are assigned to you by the state when you are born.

Sal is an enforcer of this brutal system, and his job as a Pathwarden is to look for families that are trying to hide their children from the system.

The more assignments Sal does, the more he is realizing the horror of what the system does to people.

Story beat chart

https://www.figma.com/board/F1WpIxqFLS5rrYjN9xw6P2/Pathwardens---Level-design-exercise?node-id=0-1&t=vryoqHephk2Tn84C-1

Level narrative

Sal (the main character)

The goal

Challenge