The floor tiles are an essential part of the map, giving the player visual feedback of where they can and can't go whilst also serving to help immerse the player in the game's environment and theme.

Floor 1 - Bathroom

The theme of this first floor is the lavish bathroom of a greek-inspired mansion in Atlantis. To establish the ancient Greece theme, cobblestones served as inspiration for the design, to reference the ancient roads of this civilisation and to create visual interested in the floor tiles.

Inspiration

The cobblestones of Oia, Santorini, which are large and uneven were taken as direct inspiration.

Concept Development

These were drawn in Illustrator, however initially utilised a water-based theme, with bluestones. However, upon receiving feedback from users that this color scheme does not feel natural in a bathroom setting, the colours were adjusted first to purple tones from the colour scheme and ultimately to the light tones commonly used in bathrooms (see above) with gold highlights to emphasise the luxury of the palace, aligning with the story.

Further Designs

In order to foreshadow the story with its lower levels and drain themes, the tiles with drains were added to the floor, whilst the cobblestones with the water on top aimed to add visual contract, providing the player with greater reference of their environment.

Underground level Floor Tiles - Inspiration

The theme of the second floor is a dungeon / basement type of area inspired from other games that have had dungeon-like floor tiles

Underground level Floor Tiles - Designing

The underground level's floor tiles provide a foundation for the game area and contributes heavily towards emotional goals and for setting the overall theme for the level. It's design journey is shown below:

Multiple other Iterations were made to randomly place in the game area so it gives a more realistic and natural feel.

Underground level Floor Tiles - Color Scheme

The color scheme for the underground Floor Tiles utilizied the publicly available LEGO color palette as it provided a variety of solid colors which would make the floor vibrant and set the appropriate mood.