Nicholas Sceusa
Gameplay and Level Designer
nicksceusa@gmail.com
The Search For Mr.Mittons - A 5E Adventure
Game Designer and Writer
Level Map
Description
The Search for Mr.Mittons is an adventure for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. It is suitable for five to six 4th level adventurers. Players will venture to an iconic location in the Forgotten Realms, meet a cast of interesting characters, romp through the sewers to find treasure, and rescue a feline in distress.
How It Was Made
Written with GMBinder's markdown syntax editor. Map drawn with Dungeon Scrawl.
My Work
❖ Created the initial theme and story hooks to ensure player's would be driven to complete the provided quest.
❖ The Narrative - Treasure - Combat - Puzzle (NTCP) lens was used to ensure each room had interesting activities. Promoted full exploration of the map.
❖ Provided various items, dialogue options, characters, to provide different methods of reaching their goals. Increased player agency and choice.
❖ Included affordances in the form of landmarks, events, and level features to assist players with non-verbal directional queues. Assisted with map navigation.
❖ Enemy descriptions and behavior adjusted to provide variety of challenges without drastically increasing difficulty. Ensured level was appropriate for player level.
❖ Unique boss designed to account for larger party size and to avoid a fast / unsatisfactory victory.
❖ Utilized additional techniques and checks compiled together from study of GDC talks and research: https://www.nicksceusa.com/studies-and-materials/designing-dungeons