For my FMP, I plan to make a level set in the Chinese quarter of Birmingham, England. I originally made a concept for this level around three or four years ago, and I believe it was inspired by the King of Chinatown mission from Hitman: Absolution (2012), with the main difference being that the level takes place in the Chinatown district of Chicago, Illinois, USA, instead of Birmingham. Other differences include that the 47 (protagonist of the Hitman games, controlled by the player) was sent to eliminate his contact’s business rival, also known as The King, while Deadeye, the playable character in my level, has been sent to Chinatown to eliminate a fugitive named Kai Treadman who murdered a college student. I was inspired to create the Deadeye character and story after playing Hitman (2016) and taking a strong interest in it.

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When I originally made the floorplan of the level, I was basing it off a memory of the plaza in the middle of the Arcadian complex when I visited the place around four years prior to designing the level. I recently went on google earth to take another look at the same plaza for inspiration of a new floorplan, and it looked barely anything like I remembered. I was able to remember the elevated balconies around the plaza, but the water fountain was very small compared to what I remembered. The original floorplan I made on paper had a massive plaza with a pagoda in the middle, a massive multi-gate entrance leading to a main road, and small streams of water separating the different corners of the plaza. There was a sweet shop, a gentlemen’s club, and Treadman’s penthouse towered over the plaza from above an electronics shop. Unfortunately, that floorplan has become lost to time, however, I already have a slight idea of a floor plan for the Unreal Level. It is going to include the Sweet shop and small streams just like the old floorplan, and a certain asset from the Infinity Blade castle asset pack is going to allow a link between a small bamboo park and the main plaza, and also a small entrance into the penthouse tower if the player manages to find a key.

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I was able to get a better look around the Arcadian than I did seven years ago using Google earth, and I managed to discover a small alley named Cathay Street, which is strewn with Asian-speaking shops on either side, and the entrance is marked with a massive red gate, built in a Japanese style. The architecture and culture seen around Cathay street is exactly what I was looking for as inspiration for shops around the plaza, in contrast to the main Arcadian complex which has a more modern and bland sort of feel to it. I want my level to have multiple buildings built with an Asian-style architecture, such as emerald green tiled roofs and red wooden balconies. There happens to be a small restaurant complex on the block opposite to the Arcadian, named China Court, which utilizes the exact architecture that I’m looking to put in my level. I want the level landscape and soundscape to really tell the player ‘This is Chinatown, not just any ordinary block around Birmingham’.