Level Design in Hitman: Guiding Players in a Non-Linear Sandbox

In this 2016 GDC Europe session, Io Interactive's Mette Poedenphant Andersen and Jacob Mikkelsen discuss the challenges of designing the tutorial and a linear guidance system in 'HITMAN' to support the open-ended sandbox structure of the game. Register for GDC: https://ubm.io/2yWXW38 Join the GDC mailing list: http://www.gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter:   / official_gdc   GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.