Tabula Rasa - Peek #5 @ RPG Vault

David Vargo, World Builder for Tabula Rasa, talks about the creation of a new instance for the game, Fault's Lever.

It was pretty clear how to begin Fault Lever's design because the associated shared map, Thunderhead, had all of the relative environmental features I wanted to incorporate. The design document called for an underground instance map connected to the north face of the massive Ligo Fault Rift. The players' ultimate mission within this instance is to turn off the four hammers (shockwave inducers) found within the shared map's rift. Because the mission objectives were closely connected to the shared map, I felt it important to integrate visually the rift and accompanying elements into the instance map. However, this design direction presented unique layout challenges.