In Contre-Jour, the levels are short and the player ends them quickly. In order to gain time in loading the scenes, I created a level streaming manager.

At the game start, the manager loads the current level where the player characeter is and lanches the game. Next, the level is playable directly but during the game, the manager continues and load the levels directly linked to the one we are playing. For example, when the hero is in the first map ( the red point), the second level is preloaded.

If the level 2 is loaded when the player finishes the first then we go to that level without any loading screen. Arrived in this new place the third one is loading and so on. The first map stays loaded because it's directly linked. We can go back without waiting.

On the code side

The level streaming manager uses a list of all the levels. Each level item is made of a scene to load and a boolean list.

• isLoading: Is the level currently loading
• isDataLoaded: Is the level loaded

[System.Serializable]
public class levelsList{
	public string name;//level identifier
	public string description;
	
	[System.NonSerialized]
	public bool isLoading = false;//Is the level loading
	[System.NonSerialized]
	public bool isDataLoaded = false;//Is the level loaded 
}

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour {	
	public LevelsListElement[] levelsList;//List of levels
	//...
}

Unity3D contains a simple function to load a scene in asynchronous mode.

private IEnumerator streamLevelCoroutine(int level){
	if(!levelsList[level].isLoading && !levelsList[level].isDataLoaded){//We load the level only if needed
		//LoadLevelAdditiveAsync: Stream the loading of a scene.
		yield return Application.LoadLevelAdditiveAsync(levelsList[level].name);
		levelsList[level].isDataLoaded = true;//The level is loaded and available
		
		levelsList[level].isLoading = false;//Loading ends
	}
}

The fireflies help Charles, the hero, in his quest to break the spell casted by their queen, Eris. They can be controlled by the player in the game and have various abilities. I worked on the graphic design of the fireflies.

Eris

Eris is the queen, she always follows Charles to teach him a lesson. The boy is punished because he destroyed her peaceful city. She is useful for the player because she gives him some tips. I drew her after the others.

At the beginning of Contre-Jour, we were trying to think about the logotype of the game. Finally, after some suggestions, I had the pleasure to be its artist.

The logotype

The logo had to demonstrate in a peek that:

• Contre-Jour is a videgame
• The game is about light and shadow
• The scene takes place in the early 20 century at Paris

Texture

I wanted the letters to be in wrought iron. After some tests, I found a technic to create this effect with the Photoshop filters directly.

Next, I drew the lanp and finished it by adding the halo.