How Do Developers Manage Multiple Levels?

KanataEXE

I'm curious how developers manage multiple levels in their game. After all, if they have about 20+ levels and are labeled by number (Level01, Level02, etc.), it will be hard to manage. Not to mention, doing some trial and error to check the levels if they're good or not.

Megalomaniak

Probably depends on the specific game and it's design. But grouping into sub-folders, by world for an example, seem like a way to go perhaps.

Say you have 3 worlds, desert, boreal and grasslands. Each with ~10 levels for an example.

Erich_L

@KanataEXE said: I'm curious how developers manage multiple levels in their game. After all, if they have about 20+ levels and are labeled by number (Level01, Level02, etc.), it will be hard to manage. Not to mention, doing some trial and error to check the levels if they're good or not.

You might find them easier to manage after thinking about: How they’re created How they’re loaded and saved * How the player traverses them

KanataEXE

... Maybe I was thinking too hard about managing the levels.

I'm currently managing my levels for my platformer game. Right now, I'm using numbers to label the levels.

Why didn't I use themes? Because of how the level change function works.

SceneManager.gd

extends Node

export var start_menu: PackedScene
export var main_menu: PackedScene
export var settings: PackedScene
export (Array, PackedScene) var levels

func change_to_main_menu() -> void:
	get_tree().change_scene_to(main_menu)

func change_to_settings() -> void:
	get_tree().change_scene_to(settings)

func change_level(level_index: int) -> void:
	var selected_level: PackedScene = levels[level_index]
	get_tree().change_scene_to(selected_level)

BaseLevel.gd

extends Node2D

export var level_index: int

func level_clear() -> void:
	SceneManager.change_level(level_index + 1)

Basically, the level change based on the index. If the level is level 1, it will change to level 2.

Because of that, I labeled the level by numbers (Level01, Level02, etc.).

Levels (array) -Level01 -Level02 -Level03

...

But as I mentioned, I was thinking too hard. I should have just assigned level index 6 to Sand01 and be done with it.

Levels (array) -Grass01 (Level Index 1) -Grass02 (Level Index 2) -Sand01 (Level Index 3)

Yeah... I can be so stubborn that I forget it's just a simple thing to do.