Théophile Catella

Tutorials

Warno's small maps encourage the player to focus more on gathering and managing units than grand strategy.
Death Row features high foresty hills narrowing the fighting area. This limited space smoothly introduces basic gameplay elements like cities and plateaus.
Two Ways is all about relief, lines of sight and navigation. It's an ideal map for your first ambush and flanking moves.
Mount River introduces lakes and rivers. It is focused on timing and decision making.
Triple Strike has several corridors separated by mountains. Players have to choose carefully before going in a corridor, considering their division strengths and weaknesses.

Rivers

Rivers cannot be crossed in Warno unless the unit is amphibious. Bridges are de facto chokepoints. Artillery, choppers and planes have to be considered for their ability to strike fast and efficiently while remaining safe.
Rocks is a map split in two halves connected by an industrial island. It is a major objective : the team controlling the island can safely move their troop from east to west.
Dark Stream is a night, sneaky map. Players have to find ways to safely cross meanders and gather troops in the very few defensive spots. Watch out : if your seen, your already dead.

Landmarks

Landmarks give a lot of peronality to the maps. They are also a technical and artistical challenge.
Chemical is based on several XXth century european chemical plants. It features big explosives tanks breaking lines of sight surrounded by rivers.
Teufelsmoor features a new way of thinking in-town gameplay additionaly to stunning visuals.
Airport is based on real life Kassel airport. Destroyed building and dog fights remains are part of the narrative.
Black Forest was the most disliked map of the game due to poor navigation and badly designed defensive areas. I fixed it by adding a huge sawmill landmark in a former useless area. These adjustements made Black Forest one the most popular map in the game.

Big Maps

Warno can be played as much as 20 players in a 10vs10 situation. This amount of units requires specific design. Size matters.
Iron Waters features rivers, mountains, huge urban alleys and unique forest patterns.
Geisa is based on the homonimous real life ciy. It features numerous mountain paths as well as contested chokepoints.
Twin Cities has typical soviet era high rises introducing the new building gameplay : better cover, better vision. It also features highway splitting open fields in a deadly alley.
Loop is based upon a river confluence. Highgrounds and bridges control is essential.

Graduated with a DUT and a Licence (bachelor degree) in communication and videomaking, I joined the videogame industry as a level designer by studying at Gamagora Lyon 2 University in 2020.
There, I directed a team of 15 students in the making of Snowy Path, a first person horror vertical slice which became the most downloaded game in the history of Gamagora school. I successfully graduated in 2021.
I joined Eugen Systems in may 2021 as a level designer. Since then, I worked on Steel Division 2 and Warno.
I am always seeking for new professional opportunities as a level designer. I am available for a meeting in France or remote. Feel free to contact me and check my resume below.

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