Top-Down layout of the level.

Initial view when starting the game. Guiding stones lead the way out of the desert heat to the shelter of the temple.

Light falls through a window, drawing attention to the mysterious hole in the floor.

Stairs leading out of the water signals that there may be more to explore down there.

Initial view when jumping into the hole.
The left entrance is blocked by a collapesed part of the wall.

Initial view when entering the next room. The straight forward path is block by a huge rock (fallen from the ceiling), prompting the player to explore this central room.

One doorway leads to this side-room hinting at something golden in the distance - the immediate path there is collapsed and broken however, prompting the player to find another way.

Another doorway leads to the next room, framing one of the locks requiring a key to access the garden

Alcoves on each side of the room hide a secret path leading to the keys.

The grand door to the garden.

The first key.

The second key.

picking up the second key opens a door leading to the main room.

The two side rooms mirror each other, yet are made thematically and spatially differet with one being ruined and the other being a pristine version of the same room.

Inserting the second key opens the great door.

Initial view of the garden.

Moving further down reveals a glowing magical object across the small pond.

Multiple implied pathways guide the player around the garden.

Brighter foliage is used to guide the player's eye further down a path.

Different areas of the garden were designed to give varying spatial experiences as well. -some more open and exposed and some more closed and sheltered.

Top down view of the level. The boxes indicate volumes changing the lighting/fog/colours around the different parts of the scene.