Mechanics analysis and implementation exercise
A 3D recreation of the original first level focused on studying movement, pacing, gates, buttons, falling floors, and enemy encounters.
01 · Overview
This project treats an existing classic as a mechanics-analysis problem. The first level was replayed and researched before its interaction rules and pacing were translated into a 3D Unity space.
The public build and source cover the recreated movement, gates, buttons, falling floors and enemy encounters.
This is a non-commercial educational project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the owners of Prince of Persia.
02 · My role
Project scope
03 · Decisions
How the project structured its systems, interactions, and delivery constraints.
The exercise prioritised fidelity to the level’s interaction sequence and pacing instead of expanding the original design.
Camera framing and level geometry preserve the original side-view read while using a 3D environment.
04 · Problem solving
Concrete constraints are paired with the implementation or design response used in the project.
Translating a tightly timed 2D reference into 3D without losing its structure.
Broke the level into mechanic groups and used repeated comparison with the original first-level flow.
05 · Iteration
What I learned
Future pass
Related work
A released Unity dungeon-survival game with a custom JSON level editor, runtime level reconstruction, combat systems, NavMesh enemies, scoring, and a health-responsive potion system used in published DDA research.
A released hybrid game that connects timed 3D resource gathering and village development with 2D top-down combat and persistent progression.