Level 1 Concept - Bifrost: Through the Realms

This is the concept drawing I did for the first level in Bifrost: Through the Realms. This level takes place in the realms of Muspelheim and Jotunheim. Using their ability to Bridge (open portals to switch between realms) and abilities gained in the level, the Player must make it to the end of the level in the fastest time possible. The pictures of the level included here are to show how the level ultimately turned out. The level was brought to life and completed by Adam Treu and his strike team after I gave them the initial concept.
For this level, I had to concept it without fully knowing what each of the abilities gained in this level would function like. The Player gains both the Fire Rift and Ice Rift in this level. The Fire Rift was known to be a huge fireball that traveled along the ground able to defeat enemies and destroy certain objects, but the functionality of the Ice Rift was completely unknown. I thought it would be really cool if the Ice Rift was able to freeze the lava and make platforms the Player would be able to jump on. After talking about it with the ability designer, this became one of the uses of the Ice Rift.