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Erray's Spire was one of the levels that received the most iteration steps due to its relatively compact and self-contained but important nature. One of the key aspects of the level was the combination of abilities to create a puzzle space leading up to the final boss. The player is at their full power here and we wanted to use this opportunity to combine ability usage for unique puzzles not seen anywhere else in the game wrapped into the ascent of the Spire. The first step of this process was figuring out possible puzzles and their spatial arrangement into a path leading upwards. These puzzles could be kept throughout iterations in various forms but initial blockouts varied in their complexity of the required environment art work. Ultimately the most complex version modeling out a full playable interior had to be scrapped due to production constraints in favor of reducing the gameplay inside the Spire to a minimum and relying on flying platforms outside of the Spire for most of the gameplay. This is a playthrough of this iteration before the one ultimately used in production and the final game.