Greetings, student! Welcome to GameDev.net. I read the title of your post and thought I could add something about what to prioritize in your levels. But then I read the body of your post and you didn't ask anything about levels. And by the wording of your final sentence (the question you're asking)…

Hello,

I am in the early phases of developing a level map prototype with interactive objects in Unreal Engine 5. I am thinking about utilizing simple AI logic for in-game entity behavior, in a way that they may act as some sort of threat/obstacle to the player's objectives. I have worked briefly wit…

pongu said:
Do I just create random levels and playtest them to see what works?

Yes, i would say.

You can do things like:
Adding power ups, but getting them requires to take a risk of being shoot easily.
Adding water, which slows players down, making them an easy target. Maybe they can't shoot til they …

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Re-textured the rooms

Added new props and improved the old ones

Added new decals and improved the old ones

Re-designed the obstacles in the level to be more complex

Removed temp player model and replac…

Let´s talk about the way I created the level in the game engine Unity3D.  
 

Firstly, I had created a testscene where I have began to build a prototype. At  this point I already sketched a draft, how the level should look like. Keeping thin…