Island Runner: Why I Chose to Remake My Map for My Infinite Runner

When I remade my infinite runner for the first time, I used the traditional structure of creating different road chunks in order to allow the game to be, well, an infinite runner.

Although the system worked well, I felt like I could try to spice up the original formula. This time I used a premade map and instead procedurally generated powerups and obstacles to form a path. This time I could explore more with my infinite runner paths as they no longer needed to be straight, but could be curved, uphill, downhill, and in a cave.

In the future, I would like to experiment more with map design because the new map I used wasn't something I made. But, I still feel that changing the map was a good choice because it allowed me to experiment more with the mechanics of my game.

Original Map

Remade Map