Poly Count Trouble

at one point recently i had 40'000 ish poly's, when the map size indicated that it should have only been around 1'500 poly's. it turns out thtat i had an invisible 40'000 poly object way off in the background, after deleting that object i was back to work.

layout of saloon building

the gun store is now going to be above the saloon on the top level, with a bedroom on the right (above the bar). ive pretty much finished the furniture.... i only need to do the tedious things (bottles, guns, cups etc.)

Saloon indoors reference images

i have been researching different styles of the old west saloon indoors....

clock tower

after getting around half way done... i have decided to put a clock tower at the end of the long street.
possible models (reference images)

clockt tower reference images

detailed sketch

this is a more detailed version of the same level sketch, showing spawn/save points, objectives etc.

sketch after blue print

i wanted to a square shaped map, making it easy to see and understand. and the street at the left is much longer than in the pic but i had ran out of page to work with, the spawn being at the end of the left street giving the player enough time to establish the situation in the level.

blue print

asset lists

asset lists

Asset List 3D Models:

Game Play:

Game Mechanics
1 - Destroy Objective (Water Tower to block the path, thus preventing more zombies)
2 - Help Objective (Finds friend trapped under a burning wagon)
3 - Restore Objective (Refill ammo and health at the Gun Store)
4 - Blow up Fountain (Blow up the fountain – distracting nearby zombie’s)
5 - Hold Objective (Hold off the zombie’s until help arrives {timer})
Spawn Points
The first spawn point is down the longest street giving the player time to realise what is going on in the level. Other spawn points will be situated after the completion of each objective at the location of the objective (Stars on the map represent spawn points)
Flow:
The map itself is open ended, not having a time limit between objectives. But the objectives are scripted, need to be completed in the set order.

map ideas 3 - 9 - 10

larger than the sketches Ive done so far (still need to upload). i want to do a town center sort off thing with a large building in the middle with adjacent buildings surrounding it with 2 to 4 street/paths leading away from the town center.