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When I began playing Atomfall, I found its opening sections had examples of implicitly teaching the player about its non-linear levels and experiences. So here I am discussing many that I saw, and analysed them through a designer lens, both to highlight and teach on these techniques.
In this video, I go into the first five or so minutes of the game and talk in-depth about many of the design elements, and what I believe were the main goals trying to be chieved.

I'm always impressed when onboarding uses minimalist UI, so big kudos to the team at Rebellion who worked on Atomfall.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:13 Opening Cinematic
02:25 Dialogue FTUE & non-linear design
05:50 First room level design analysis
07:10 Exploration introduction
08:56 Branching pathways
10:54 Focusing pathways through level design
12:40 Non-linear exploration
16:55 First frame in first level
18:44 Analysing the level layout design
23:25 First Point of Interest (POI)
25:33 An alternative POI