I'll start off by saying that Payday's stealth mechanics are not perfect and can be flawed in some areas, but I wanted to focus on the decisions behind the map design, specifically for the heist Murky Station. The skill level of this article is for junior to mid-tier level designers, if you are a senior designer some of this article may sound familiar to you. While parts of this article are specific problems and solutions for Payday level design, I made sure to discuss them in a broader sense. Today, I wanted to talk about my adventures designing stealth levels for Payday 2 before leaving Starbreeze in January 2018. With a thriving subreddit, it has consistently been in the top ten games played on steam. It was released on Augand has since shipped over 50 DLC packs and counting. Payday 2 is a four player cooperative first-person shooter with RPG elements that centers around robbing banks and stealing rare loot.
