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==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
{{Main|Development of Halo: Combat Evolved}} | {{Main|Development of Halo: Combat Evolved}} | ||
''The Library'' was primarily designed by [[Bungie]] designer [[Tyson Green]]. | ''The Library'' was primarily designed by [[Bungie]] designer [[Tyson Green]]. The initial level design would have had the player ascend a "corkscrewing" staircase, with the activation index hovering and pulsating in the center. However, the design was ultimately cut due to engine limitations, with walls being added throughout the level to reduce the number of objects being rendered, thus making navigation much more difficult without the index as a point of reference. Art Director [[Marcus Lehto]] designed the blue screens in the hallways, while [[Paul Russel]] designed the patterns on the elevator floors.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=IGN|9ndZbg8Mr-Q|IGN|Halo: Combat Evolved Devs React to Speedrun (Martin O’Donnell, Marcus Lehto)}} | ||
Art Director [[Marcus Lehto]] designed the blue | |||
The events of the level were later expanded in the novel ''[[Halo: The Flood]]''. One of the dead human combat forms found on the third floor in the level was identified as Staff Sergeant [[Marvin Mobuto]], who was brought to the Library by 343 Guilty Spark in an attempt to retrieve the index. Mobuto's body was described as mangled to the point where even the Flood could not make use of it. | The events of the level were later expanded in the novel ''[[Halo: The Flood]]''. One of the dead human combat forms found on the third floor in the level was identified as Staff Sergeant [[Marvin Mobuto]], who was brought to the Library by 343 Guilty Spark in an attempt to retrieve the index. Mobuto's body was described as mangled to the point where even the Flood could not make use of it. | ||
''The Library'' would become one of the most notorious levels in the ''Halo'' series. The length of the level has been criticized for being too long, and the layout was confusing and repetitive.{{Ref/Reuse|IGN}}{{Ref/Film|Id=Commentary|[[Halo 3 Legendary Edition|''Halo 3'' Legendary Edition]], Halo: Combat Evolved developer commentary | ''The Library'' would become one of the most notorious levels in the ''Halo'' series. The length of the level has been criticized for being too long, and the layout was confusing and repetitive.{{Ref/Reuse|IGN}}{{Ref/Film|Id=Commentary|[[Halo 3 Legendary Edition|''Halo 3'' Legendary Edition]], Halo: Combat Evolved developer commentary}} In an attempt to help counter this, the ''Anniversary'' graphics made the colored lighting themes for each floor of the Library far more blatant and noticeable than before, to at least give the floors stronger visual distinctions.{{Ref/Film|[[BTS: Anniversary Campaign]]}} | ||
The layout of the Library was briefly reused for the Library of [[Installation 05]] during the final section of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' campaign level ''[[Quarantine Zone]]''. | The layout of the Library was briefly reused for the Library of [[Installation 05]] during the final section of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' campaign level ''[[Quarantine Zone]]''. |