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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Guardian Forest was a level intended to be set on [[Installation 00]], in the eponymous forest. During the level, the [[John-117|Master Chief]] would have piloted an [[AV-14 Hornet]] through the trees in an aerial battle. Although Bungie scrapped Guardian Forest, the team felt the aerial battle was too fun to lose, and transplanted the sequence onto the next level, The Covenant. The level was also intended to introduce a new [[Forerunner]] enemy type, the titular Guardian. Described by producer Allen Murray as a "floating, conical sentry" with a laser-emitting eyeball that the player could rip out and use as a weapon.{{Ref/Site|Id=GDC|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.gdcvault.com/browse/gdc-09/play/1284|Site=GDC Vault|Page=Building Your Airplane While Flying: Production at Bungie}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Powerpoint|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://downloads.bungie.net/presentations/gdc_bungieproduction_march2009.pptx|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Building Your Airplane While Flying: Production at Bungie|Detail=Original presentation download}} | Guardian Forest was a level intended to be set on [[Installation 00]], in the eponymous forest. During the level, the [[John-117|Master Chief]] would have piloted an [[AV-14 Hornet]] through the trees in an aerial battle. Although Bungie scrapped Guardian Forest, the team felt the aerial battle was too fun to lose, and transplanted the sequence onto the next level, The Covenant. The level was also intended to introduce a new [[Forerunner]] enemy type, the titular [[Guardian Sentinel]]. Described by producer Allen Murray as a "floating, conical sentry" with a laser-emitting eyeball that the player could rip out and use as a weapon.{{Ref/Site|Id=GDC|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.gdcvault.com/browse/gdc-09/play/1284|Site=GDC Vault|Page=Building Your Airplane While Flying: Production at Bungie}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Powerpoint|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://downloads.bungie.net/presentations/gdc_bungieproduction_march2009.pptx|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Building Your Airplane While Flying: Production at Bungie|Detail=Original presentation download}} | ||
Much concept art was created for the Guardian enemy, with the Guardian reaching a stage of being fully-modelled and animated, with the weapon and character itself extensively prototyped in-engine.{{Ref/Reuse|GDC}}{{Ref/Reuse|Powerpoint}} The Guardian was intended to be massive in size, similar to the cut [[Strato-Sentinel]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Vic1}} The Guardian model remained in the final release of ''Halo 3'', existing as a hologram on the map [[Epitaph]], while the Guardians' concept was later used and expanded upon for the [[Guardian Custode]] which debuted in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''. The Guardian concept from ''Halo 3'' additionally featured in the ''[[Halo Legends]]'' episode ''[[Origins]]''. | Much concept art was created for the Guardian enemy, with the Guardian reaching a stage of being fully-modelled and animated, with the weapon and character itself extensively prototyped in-engine.{{Ref/Reuse|GDC}}{{Ref/Reuse|Powerpoint}} The Guardian was intended to be massive in size, similar to the cut [[Strato-Sentinel]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Vic1}} The Guardian model remained in the final release of ''Halo 3'', existing as a hologram on the map [[Epitaph]], while the Guardians' concept was later used and expanded upon for the [[Guardian Custode]] which debuted in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''. The Guardian concept from ''Halo 3'' additionally featured in the ''[[Halo Legends]]'' episode ''[[Origins]]''. | ||