Dark Souls style template
Dark Souls (FromSoftware, 2011) built its world as one interlocking place, where a shortcut opened hours later drops you beside the first bonfire.
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What makes Dark Souls distinctive
Combat is slow and committed: every swing costs stamina, and death drops your souls where you fell.
What the template starts with
The Dark Souls style template starts with one enemy with telegraphed attacks, stamina, a bonfire, and one shortcut that opens back to it.
The world is one piece. A shortcut you open later should drop you beside the first bonfire, which is the checkpoint with a name. Combat stays slow: a swing costs stamina, and death leaves your souls where you fell. That is Dark Souls (FromSoftware, 2011), not an open field you can ride away from. Keep the first room in 3D and small enough to walk back across.
What to change first
Open the shortcut before you add a second bonfire. If the player cannot see how the loop closed, you built a corridor. The AI soulslike maker is the commitment. The interlocking map is what this style adds.
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