The Maps

Each world/theme will have a piece of a map where the player travels on "dots" showcasing on which level he/she is at currently. When he/she completes the whole map (finds the 5 tabletpieces) a new mappiece will be revealed and the player starts his progress there.

Appearence.

The map is on a 5 parchmentpieces that almost can be put together (as they all match together). Each mappiece will contain symbols, text, and images true to the culture and time of the current world. Inspiration might be taken from religion, mythology, traditions, archeology and landmarks.

In Egypt and Atlantis the player will at several levels be inside a temple which means that the map must contain a temple of some sort on those pieces. Also the pieces will contain a layer of where the player might be walking.

Best way possibly would be to have a clean Layer showing only the parchment and maybe some landmarks and another layer with the symbols, text and special things the player will stumble on in the game. That way these images will be shown as soon as the player travels to that place revealing more information and leaves the player to want to advance.