Revision as of 10:50, 22 March 2011

Category Game Design

All about game design.

This section is about designing the overall experience for the player.

Design Techniques and Ideals from The Art of Computer Game Design - by Chris Crawford
The 400 Project - by Hal Barwood & Noah Falstein
VideoGameDesignTerms
Visual Semiotics - from Wikipedia<
>Environments involve the player more if they have several layers of thinking behind their design.
What is a visual metaphor? - from Answers.com

This section is about designing game environments, also called "levels".

Applying the Elements of Design and Principles of Design in Level Art by Jeremy Price
Architecture: Form, Space, and Order ($) by Francis D.K. Ching
Level Design Help Files, a collection of help sites for level design themed files - from the MapCore forums
Environment Artist: The Story Teller - by Adam "adamBrome" Bromell
How To Develop A Map That Works - from The Valve Developer Community
Map Planning - from the Unreal Wiki
Ben's Small Bible of Realistic Multiplayer Level Design by Benjamin Bauer
What Is Level Design? - by Sérgio Duarte
Level Design: Concept, Theory, and Practice ($) - by Rudolf Kremers
The Hows and Whys of Level Design ($) - by Sjoerd 'hourences' De Jong
Unreal Engine 3 tutorials, game industry articles, level design/art/technical tutorials - by Sjoerd 'hourences' De Jong. A ton of tutorials and articles about designing levels with the Unreal Technology.
Chapter 7 - Reward Systems, except from the book "Level Design: Concept, Theory and Practice" by Rudolf Kremers
LEVEL-DESIGN.org - by 'seir'. Information related to level art and design; for mappers, level designers, environment artists, and any kind of world designer.
Maintaining the suspension of disbelief... Polycount forum thread. Discussion about the importance of using imperfection to create believable worlds.
Level Design Video Tutorials - from 3DBuzz. A ton of useful tutorials and design tips about creating levels.

Life of a Design Monkey - a blog by Mark Davies, game designer at Ninja Theory
Random Encounters in Imaginary Realms - a blog by Random Encounters, game designer
Lost Garden - a blog by Danc, game designer
CliffyB.com - a blog by Cliff Bleszinski, game designer at Epic Games
Level Design - a blog by David Alexander Johnston, freelance game designer

The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

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 * [http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/JeremyPrice/20110318/7258/Applying_the_Elements_of_Design_and_Principles_of_Design_in_Level_Art.php Applying the Elements of Design and Principles of Design in Level Art] by ''Jeremy Price''
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Space-Francis-D-K-Ching/dp/0471286168 Architecture: Form, Space, and Order] ($) by ''Francis D.K. Ching''
 * [http://forums.mapcore.net/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=3913 Level Design Help Files], a collection of help sites for level design themed files - from the ''[http://forums.mapcore.net MapCore]'' forums
 * [http://www.adambromell.com/articles/article3.html Environment Artist: The Story Teller] - by ''[http://www.adambromell.com Adam "adamBrome" Bromell]''