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== Level Design Tutorials ==
 
== Level Design Tutorials ==
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* [http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/cat_level_design_tutorials_tips.php Level Design - Tutorials List] from World Of Level Design by Alex Galuzin.
 
* [http://www.mapcore.org/page/features/_/articles/level-design-in-the-last-of-us-part-one-r46 Level Design in The Last of Us] by ''[http://www.froughol.com François "Furyo" Roughol]'', a three-part series by a Senior Level Designer, analyzing Naughty Dog's level design in The Last of Us.
 
* [http://www.mapcore.org/page/features/_/articles/level-design-in-the-last-of-us-part-one-r46 Level Design in The Last of Us] by ''[http://www.froughol.com François "Furyo" Roughol]'', a three-part series by a Senior Level Designer, analyzing Naughty Dog's level design in The Last of Us.
 
* [http://www.curiousconstructs.com/projects/level-design-concepts/ Designing Action: Defining the Encounter in Games] by ''[http://www.curiousconstructs.com/about/ Nathan Cheever]'', an excellent dissection of how successful game levels are designed and made. Recommended!
 
* [http://www.curiousconstructs.com/projects/level-design-concepts/ Designing Action: Defining the Encounter in Games] by ''[http://www.curiousconstructs.com/about/ Nathan Cheever]'', an excellent dissection of how successful game levels are designed and made. Recommended!

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All about the design of gameplay spaces. These are usually called levels, sometimes stages.

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Units and Scale

The units and scale you use is very important. Modular meshes should be built to snap to a unit-based grid, and physics calculations depend on certain scales. Fortunately, game editors usually have a scale setting you can use on import to convert from 3d modeler scale into proper game engine scale.

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