World of Level Design™
Tutorials to Becoming the Best Level Designer and Game Environment Artist (since 2008)
Tutorial List: Level Design
Features an extensive list of level design tutorials covering principles of gameplay, design, layout and workflows using various games, level editors and game engines.
PREMIUM WoLD TUTORIAL GUIDE:
SOFTWARE, LEVEL EDITORS AND GAME ENGINES FOR LEVEL DESIGN:
- Recommended Level Design Editors
- What Level Editor and Game Engine Should You Use - (How to Choose)
- 16 Recommended 3D Game Engines
BECOMING A BETTER LEVEL DESIGNER:
- Overcome Feeling Overwhelmed, Stuck and Wanting to Quit 3D Art
- What I Learned as 3D Instructor in Last 6+ Months
- Why I Stopped Playing Games and Why It's Important to Start Again
- Deliberate Practice for Level Designers and Environment ArtistÂ
- How to Start Your Own Level Design or Game Environment Challenge (8 Ways)
- How to Reverse Engineer Level Design and Game Environment Art
- 26 Ways to Have Your Best Level Design and Game Environment Year
- 11 Things I Learned from Dream Worlds
- Daily Screenshot Technique: 1-Minute Process For Improving Your Level Designs and Environment Art Work
- 13 Ways to Improve Your Level Design and Environment Art Skill Away From a Computer
- Why I Failed For Years at Level Design and Game Environments
- How to Use Color to Create Environments Like "Mirror's Edge"
IDEAS, PLANNING AND PREPRODUCTION:
- 121 Level Design and Game Environment Location Ideas (Updated)
- How to Plan Game Environments and Level Designs
- 11 Secrets for Level Design and Game Environment Ideas, Layouts and Reference with "Google Maps 3D"
- 3 Workflow Techniques - How to Draw Top-Down Level Design Multiplayer Map Layouts
- How to Design Gameplay Map Layouts (Complete In-Depth Guide)
- Guide to Collecting Level Design Reference
- How To Plan Your Next Map
- Level Design Creation Guidelines
- Creating Unique Level Design Overviews: Photoshop Filter
- Seeing the World as a Level Designer
- Tips and Tricks to Using Photoshop Generative Fill to Create Level Design and Environment Art Ideas
GAMEPLAY:
- Master Class in Level Design Storytelling - 6 Secrets I Learned from Playing "Alan Wake"
- 7 Ways to Effortlessly Guide the Player with Level Design As Seen in "Alan Wake"
- 3 Level Design Horror Principles to Induce Fear into Your Environments and Game as Seen in "Alan Wake"
- Designing Single Player Combat Areas - Level Design for 3rd Person Shooters Games as Seen in "Alan Wake"
- How to Design Multiplayer Gameplay Map Layouts (Complete In-Depth Guide)
- 6 Principles of Choke Point Level Design for Multiplayer Maps
- How to Use Cover Object Placement for Level Design
- Single Player Level Design Pacing and Gameplay Beats - Part 1/3
- Single Player Level Design Pacing and Gameplay Beats - Part 2/3
- Single Player Level Design Pacing and Gameplay Beats - Part 3/3
- One Level Design Mistake I Learned to Avoid From Playing "Mirror's Edge"
- 6 Instant Level Design Flow Tips as Seen in "Mirror's Edge"
- 8 More Practical Level Design Ideas from "Mirror's Edge"
LEVEL DESIGN CREATION:
- From Top Down Layout to BSP Block-In Workflow
- Functional Lighting
- Art of Blocking In Your Map
- How To Add Depth To Your Level Design
- Stuck? One Section Level Design for Gameplay
- Blocktober: Your Quick Start Guide to Blockouts
LEVEL DESIGN WORKFLOWS:
- The Complete "Abandoned House" Workflow Tutorial Series in Hammer Source (All 5 Tutorials)
- Single Player Level Design Workflow
- Level Design Workflow: Making of HL2DM DM_Zest
- 11 Day Level Design Process Overview
- How to Create a Playable Level in 11 Days
- Level Design Workflow Tutorial
SURVIVAL/HORROR LEVEL DESIGN:
- Horror/Survival Level Design: Part 1 - Cliches
- Horror/Survival Level Design: Part 2 - Anticipation and Pacing
- Horror/Survival Level Design: Part 3 - Story and Environment
- Horror/Survival Level Design: Part 4 - Relationship
- Horror/Survival Level Design: Part 5 - Moral Decision
GAME INDUSTRY INSIGHTS:
- GDC Level Design in a Day - Q/A Session
- GDC 2010 Level Design Notes Part 1
- GDC 2010 Level Design Notes Part 2
- GDC 2010 Level Design Notes Part 3
- GDC 2010 Level Design Notes Part 4
- GDC 2010 Level Design Notes Part 5
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My name is AlexG. I am self-taught level designer, game environment artist and the creator of World of Level Design.com. I've learned everything I know from personal experimentation and decades of being around various online communities of fellow environment artist and level designers. On World of Level Design you will find tutorials to make you become the best level designer and game environment artist.
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