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Overviews! I love them but they quickly fall out of grace in the fast iterations of #gamedevelopment
This is a slightly pimped #overview of a level I'm currently making together with my #leveldesign students.
Overviews! I love them but they quickly fall out of grace in the fast iterations of #gamedevelopment
This is a slightly pimped #overview of a level I'm currently making together with my #leveldesign students.
thread 2/7
these are my thoughts about overviews; they are super important in the beginning of a project when trying to find the right path and communicating you #leveldesign ideas to your team.
these are my thoughts about overviews; they are super important in the beginning of a project when trying to find the right path and communicating you #leveldesign ideas to your team.
thread 3/7
In #gamedev the game is god. therefore all documentation including LDD:s are living documents in the beginning but tend to fall of the grid later in the production. I use overviews to fast forward my own designs in the alpha-stage of the production.
In #gamedev the game is god. therefore all documentation including LDD:s are living documents in the beginning but tend to fall of the grid later in the production. I use overviews to fast forward my own designs in the alpha-stage of the production.
thread 4/7
pen and paper is my preferred weapons of choice, sometimes I use Photoshop, but speed is the key. The less tools you have the less choices you have to make. This is my rough sketch of the level. I take it this far and then open the editor to block it out.
pen and paper is my preferred weapons of choice, sometimes I use Photoshop, but speed is the key. The less tools you have the less choices you have to make. This is my rough sketch of the level. I take it this far and then open the editor to block it out.
thread 5/7
I do a rough #blockout and get a feel for the space. Then I return to my paper and iterate the design.. because doing it on paper it a thousand times faster. Then I go back and forth until I realize that the paper design is no longer needed.
I do a rough #blockout and get a feel for the space. Then I return to my paper and iterate the design.. because doing it on paper it a thousand times faster. Then I go back and forth until I realize that the paper design is no longer needed.
thread 6/7
The absolute fist doodles is called the 'ideation' phase and the result is sometimes called the 'parti' ... the soul of the creation.
The absolute fist doodles is called the 'ideation' phase and the result is sometimes called the 'parti' ... the soul of the creation.
thread 7/7
In some productions u need to touch up your overview once the level is done.. for communication with publishers, or for artists for beautification to ship with the game. then u do not use old sketches. You do a paintover of a top-down screenshot of your level.
In some productions u need to touch up your overview once the level is done.. for communication with publishers, or for artists for beautification to ship with the game. then u do not use old sketches. You do a paintover of a top-down screenshot of your level.
