9/9 and finally I just want to throw a thought to all the studios that use the term 'Golden Path'.
I'm not in any position to demand you to change..
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wohooo! a #leveldesign#gamedev#portfolio thread!
My class finally completed their journey in setting up their folios and will start searching for studios to join!
Interested in seeing how a 2022 design folio can look like? Dive in! π
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A continuation on my Gestalt research & how it can help World Building. Rearranging objects to create different feelings.
Building Worlds is a team effort as always! β€οΈ
But this mainly focused on #leveldesign & #gameart
1st up is designing for speed!
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This thread focus on the Gestalt principle of "PrΓ€gnanz" or "Good Gestalt". Meaning that individual object should be arranged so that they together become ordered and create meaning.
Here we arrange objects to try to create the emotion of Caution!
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And now we rearrange the objects to try to spark curiosity!
Occluders! π§±
Breaking sightlines. Better post this before this old #leveldesign trick becomes redundant due to performance no longer being an issue π
Kidding!
Breaking sightlines will forever be important when World Building!
There was some healthy discourse around the notion of using occluders for performance in modern games.
It is still very relevant due to the vast number of machines that we deliver games to...
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My examples are purposely simplified and brings thoughts to old CS and Quake maps. But the technique is used in many many modern games in various forms and shapes (mountain ridges, canyons, cityblocks, etc)