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May 8, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read Read on X
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Avoiding bad tangents in composition.
Important for #gameart and our Environment Artists.

But also important for us #leveldesign:ers to understand and to avoid!
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Obviously really hard (impossible!) to avoid tangents in all situations. But sometimes we know exactly where the player stands! Image
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Tangents is an unfortunate wording.. 🙁
Often confused with the math counterpart... Image
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I'm sorry, but I'm just gonna plug this one here again.. 😅

I'm working on a book, there will be many many composition tricks in there.
But also #leveldesign, lots of #leveldesign!
kickstarter.com/projects/build…
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And right after this tweet I went to take a look at that netflix series 'Shadow & Bone' and was greeted with this
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tangents are everywhere
be careful out there folks! ❤️ Image

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May 20, 2022
I'm researching how "Gestalt Laws" can affect and enhance #leveldesign and #gameart design thinking.

This time it is the "Law of Proximity"

Everything is pretty basic when dissecting it, but knowing the rules before breaking them is what matters here 🥳

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Close proximity creates unity and readability. Pushing objects apart creates groupings. But it is a greyzone.

When is unity broken..? Image
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Apr 20, 2022
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! 😅
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Feb 20, 2022
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! ❤️
But this mainly focused on #leveldesign & #gameart

1st up is designing for speed!
This is a thread 🧵1/9
This thread focus on the Gestalt principle of "Prägnanz" 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!

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Jan 6, 2022
Occluders! 🧱
Breaking sightlines. Better post this before this old #leveldesign trick becomes redundant due to performance no longer being an issue 😅

Kidding!
Breaking sightlines will forever be important when World Building! ImageImageImageImage
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)

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Jun 19, 2021
Hello #gamedev!
I had a Q a few days ago, now I'm making a poll out of it! What would you PREFER to call this feature??

Before you vote, consider viewing the thread first🧵
Try to free your mind.. 😅
It is this feature that we are researching 🙂😘
Option 1
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Mar 23, 2021
Player Paths! there is a lot of them 😍
This is a thread about #leveldesign primarily, but also #gameart and some #gamedev fundamentals i guess..

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yes yes, I have been tweeting about paths before
But this is another deep-dive of sorts..

And I have revisioned it since last time. So that old one is obsolete 😅
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Composition.. as much #gameart as it is #leveldesign
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