Level Design Theory
- 10 principles for good design - ten most important principles for good design by Dieter Rams
- Creating Satisfying Combat Experiences - GDC presentation designing combat encounters
- Critical Distance - games criticism written by videogame bloggers and journalists
- Modular Level Design - GDC 2013 transcript on Skyrim's modular level design
- Molecule Design - the metrics of space: molecule design
- Multiplayer Level Design - specific constraints of multiplayer level design
- Psychology of Video Games - examining the intersection of psychology and video games
Level Design Forums and Websites
- Celephais - Quake 1 forum
- CryDev - Crytek´s official developers community
- Grid Paper - Layouts and top downs
- MapCore - game development community
- Level-Design.org - an universal level design related news site
- PlanetPhillip - website lists and reviews single player maps and mods for the Half-Life series of games
- UDN - Unreal Developer Network
- Unreal Engine Forums - Unreal forum
- Unreal Tournament - UT official page
- World of Level Design - website aimed at those interested in game environment art and game level design
- Unreal Engine - the best place to start your adventure with Unreal Engine
References and Inspiration
- Abandonedography - amazing photos from all around the world
- Anime Backgrounds - a place to appreciate and be inspired by the amazing background art in animation
- ArchDaily - online source of architectural news, projects, products, events and interviews among others
- Architectural Afterlife - amazing pictures from all around the world
- ArchitecturePorn - network reddit devoted to interesting architecture and individual images of buildings
- Artstation - a simple, yet powerful way to show your portfolio
- Color Scheme Designer - a designer tool for creating color combinations that work well together
- Concept Art World - a collection of concept art images
- CoolVibe - a site dedicated to showcasing the best and most inspirational digital art from around the web
- Critical /// Path - panoramic overview of the contemporary state of the videomage medium
- Deadendthrills - amazing work by screen and video capture artist for videogames
- Designboom - magazine about design
- Fuck Yeah Concept Art - a collection of concept art images
- Industrial Decay - photo inspirations for creative level design
- Industrie Kultur Fotografie - industrial photo inspirations
- Level Design Inspiration Machine - a source of images, articles and art meant to inspire level designers
- Lines and Colors - blog about painting, drawing, sketching, illustration etc.
- National Geographic Found - collection of photography from the National Geographic archives
- Opuszczone - unusual and mysterious places in Poland
- Skyscrapercity - world's biggest community on skyscrapers and everything in between
- The Atlantic - amazing pictures from all around the world
- The Big Picture - amazing pictures from all around the world
- Visual Elsewhere - mostly landscape and cityscape paintings
- World Ruins Gallery - photographs of Japan’s modern ruins by Michael John Grist