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Level Design Theory

  • 10 principles for good design  -  ten most important principles for good design by Dieter Rams
  • Creating Satisfying Combat Experiences  -  GDC 2011 presentation of Insomniac Games on  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

References and Inspiration

  • Abandonedography  -  amazing photos from all around the world
  • Anime Backgrounds - 
  • ArchDaily  -  online source of architectural news, projects, products, events, interviews and competitions among others
  • Architectural Afterlife - 
  • ArchitecturePorn  -  network reddit devoted to interesting architecture and individual images of buildings
  • Artstation - 
  • Color Scheme Designer  -  a designer tool for creating color combinations that work well together
  • Concept Art World - 
  • CoolVibe - 
  • Critical /// Path  -  panoramic overview of the contemporary state of the videomage medium
  • Deadendthrills - 
  • Designboom - 
  • Electric blue skies - 
  • Fuck Yeah Concept Art - 
  • 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 - 
  • National Geographic Found - 
  • Opuszczone  -  unusual and mysterious places in Poland
  • Skyscrapercity  -  world's biggest community on skyscrapers and everything in between
  • The Atlantic - 
  • The Big Picture - 
  • Visual Elsewhere - 
  • World Ruins Gallery  -  photographs of Japan’s modern ruins by Michael John Grist
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