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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