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In this book, veteran game developers, academics, journalists, and others provide their processes and experiences with level design. Each provides a unique perspective representing multiple steps of the process for interacting with and creating game levels â experiencing levels, designing levels, constructing levels, and testing levels. These diverse perspectives offer readers a window into the thought processes that result in memorable open game worlds, chilling horror environments, computer-generated levels, evocative soundscapes, and many other types of gamespaces. This collection invites readers into the minds of professional designers as they work and provides evergreen topics on level design and game criticism to inspire both new and veteran designers.

Key Features:

  • Learn about the processes of experienced developers and level designers in their own words
  • Discover best-practices for creating levels for persuasive play and designing

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1. Kamuro Nights: A Personal Retrospective of the Yakuza Series Gavin Greene

    Chapter 2. Cracking the Resident Evil Puzzle Box Daniel Johnson

    Chapter 3.From Construction to Perception: Three Views of Level Design for Story-Driven Games Huaxin Wei and Chaoguang Wang

    Chapter 4. Everything I Learned About Level Design at an Orlesian Ball Heidi McDonald

    Chapter 5. Hell, Hyboria, and Disneyland; The Origins and Inspirations of Themed Video Game Level Design Scott Rogers

    Chapter 6. Level Design Practices for Independent Games Fares Kayali and Josef Ortner

    Chapter 7. Making the Most of Audio in Characterization, Narrative Structure, and Level Design Chanel Summers

    Chapter 8. Procedural Content Generation: An Overview Gillian Smith

    Chapter 9. P.T. and the Play of Stillness Brian Upton

    Chapter 10. The Illusion of Choice – How to Hide the Linearity of Levels from Players Joao Raza and Benjamin Carter

    Chapter 11. Integrating Procedural and Handmade Level Design Dr. Mark R. Johnson

    Chapter 12. Level Design Planning for Open World Games Joel Burgess PART 4: TESTING LEVELS

    Chapter 13. Play-Personas: Mental Tools for Player-Centered Level Design Alessandro Canossa

    Chapter 14. Evaluating Level Design Using Public Events Jonathan Moriarty

    Chapter 15. The Rule of 27’s: A Comparative Analysis of 2D Screenspace and Virtual Reality Environment Design Hadar Silverman

    Chapter 16. Expression vs. Experience: Balancing Art and Usability Needs in Level Design Christopher W. Totten

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    Publisher: CRC Press
    Publication Date: 2/1/2022 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9781032276717, 978-1032276717
    ISBN10: 1032276711

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    In this book, veteran game developers, academics, journalists, and others provide their processes and experiences with level design. Each provides a unique perspective representing multiple steps of the process for interacting with and creating game levels â experiencing levels, designing levels, constructing levels, and testing levels. These diverse perspectives offer readers a window into the thought processes that result in memorable open game worlds, chilling horror environments, computer-generated levels, evocative soundscapes, and many other types of gamespaces. This collection invites readers into the minds of professional designers as they work and provides evergreen topics on level design and game criticism to inspire both new and veteran designers.

    Key Features:

    • Learn about the processes of experienced developers and level designers in their own words
    • Discover best-practices for creating levels for persuasive play and designing

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1. Kamuro Nights: A Personal Retrospective of the Yakuza Series Gavin Greene

      Chapter 2. Cracking the Resident Evil Puzzle Box Daniel Johnson

      Chapter 3.From Construction to Perception: Three Views of Level Design for Story-Driven Games Huaxin Wei and Chaoguang Wang

      Chapter 4. Everything I Learned About Level Design at an Orlesian Ball Heidi McDonald

      Chapter 5. Hell, Hyboria, and Disneyland; The Origins and Inspirations of Themed Video Game Level Design Scott Rogers

      Chapter 6. Level Design Practices for Independent Games Fares Kayali and Josef Ortner

      Chapter 7. Making the Most of Audio in Characterization, Narrative Structure, and Level Design Chanel Summers

      Chapter 8. Procedural Content Generation: An Overview Gillian Smith

      Chapter 9. P.T. and the Play of Stillness Brian Upton

      Chapter 10. The Illusion of Choice – How to Hide the Linearity of Levels from Players Joao Raza and Benjamin Carter

      Chapter 11. Integrating Procedural and Handmade Level Design Dr. Mark R. Johnson

      Chapter 12. Level Design Planning for Open World Games Joel Burgess PART 4: TESTING LEVELS

      Chapter 13. Play-Personas: Mental Tools for Player-Centered Level Design Alessandro Canossa

      Chapter 14. Evaluating Level Design Using Public Events Jonathan Moriarty

      Chapter 15. The Rule of 27’s: A Comparative Analysis of 2D Screenspace and Virtual Reality Environment Design Hadar Silverman

      Chapter 16. Expression vs. Experience: Balancing Art and Usability Needs in Level Design Christopher W. Totten

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