I am indie developer and I won't specify what I am working on but I came here for help, I am trying to make good level design for top down game, do you have any good videos or books about level design?
>>318284426
No idea, but thanks for the cool wallpaper.
>>318284583
No problem at all.
>>318284583
How did you get a job if you don't know what you are doing?
What genre?
>>318284926
You could say the same about politicians and yet, here I am.
>>318285023
It's fast paced action game with lot of killing. Need something with smooth but challenging gameplay.
>>318285340
MP?
If not, it's just basically hallways or free roam.
>>318285567
Singleplayer, but I don't want to feel like each stage is lazy cheap corridor with few rooms.
>>318285340
>top down fast paced killing
>indie
google is your friend
otherwise, play test and play test a lot
think very hard to anticipate everything a player might do, take a break, then think again to spot what you missed
cater for anything you've spotted
players do appreciate this kind of thing
>>318286347
So, then lore.. or secrets or unique mechanics
>>318286612
Will do, thanks!
>>318285340
Sounds like Hotline miami
>I won't specify what I am working on
because it's a fucking hotline miami clone
Look for games with active modding communities and go through tutorials.
Back in the day there were a lot of pretty decent content about HL2, for instance, not sure what is in rage now. Maybe CSGO mapping communities?
Also it is probably a good idea to to find videos and blog posts talking about design decisions in games. Off the top of my head I remember this guy (simonschreibt.de/game-art-tricks/), but it's more about various tricks in game development.
And of course there are books about game dev like HL: Raising the bar that mention cool things.
>>318286894
>>318287372
Might be Hotline Miami clone but
A) it's free
B) it's approved by creators of Hotline Miami
>>318287532
Thanks this will come handy
>>318284426
replay A Link to the past and Link's awakening.
play games until you recognise patterns in how a level is designed, keep track of the ones you like and the ones you don't so you can learn from both of them
