11 Day Level Design Process Overview

Basic process overview video shows level design workflow day by day focus. How to create a map in 11 Days. This video will help you to structure your own level design workflow.

[Urserer]

This is amazing. I have a terrible habit of not planning my maps, but this video is going to help me out so much!

[joshpolman]

Thank you - I’m working on my own game in Unity, and this has given me a great head start. Cheers!

[lrkouzelis]

I printed one of your free guides to take as reading material while I was travelling...best ever!!

[WorldofLevelDesign]

@IIoWoII Some static meshes come with UDK, not a lot. Original meshes need to be created in a 3d app and imported.

[GenAnxiety]

This is great stuff! The issue I have is getting Max models and textures into an engine (like unreal) and testing the level. I tried doing this years ago but it was so cumbersome and buggy I gave up.

[SlowDancer]

This is an awesome work you are doing. Thanks

[DannyAtari]

Thank you so much for this guide, whenever I made maps I used to create what I thought up the top of my head and built up on that. Would this guide apply to surrealistic type maps?

[lostdarkwolf]

- piece it all together. (i use my game creation program, Gamemaker. but i wont use it until the next version comes out, because then they'll have 3d level creation abilities. it will probably take me that long to get to this step anyways (im working something big.))
- code in the lights where desired.
- apply visual filters when and where appropriate.

[WorldofLevelDesign]

@GenAnxiety Thanks. The workflow is a lot better now. I'll be releasing some tutorials on this soon, although I'll be using Maya, I believe it will help you with Max as well.

[fitolamer]

This is insanely helpful, thanks for uploading

[WorldofLevelDesign]

@DJBassEnergy I hope you can make your maps even better!

[WorldofLevelDesign]

@Dskater101 Thanks Dskater. Sure, this process could really be applied to any type of maps.

[WorldofLevelDesign]

@mikemayea Thanks Mike, I'm glad you found this useful.

[WorldofLevelDesign]

@silkyskeeter Thanks. Hope you've created some kick ass environments.

[kyleraccoon]

I need help,
Ive been on Day 1 for more than a month.
I'm slow with the idea and planning process because my ideas come slow and I want my idea/plan to be perfect before I start.
How do I speed up the idea process?

[DJBassEnergy]

this map looks so retail! awesome tutorial i hope i can make that some day.

[adamdubigames]

i using cryengine, but this video is helping me alot. thanks.

[lostdarkwolf]

- UV map then texture all game objects (i use wings 3D for UV mapping. but for textures, i use either my camera, or royalty-free images)
- model the level(s) then map and texture them (the level(s) contains no game objects, this way, you can pay full attention to just the level layout without concerning yourself with objects. i realize that this is what you guys use sketching for but i cant sketch, and a 2D canvas only goes so far)

[IIoWoII]

Where do you get the static meshes? You make them yourself?

[sybrenkoninckx]

nice vid!!! I am still in search for a video where they can tell me how i make a flying chopper and a teleport to a level and do i need too have 2 differend map for teleport? or i can do it al on one map? because i made a map what was to big because i can't played that map do you have limits of the height in game?
i wanted too make a huge pirademide with inside levels en than go outside en go to the top again but i guess it was to big? what do you think ? :o