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Game Development Essentials: An Introduction Third Edition Chapter 7 Levels creating the world Key Chapter Questions What is level design and how is it related to gameplay? What is the importance of the structural features of game


  1. Game Development Essentials: An Introduction Third Edition

  2. Chapter 7 Levels creating the world

  3. Key Chapter Questions ■ What is level design and how is it related to gameplay? ■ What is the importance of the structural features of game worlds — such as duration, availability, relationship, and progression? ■ What is the importance of the temporal features of game worlds — such as authentic, variable, player-adjusted, and altered? ■ What is the importance of the spatial features of game worlds — such as perspective, scale, and boundaries? ■ How are reality and style achieved in a game environment?

  4. Structure Objectives Sony Online Entertainment Free Realms

  5. Structure Flow Sony Computer Entertainment America God of War III

  6. Structure Duration Nintendo Wario Land: Shake It!

  7. Structure Availability Nintendo Wii Sports Resort

  8. Structure Relationship Global Agenda Mission Selection (above) Desert & Water Missions (right) All images Hi-Rez Studios

  9. Structure Progression Diagram by Per Olin

  10. Time Authentic Blizzard World of Warcraft

  11. Time Limited XxSugarLoveX (Photobucket) FarmVille

  12. Time Variable Electronic Arts Ultima Online

  13. Time Player-Adjusted Electronic Arts Madden NFL 11

  14. Time Altered Ubisoft Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

  15. Space Perspective & Camera Omnipresent Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation Halo Wars

  16. Space Perspective & Camera Aerial (Top-Down) Take-Two Interactive Railroad Tycoon 3

  17. Space Perspective & Camera Isometric Ubisoft Anno 1404

  18. Space Perspective & Camera Side-Scrolling (or Flat/Side-View) Take-Two Interactive Nintendo Shadow Complex New Super Mario Bros. Wii

  19. Space Terrain & Materials Sony Computer Entertainment America Nintendo Killzone 2 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

  20. Space Radiosity & Effects Rake In Grass Games Jets ’N’ Guns Gold

  21. Space Scale Muzzy Lane Sony Online Entertainment Making History II: The War of the World EverQuest II

  22. Space Boundaries Reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation Flight Simulator X: Acceleration

  23. Space Realism Take-Two Interactive Major League Baseball 2K11

  24. Space Style Sony Computer Entertainment America Capcom Flower Resident Evil 5

  25. Summary ■ Level Design ■ Structure ■ Time ■ Space ■ Space & Time: Levels, Gameplay & Story

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