Level Design Approaches for Solo Devs

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🏥 support IGC on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indiegameclinic 🎮 Original full stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpLMFqztV_M&t=7015s Sources: Steve Lee's Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRT_DdZnWiUryqrOhLL7gyw Lost Relic Games on Level Design Mistakes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkaBNmxhDFs&t=192s Ed Kay's GDC talk on Level Design as a Solo Dev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK-yTqYAD-c Ali Youssef's Blog on Level Design Basics pt. 1: https://gamedev.dou.ua/blogs/level-design-basics-part-1/?hl=en pt. 2: https://gamedev.dou.ua/blogs/level-design-basics-part-2/?hl=en John Romero's Level Design Tips/Rules: https://www.helldoradoteam.com/2018/12/19/john-romeros-level-design-tips/ Tim Cain on Game Production Stages (inc. "Beautiful Corner") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IADSh_P05As&feature=youtu.be Indie Game Clinic on Environmental Storytelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSFs61IF2Rs Key Moments: 00:00 what this talk is and isn't 01:08 practice level design without making a whole game 02:41 level design is not environmental art 04:10 why we greybox 05:38 why indies develop bad habits 07:15 strategies for avoiding the pitfalls 08:28 content planning your levels 09:35 how to interpret other designers rules 12:37 how do your level design rules relate to player experience? 14:23 the only universal game design advice is psychological 15:38 the 3 modes of level design thinking 18:18 how to interpret component-oriented level design tips 20:00 inspirational outro