Latest Leveldesign Podcast Episodes
Level Design Lobby - Redesigning Others Levels
Level Design Lobby - April 23, 2024 06:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAn aspect that is not always spoken about is the fact that during development, time is not always on the team's side. This can be because work is not split evenly, deadlines, holidays, or possibly someone leaving the company. Regardless of the reason you may end up taking over another work, whic...
Level Design Lobby - Design through production
Level Design Lobby - April 16, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAs we develop games there are multiple stages of processes we go through: - Preproduction - Production - Polish As LDs our role & focus will change to best meet those stages of production. I will talk through what it is that makes a good LD in each of these stages. ---------------------...
Level Design Lobby - Reading Materials #60
Level Design Lobby - April 09, 2024 04:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsApril is upon us, so let us celebrate it with an incredible list of great resources to help us all learn and grow from one another. ---------------------------------- Resources ----------------------------------- Industrial Design Trends: https://youtu.be/Ieg5qv1JYuU?feature=shared O...
Level Design Lobby - Inspiring Through Design
Level Design Lobby - March 26, 2024 03:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsDesign is not a solo journey but one in which to achieve the best designs possible we work with incredible other devs and disciplines. So we must figure out how to inspire, learn, compromise and design with others. ------------------------------------------ Let's Design Books --------------...
Level Design Lobby - Designing Boss Battles
Level Design Lobby - March 19, 2024 03:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWhile working on my GoW level I have currently been designing a boss arena. I received some questions on twitter and want to give some advice on how you should and would design. Questions: https://x.com/MaxPears/status/1745015457600471045?s=20 ------------------------------------------ L...
Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #59
Level Design Lobby - March 12, 2024 03:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsStart of the month and here are the recommended resources which I think are very much worth checking out to learn from! ---------------------------------- Resources ----------------------------------- Great Game Designer Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Role-Great-Game-Designer-Handbook/dp/1...
Level DesignLobby - Unionise
Level Design Lobby - February 20, 2024 04:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsI was not feeling good the week I recorded this as I am sure many of you have seen it had been nonstop layoffs for nearly the whole of January. This affected some good friends of mine as well as my own mental health. For this, I want to talk about the possibility of how Unionising as gamedevs...
Level Design Lobby - Tools to make Level Design Better
Level Design Lobby - February 13, 2024 04:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIn our career, we use a lot of different tools to construct and build our worlds. I wanted to talk about some that have helped in my experience. Each game is different & requires different equipment to improve our work. ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books ------------------...
Level Design Lobby - Reduendcy Sucks, but this can help!
Level Design Lobby - February 06, 2024 04:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIt is no secret that we have seen the biggest job losses in the industry. With over 9000 lost in 2023 and currently 6000 in 2024. I sadly was one of these, so I wish to share my experience with you all alongside that which helped me to land jobs as well. ---------------------------------- Let...
Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #58
Level Design Lobby - January 31, 2024 04:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsHappy 2024, we are back with the podcast and no better place to start than that of the resources we should read and enjoy! ----------------------------------- Resources ----------------------------------- GDC Boss Mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO23gOGZkcA&ab_channel=GDC Anime Ani...
Level Design Lobby - Giving Talks
Level Design Lobby - October 31, 2023 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThis year I have been fortunate enough to attend multiple conferences giving talks. So I felt that I had to share some tips I have found over the years which I have given talks and from me attending multiple talks out there. ----------------------------------- Let's Design Books -------------...
Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #57
Level Design Lobby - October 17, 2023 04:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsSorry guys, things have been a bit hectic and this video was supposed to be released a couple of weeks ago. I hope you enjoy it regardless and learn from these incredible resources. Let's Design Books ----------------------------------- Ebook - https://bit.ly/39BakJD Physical Books - https...
How I Designed Cybperpunk 2077 Levels
Level Design Lobby - September 26, 2023 05:30 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWelcome to my 2023 talk on the level design process I went through, who I worked with, and the challenges we faced while developing the quest 'Chippin'In'. I breakdown, my personal design process I went through while making the level of Ebunike. ---------------------------------- Let's Design B...
Conversing with Players Spatial Composition - Level Design
Level Design Lobby - September 12, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsSharing my talk which I gave out in Norway back in Konsoll 2021. The topic I focus on is on how we can help guide players through our levels using spatial communication. As it allows players to build up their own mental map of our levels. ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books ...
Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #56
Level Design Lobby - September 05, 2023 05:30 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIt is a new month for the podcast, which means a whole bunch of new incredible resources for us to check out and enjoy. I hope you enjoy it. ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books ----------------------------------- Ebook - https://bit.ly/39BakJD Physical Books - https://bit...
Level Design Lobby - Career Growth Part 2
Level Design Lobby - August 29, 2023 05:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsGreat to hear people really enjoyed the first episode and wanted to hear more, so I come here to share more tips to help learn/grow and skills to develop to progress your career. Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books -----------------...
Crafting Level Design for Combat
Level Design Lobby - August 22, 2023 05:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsI gave a talk at Konsoll back in 2020, during could breaking down how to best set up your levels for the use of Combat. Going through elements you need to consider and how to best set up your geometry. Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- Let's Design Boo...
Level Design Lobby - Narrative Designers
Level Design Lobby - August 15, 2023 05:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWe will be talking about one of the less discussed or shared roles online which is that of a Narrative Designer. I am joined by my friend Keano Raubun, who has worked on some big titles and shares his experience with us. Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ------------------------------...
Level Design Talk - Mental Maps
Level Design Lobby - August 08, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsI thought I would share an old talk I gave back in 2018, where I talk about Mental Maps, how we can encourage players to better understand and learn the layout of your map. Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books --------------------------...
Level Deisgn Lobby - Career Growth Part 1
Level Design Lobby - August 01, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsFor those who want to grow their careers in Level Design, it is not always about being the best LD, there is a lot that you need to learn and develop as you progress. Not many of these are discussed so I thought it would be best to bring them up for everyone's attention. Support the show: http...
Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #55
Level Design Lobby - July 25, 2023 03:30 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsHitting July hard with great new resources. Talking about what I have read, watched, and listened to, which I think we can all learn from. Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books ----------------------------------- Ebook - https://bit.l...
Level Design Lobby - What's Next?
Level Design Lobby - July 18, 2023 03:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsHey all, I hope you are well it has been a busy and crazy one for me with all the contracts and I wanted to discuss what is next for the podcast, what is the plans for the show moving forward and what has slowed me down. Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG --------------------------------...
Level Design Lobby - Designing Tools
Level Design Lobby - April 28, 2023 08:57 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsI have the utmost pleasure of sitting down with the lovely Robin-Yann Storm, who is a Tools UX Designer, and discussing the tools that we use as designers and how he helps make them better for us. It is a complicated process but one that I believe is extremely eye-opening. Support the show: ht...
Game Conferences - Best practisces
Level Design Lobby - April 21, 2023 05:51 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThroughout every year there are incredible conferences for us all to attend as either gamers or as devs. It is a brilliant opportunity for us to network and make new friends. In this episode, I will talk to you about how to best present yourselves and what I have learned over my time attending a...
Designing Levels for your portfolio
Level Design Lobby - April 12, 2023 11:12 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAs some of you will know, I have been working on a personal level for a while which is based on the God of War Universe. It has taken some time to work on it, gone through many iterations, and with more to come. But with this still, in development, I really wanted to talk about personal work its...
Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #54
Level Design Lobby - April 04, 2023 10:31 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsApril starts with no fools, but with great resources. I talk about what I have read, watched, and listened to which I think will improve our skillsets. Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books ----------------------------------- Ebook - ...
Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #53
Level Design Lobby - February 15, 2023 11:43 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsNew month, new reading material out there to help us all out and grow as designers! Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books ----------------------------------- Ebook - https://bit.ly/39BakJD Physical Books - https://bit.ly/3mfOsbS -...
God of War Ragnarok - Design Breakdown
Level Design Lobby - February 08, 2023 04:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsMany of you will know that I really am such a huge fan of GoW Franchise and I could not stop at just one episode, I had to do a few of these because their designs are just so well thought out. Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books ---...
LDL - Lead 3D Artists: Jobye- Kyle #129
Level Design Lobby - February 01, 2023 04:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJoined by a good friend of mine Jobye-Kyle Karmaker, we talk about the dynamic between Level Design and Enviro Art, how the education side of the industry has changed and much more! Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books --------------...
Level Design Lobby - God of War Open World Design #128
Level Design Lobby - January 25, 2023 04:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAfter completing God of War Ragnarok, I wanted to take a closer look at their design choices as they tease how they as a studio would create open-world areas with their 'Crater' level. Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books -----------...
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