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Becoming a Level Designer

Rafael Can Savastürk · 2014-04-19T17:42:52

Hello everybody, I am new on Gamedev and I just read the FAQ :) I will turn 17 soon and I already know what my dream job is. First of all, i though about industry design, but as a gamer I would like to combine my hobby and job. As I am not like my brother, who is an ace in programming, I decided to pursue a line of career in something similar like Level Design or Charakter Design. I am already practicing hard for my drawing skills and some days ago I researched about the topic. As I understand, it's big plus to be familiar with some Engine. Therefore I downloaded Unity, UDK and Source SDK just to look which is better for myself. BUT, all that is a lot of information and I am just a beginner. So my question is: 1. What do I need for proper use of these tools, for getting acceptable results? (Languages?) (I know one: Time and patience :)) I would also be pretty happy about aditional info regarding your start into all this, the career of a level designer et cetera :)

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Started by Wisbits April 14, 2014 05:06 PM

9 comments, last by Tutorial Doctor 10 years, 2 months ago

Tutorial Doctor

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April 19, 2014 05:42 PM

Great tip Mark. I didn't know about the create a world tool. Sims is a simulation, and so it could be useful in simulating what it really takes to make an environment. I used to like the build tool, and also it could help with character design too. Now I might go buy the game. haha

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