World Design for 2D Action-Adventures: Level Design Practices
Autor Christopher W. Totten, Adrian Sandovalen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 ian 2025
The book also intersperses these examples with practical exercises in 2D action-adventure world design using the free and easy-to-use GB Studio engine, allowing readers to practice their skills and see how lessons from the theory chapters apply in real game development environments. These practical chapters cover the basics of using GB Studio and related software, such as Asesprite and Tiled, to help readers create their own action-adventure characters, monsters, quest systems, switches, keys, and other mechanics - all the way up to designing their own dungeon!
World Design for 2D Action Adventures will be of great interest to all those looking to improve their level design skills within this genre.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781032579986
ISBN-10: 1032579986
Pagini: 258
Ilustrații: 354
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Seria Level Design Practices
ISBN-10: 1032579986
Pagini: 258
Ilustrații: 354
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Seria Level Design Practices
Public țintă
Professional Practice & DevelopmentNotă biografică
Christopher Totten is an award-winning game designer and an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Animation Game Design program at Kent State University. He is also the founder of the studios Pie For Breakfast, LLC and Team Nemo, Inc., which has created games for mobile, PC, tabletop, Game Boy, and the Nintendo Switch. He holds a Masters Degree in Architecture with a concentration in digital media from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and is a lifetime member of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA.)
Chris’s games and community work explore the intersections between games and the arts. He is a founder of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) Arcade and has created games based on art, literature, and works of animation, including the award-winning games La Mancha and Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends. For this work, he won the Faculty of Excellence Award for Innovation at IndieCade Horizons 2022. He is the author of An Architectural Approach to Level Design, and Game Character Creation in Blender and Unity. He is also the editor of the collected volume, Level Design: Processes and Experiences.
Adrian Sandoval is a video game designer, writer and professor of game production and history. His work spans nearly fifteen years, with titles published across platforms such as the Nintendo DS, PC and mobile. Currently, he is the lead designer on the upcoming Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends game for PC and Nintendo Switch, and the current chair for the Philadelphia chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA.)
Chris’s games and community work explore the intersections between games and the arts. He is a founder of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) Arcade and has created games based on art, literature, and works of animation, including the award-winning games La Mancha and Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends. For this work, he won the Faculty of Excellence Award for Innovation at IndieCade Horizons 2022. He is the author of An Architectural Approach to Level Design, and Game Character Creation in Blender and Unity. He is also the editor of the collected volume, Level Design: Processes and Experiences.
Adrian Sandoval is a video game designer, writer and professor of game production and history. His work spans nearly fifteen years, with titles published across platforms such as the Nintendo DS, PC and mobile. Currently, he is the lead designer on the upcoming Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends game for PC and Nintendo Switch, and the current chair for the Philadelphia chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA.)
Cuprins
0.1 Introduction. 0.2 Downloading and Installing GB Studio and Related Software. 1.1 Structures for Exploratory Gameplay. 1.2 Planning “Tools” for 2D Action-Adventures. 2.1 Common Gameplay Mechanisms. 2.2 Building Basic Gameplay Mechanisms. 3.1 Planning Your World. 3.2 Building Sprites, Tilesets, and Backgrounds. 4.1 Tutorials and Openings in Action-Adventure Games. 4.2 Creating Scenes, Dialogue, NPCs, and Cutscenes. 5.1 Puzzle and Encounter Design. 5.2 Let’s Build a Dungeon
Descriere
Blending theory and practical analysis, book shows how principles of game and level design are applied in some of your favorite 2D action-adventure games. It guides you on a quest to create levels for different styles of 2D action-adventure games, from top-down dungeon-crawler adventures to side-scrolling non-linear “Metroidvania” titles.