An 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

Level Design Lobby - Design through production

10 days ago 17m 34s

As 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

Level Design Lobby - Reading Materials #60

17 days ago 16m 3s

April 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: ht

Level Design Lobby - Inspiring Through Design

1 month ago 15m 54s

Design 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. ----------------------------

Level Design Lobby - Designing Boss Battles

Mar 19th, 2024 18m 53s

While 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=2

Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #59

Mar 12th, 2024 11m 40s

Start 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.am

Level DesignLobby - Unionise

Feb 20th, 2024 11m 48s

I 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 a

Level Design Lobby - Tools to make Level Design Better

Feb 13th, 2024 15m 3s

In 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. -----------------------

Level Design Lobby - Reduendcy Sucks, but this can help!

Feb 6th, 2024 18m 1s

It 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 job

Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #58

Jan 31st, 2024 11m 35s

Happy 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.co

Level Design Lobby - Giving Talks

Oct 31st, 2023 14m 34s

This 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. -------------------

Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #57

Oct 17th, 2023 19m 56s

Sorry 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

How I Designed Cybperpunk 2077 Levels

Sep 26th, 2023 47m 28s

Welcome 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

Conversing with Players Spatial Composition - Level Design

Sep 12th, 2023 44m 23s

Sharing 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. -----

Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #56

Sep 5th, 2023 12m 50s

It 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 - http

Level Design Lobby - Career Growth Part 2

Aug 29th, 2023 41m 21s

Great 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 -----------------------

Crafting Level Design for Combat

Aug 22nd, 2023 30m 19s

I 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 --

Level Design Lobby - Narrative Designers

Aug 15th, 2023 35m 14s

We 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

Level Design Talk - Mental Maps

Aug 8th, 2023 36m 53s

I 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 -------------------------------

Level Deisgn Lobby - Career Growth Part 1

Aug 1st, 2023 23m 2s

For 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 u

Level Design Lobby - Reading Material #55

Jul 25th, 2023 12m 45s

Hitting 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 ----------

Level Design Lobby - What's Next?

Jul 18th, 2023 15m 27s

Hey 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

Level Design Lobby - Designing Tools

Apr 28th, 2023 35m 38s

I 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 beli

Game Conferences - Best practisces

Apr 21st, 2023 20m 47s

Throughout 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 yoursel

Designing Levels for your portfolio

Apr 12th, 2023 18m 20s

As 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 developm