Session Name: | Level Design in a Day: Best Practices from the Best in the Business |
Speaker(s): | Neil Alphonso, Jim Brown, Joel Burgess, Ed Byrne, Seth Marinello, Coray Seifert, Matthias Worch |
Company Name(s): | Splash Damage, Epic Games, Bethesda Game Studios, Imba, Visceral Games Redwood Shores, Slingo, Inc., LucasArts |
Track / Format: | Production |
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Overview: |
In this intense day-long tutorial, attendees gain deep insights into the art of Level Design from an all-star cast of industry veterans. This year, everyone's favorite Level Design tutors return with new topics, new formats, and new genres, plus acclaimed Dead Space level designer Seth Marinello! From the iterative process behind a production of Gears of War level, to the process of creating the most stirring moments of Dead Space, this tutorial reviews best practices and lessons learned from almost a century of collective level design experience on a vast array of contemporary and classic games. Topics of focus include documentation, pacing, environmental storytelling, balancing, player agency, narrative agency and others. This fun, high energy talk features portfolio deathmatches, talk show-style panel discussions, extended Q&A and a post-tutorial trip to the bar to wrap up the day with speakers and colleagues. � Agenda � 10:00�10:15am- Level Design in a Day Introduction Speaker: Coray Seifert � 10:15�11:08am- Building a Universe Through Details
Speaker: Seth Marinello (Visceral Games Redwood Shores) � 11:08am�12:00pm- Player Stories, Designer Stories and Narrative Agency
Speaker: Matthias Worch (LucasArts) � 12:00�1:45pm- LUNCH SPECIAL! Portfolio Review for LD Newbies and Vets �
Portfolio Review for LD Newbies and Vets � 1:45�2:30pm- LIVE with Matthias Worch & The Level Devils
Speaker: Matthias Worch (LucasArts) � 2:30�3:30pm- Occam's Level Designing Razor
Speaker: Joel Burgess (Bethesda Game Studios) � 3:30�4:00pm, 4:30�5:00pm- Level Design Documentation
Speakers: Ed Byrne (Imba) and Neil Alphonso (Splash Damage) � 5:00�6:00pm- The Legacy of Fail
Speaker: Jim Brown (Epic Games) |