Start creating your world. A game world is not just a backdrop for your game—be it minimal or detailed, contained or part of a much bigger universe, it provides the context for your player. Ultimately, a game world should feel alive and wholly unique to any player who will experience it.
In this course, we will explore game worlds in existing games and study the art and influences that inform their themes and styles. We will also investigate key components of environment and level design as well as strategies designers use to define gameplay or advance it. We’ll also look at navigation and the elements that make your world as real (or unreal) as you want it to be. A weekly challenge will prompt you to explore styles and inspirations for possible game worlds, and you’ll learn effective ways to communicate your ideas from concepts to presentation-worthy proofs of concept.
Ce cours fait partie de la Spécialisation Conception de jeux : art et principes
World Design for Video Games
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Level DesignArtVideo Game DesignGame Design
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Semaine
12 heures pour terminer
Introduction to World Design
During this first week, we'll start with a brief overview of game worlds and game design. We’ll also examine environments and larger world-based concepts to see how games incorporate a macro-level view of how they progress. At the end of the week, a short assignment prompts you to examine, analyze and comment on games that marked or interested you in terms of their environment design.
4 vidéos (Total 9 min), 4 lectures, 1 quiz
4 vidéos
Course introduction1 min
Properties and Rules2 min
Story, the vertical spine2 min
Making a game world1 min
4 lectures
About this course5 min
Causes and Consequences3 min
Considering Game Worlds3 min
Example: Week 1 Assignment5 min
Semaine
23 heures pour terminer
Do Your Research
Where do you start when designing a world? Where should you begin to look for sparking that creative impulse? This week we will be exploring ideas and presentation techniques for a game’s environment and world design. I encourage you to draw inspiration from other art practices, artists, video games or even your everyday surroundings. The assignment at the end of the week challenges you to present a proposal for a possible world through concept artwork for peer evaluation.
7 vidéos (Total 18 min), 2 lectures, 1 quiz
7 vidéos
Aesthetics & Gameplay3 min
Clockworks1 min
Questions3 min
Back to the rulebook2 min
Make it yours1 min
Shuffle your ideas1 min
2 lectures
Strategies for shuffling your ideas1 min
Example: Week 2 Assignment8 min
Semaine
33 heures pour terminer
The Way You Move
How do you move in a video game world? This week we’ll discuss fundamental components and concepts in world and level design. Naturally, these evolve as the gameplay progresses but there are specific strategies you can use to create the finer details in a game environment. At the end of the week, you are challenged to take the previous week’s visual research exercise and expand upon it, giving it shape and volume.
9 vidéos (Total 21 min), 4 lectures, 1 quiz
9 vidéos
Level Design2 min
Bordering the World1 min
The Garden3 min
Navigation and Time1 min
Moveset2 min
From point A to point B3 min
Linear vs. Non-Linear2 min
The Grey Box1 min
4 lectures
The Bigger Picture8 min
Two types of navigation8 min
Level design in local spaces8 min
Example: Week 3 Assignment8 min
Semaine
43 heures pour terminer
A Whole World
Bring your game world to life. In this final week, we’ll be putting down what will eventually define the look, ambience and atmosphere of your world, learning specifically how to convey a mood for a unique and engaging game environment. Go back to your assignment from Week 2 to pull from your inspirations and models. Build on your volumetric model from Week 3 and add details. Define the light, the color palette and the overall visual context of your game space.
6 vidéos (Total 17 min), 4 lectures, 1 quiz
6 vidéos
What lives there?3 min
Anchoring the world down4 min
An Atmosphere1 min
Lighting is key3 min
Colors1 min
Final Round2 min
4 lectures
In the Shadows8 min
Color your world5 min
Example: Week 4 Assignment8 min
Course Credits2 min
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I'm not a effective learner so I can't get much from it, but I certainly learn some rules for building world, I would review these contents some days, thank you so much for your teaching!
The videos are nice and clear, and I love seeing examples for the homework, it really helped. I also loved reviewing my peers and having them review me, they had awesome ideas!
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Théotime Vaillant
Instructor, Experimental AnimationSchool of Film/Video
À propos de California Institute of the Arts
CalArts has earned an international reputation as the leading college of the visual and performing arts in the United States. Offering rigorous undergraduate and graduate degree programs through six schools—Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater—CalArts has championed creative excellence, critical reflection, and the development of new forms and expressions.
À propos de la Spécialisation Conception de jeux : art et principes
Stemming from the principles of storytelling and design established in CalArts’ renowned Animation programs, this Specialization lays a primary foundation for experimentation and exploration of video game design, story, character development, and winning gameplay before programming begins. These four courses emphasize the self-reliance and personal expression of the gaming artist, and encourage you to take conceptual risks and develop new modes of expression and form through gaming. In the final Capstone Project, you’ll put your creative skills to work by generating an engaging game design document for a personal game project, outlining the conceptual, narrative and aesthetic elements of your game.
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