Super Mario Bros 3 Level Design Lessons »
An interesting link highlighting some nice level design features in Super Mario Bros 3.
This is a great video on the Super Mario World camera which I have never noticed before despite playing the game dozens of times and looking back in hindsight, never annoyed me either.
On the Harry Potter titles that I worked on, our lead gameplay programmer (and our camera integrator on Order of the Phoenix) always focused on getting our 3rd person camera just right and cope with all the tight architecture constraints of Hogwarts.
Although it doesn’t seem difficult to get a camera working correctly, the number of iterations and subtle changes that a camera system can go through is immense. As another developer said, ‘Get it right, no one will notice, get it wrong and everyone and their dog will’.
Games Design Courses - Are they worth it?
Disclaimer: Everything here is of my own opinion and do not necessarily represent any other party’s views.
Note: When I refer to game developers, this means I am referring to everyone involved in the development of the game such as programmers, artists, producers, designers, etc.
There has been increasingly more enquires about becoming a games developer in forums related to games careers such as the ones on IGDA and GameCareerGuide. As much as I am happy that more and more people are interested in entering the games industry, the majority of these are asking on how they become a games designer and which games design course should they choose because they naturally see it as the best way to get into the industry. After all, if you want to be a plumber, you do a plumbing course. So if you want to be games designer, you do a games design course, right?
If only it was that simple.
So You Want to be a Game Designer?
Just been linked to this today and I think it is a great video in what it takes to be a games designer in the industry. It be a rude awakening for many budding designers as in my experience, they think it just it is about creating ideas and games.
The reality is that only forms a tiny part of the role and the rest is about communicating that idea and vision to the rest of the team and making it a reality.
Enjoy!
(Source: escapistmagazine.com)
Games Design Courses - Are they worth it?
Please note: When I refer to game developers, this means I am referring to everyone involved in the development of the game such as programmers, artists, producers, designers, etc. There has been increasingly more enquires about becoming a games developer in forums related to games careers such as the ones on IGDA and GameCareerGuide. As much as I am happy that more and more people are interested in entering the games industry, the majority of these are asking on how they become a games designer and which games design course should they choose because they naturally see it as the best way to get into the industry. After all, if you want to be a plumber, you do a plumbing course. So if you want to be games designer, you do a games design course, right? If only it was that simple.
