Resource Links

[AlexG]

List of websites that I often reference to for color wheels and color ideas when planning lighting and color pallete.

It automatically generates color harmonies based on your selections. Very cool.

Color Jack:
http://www.colorjack.com/sphere/

Color Scheme Designer
http://colorschemedesigner.com/

FICML
http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html

Favicon
http://www.favicon.cc/

[AlexG]

Thanks to Luis Miranda.
I didn't know it was available to download.

Its over 3gigs but worth the download.

http://www.fileplanet.com/195417/190...-Tutorial-Pack

[AlexG]

Amazing photos and great reference:

"Photos & Trip Reports
Photos from my wanderings through nature and an occasional urban environment."

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jensenl/visuals/album/

[doruku]

Another set of Unreal Engine 3 videos created by Jason Welsh. Some cover specific maps for Gears of War and others for Unreal Tournament 3.
There are also video tutorials for Maya, ZBrush and Photoshop.

http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/pub ... dmushrooms (need to register to see the full videos)

http://www.youtube.com/user/cannedmushrooms

Cheers!

[simonjoslin]

one of my favourites (in fact one of my favourite web 2.0 apps):
http://www.colourlovers.com/

[AlexG]

Thats a cool site. Added to my fav.

[AlexG]

Amazing video on Gnomon's Website. Its over 2 hours long, and the information I learned is absolutly priceless.

So grab your favorite drink and sit back for next couple of hours.

http://www.gnomonschool.com/events/n...aughty_dog.php

[channie]

Seconded. One of the most insightful videos I ever watched !

[sarge mat]

I all most never work while not listening to something so I will play through this. Thanks for the link, anyone who has the game may or may not know there is a full making of doc hidden in the extras on the disk too.

[Decker]

Watched this from one of your referred articles I believe. Was awesome!

[Modifier]

Loved it, a real insight, GREAT FIND!

[doruku]

Terrific! I just burn it on dvd to have in my shelf for future reference!

Thanx Alex

[sarge mat]

Terrific! I just burn it on dvd to have in my shelf for future reference!

Thanx Alex

Great Idea Sir, I shall do that myself and get round to watching it that way.

Is it over two hours because the 4 videos are 20-30 mins?

[AlexG]

LINKS: Last updated Feb 11, 2011
Original Thread started by Frustrum

Level Design Links from csyver
CSYVERTSEN Level Design Links


Architecture

The Architechture of Level Design GDC 2001


Architecture in Video Games by Victor Antinov Half Life 2 and Rob Watkins Fable


Looking at Buildings Architecture References


Hammer Source and Valve Games

Cannonfodder's Half-Life 2 Tools for Hammer Source and HL2. Compilers and Decompilers.

Interlopers.net Error Fixes Problems when compiling your map and you want to know what it is and how to fix it?

HalfLife Storm.com News, Tutorials and Downloads.

Planet Philip HL2 Map/Mod Reveiws

Half-Life 2 Map Editing Optimization Guide by Ralph 'zombie@computer' van Hoorn



Level Design

Continuity Level Design by Rob Hale

Everything I Learned About Game Design I Learned From Disneyland by Scott Rogers

Guiding The Player's Eye by Matthew Gallant

Inspiration: Three Inspirations for Creative Level Design

Keen Level Design; The Theory of Lighting

Level Design Beginning , Part 1: Level Design Theory

Level Design Beginning Part 2: Rules to Design By and Parting Advice

Lunaran's Deathmatch Encyclopedia

Level Design: Where's the Design in Level Design? Part One

Level Design: Where's the Design in Level Design? Part Two

Anatomy of a Combat Zone

Simon OC Turoials for idTech 3 engine level design.

Secrets of the Sages: Level Design (kudos to Paul Jaquays' 26 Level Design Tips)

Map-Craft Various Tutorials.

Examining Game Pace: How Single-Player Levels Tick - Gamasutra

Systemic Level Design by Harvey Smith (Deus Ex) (it's a PowerPoint document)

A Guide For Aspiring Level Designers by Josh Bridge

Auntie Pixelante's Level Design Lesson: To The Right, Hold On Tight


Business

Gamasutra - The Art & Business of Making Games



Making of

The Making of Final Fantasy VII Part 1/2

The Making of Final Fantasy VII Part 2/2


The Iterative Level Design Process of Bioware's Mass Effect 2 A good talk from the GDC 2009 about how Bioware went from concieving a level to shipping it.

The Level Design process at Epic Games on Gears of War 2 A similar talk from the GDX in 2009, with Epic Games level design process.


Portfolios

Hourenes Portfolio
Sjoerd "Hourences" De Jong. Portfolio of professional level designer with links to his published books, tutorials and industry advice and updates.


Art and Design

How Designers Turn Heads Michel McBride-Charpentier

How to Pick Indie Game Collaborators: 11 Things to Watch Out For by Russ McMackin


Texturing/Materials/Shaders

RobotRenegade's Shader Manual
"What is a shader?" Most of documentary is Quake 3 engine specific.

[Modifier]

Ah yes. That guy has some good tools. used some of them before really usefull.

just to add to the list heres some other link for mapping tutorials for source engine games. a add will come up sometimes so just click skip add.


http://halflifestorm.com/?p=607