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Level Design Lobby

Level Design Lobby

Max Pears

The Level Design Lobby, breaks down game and level design techniques, showing how they are used within games, as well as how we can improve upon them. It also shares reading material to its audience, while providing interviews with industry professionals. Please Subscribe ---- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Maxpears Website: http://www.maxpears.com/
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Level Design Lobby episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Level Design Lobby for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Level Design Lobby episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Level Design Lobby - Level Design Lobby - How to approach Stealth Design
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06/11/24 • 19 min

In this episode, I have taken a deep dive on of my favourite levels to play when growing up which was stealth levels. I was a huge fan of both MGS & Splinter Cell franchises, now we see some form of stealth in many of our games. So I wish to share some tips which I have learned over my time. ----------------------------- Stealth Resources ---------------------------- Common Stealth Mistakes - https://youtu.be/ysXTQgHP-NY?feature=shared LD for Stealth Games - https://youtu.be/EIgwEZFEsB4?feature=shared ---------------------------- Let's Design Books ----------------------------------- Ebook - https://bit.ly/39BakJD Physical Books - https://bit.ly/3mfOsbS ----------------------------------- Contact Me ---------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxPears Website: https://www.maxpears.com/​ Email: [email protected] -----------------------------------

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Level Design Lobby - Level Design Lobby - Lead LD Ross Wilding #117
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02/16/22 • 67 min

Here joining me on the show we have Lead Level Designer Ross Wilding. As we go through his journey into the game industry and his advice on how to not only break into the industry but tips on how to progress through your career. Please Support http://bit.ly/33xpKbG ---------------------------------- LDL - Store Store-https://bit.ly/39BakJD ----------------------------------- Let's Design Books ----------------------------------- Ebook - https://bit.ly/39BakJD Physical Books - https://bit.ly/3mfOsbS ----------------------------------- Contact Ross ----------------------------------- Twitter - https://twitter.com/Scourged_Wolf ----------------------------------- Example Folio ---------------------------------- https://www.jtdesigner.com/ ---------------------------------- Contact Me ------------------------------------ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxPears​ Website: https://www.maxpears.com/​ Email: [email protected] --------------------------------------

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Level Design Lobby - Level Design Lobby - Ep1: Intro
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09/16/17 • 7 min

This first episode of the Level Design Lobby, so I will be introducing you to what the LDL is about, discussing the future episode and what to expect from the podcast as a series. You will also get to know more about the host Max Pears.

Please subscribe ---- Twitter: twitter.com/Maxpears Website: www.maxpears.com ---- Paris Stalker: twitter.com/Paris_Stalker

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Level Design Lobby - How I Designed Cybperpunk 2077 Levels
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09/26/23 • 47 min

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. ---------------------------------- Let's Design Books ----------------------------------- Ebook - https://bit.ly/39BakJD Physical Books - https://bit.ly/3mfOsbS ----------------------------------- Contact Me ---------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxPears Website: https://www.maxpears.com/​ Email: [email protected]

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Joined by a good friend and a designer I respect very much the fantastic Evan Hill! His latest work the Last of Us 2 has been a huge success and we talk about our design process, where he takes his inspiration and much more.

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Level Design Lobby - Answering Gamedev Questions/ Q+A #14
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11/24/20 • 26 min

You amazing Game Guru's have sent in questions for us to answer. Dan joins me as we try help to answer as much as we can, if you have any more questions, please leave them down below. Please Support: bit.ly/33xpKbG -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsor - LDL Store ------------------------------------------------------------------- bit.ly/2WvrTUR -------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Me -------------------------------------------------------------------- Twitter: twitter.com/MaxPears Website: www.maxpears.com/ Email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------- Equipment -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mic Shure SM7b - amzn.to/2TFvEoL GOXLR Mini - amzn.to/3mFCqas Stream Deck mini - amzn.to/37SMtF8 Mic Arm - amzn.to/34JIc4P

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Level Design Lobby - Level Design Lobby: Game Design w/ Lauryn Ash #96
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05/18/21 • 58 min

I am joined by the incredible, energetic, designer Lauryn Ash! Lauryn has been in the industry over many years, we talk about how to design for certain emotions, as well as what to consider as you itterate! Please Support the show: http://bit.ly/33xpKbG

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Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/furidashi-w-lauryn-and-nicholas/id1533677626 Website: http://laurynash.com/

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Level Design Lobby - Level Design Lobby - Ep4: Main Menus In Video Games
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10/13/17 • 19 min

Taking a deep dive into opening menu designs, how sadly most games do not take full advantage of this moment. I will give great examples of games which use these in many exciting ways. Seeing how we as an industry can grow, how we can take inspiration from these examples.

Please subscribe to support the podcast. ---- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxPears Website: http://www.maxpears.com/ ---- iTunes: https://goo.gl/RDWSmX YouTube: https://goo.gl/2pdpjg SoundCloud: https://goo.gl/9pb4DW

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Level Design Lobby - Level Design Lobby - Ep 11: LD Principles 2
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01/22/18 • 71 min

Today is another Level Design focused episode where my good friend and fellow LD Seb McBride joins me for a sit-down, where we discuss more important LD Principles that we like and how they benefit the game.

One of my favourite people to talk Level design with so enjoy the episode. Please Subscribe ---- Seb's Details: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Darthsebious Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/moonlightcdpr ---- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaxPears Website: http://www.maxpears.com/ ---- iTunes: https://goo.gl/RDWSmX YouTube: https://goo.gl/2pdpjg SoundCloud: https://goo.gl/9pb4DW

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Level Design Lobby - Level Design Lobby - Ep2: Rime's Perspective
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09/16/17 • 31 min

In this episode, Max will be breaking down how to use ‘Perspective’ in level design. How it can be used well and poorly. The main example throughout this podcast will be ‘Rime’ in particular how they used perspective in their HUB level design.

Please Subscribe ---- Rime: https://goo.gl/uody4Q ---- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Maxpears Website: http://www.maxpears.com/

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Please subscribe on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-576014352

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FAQ

How many episodes does Level Design Lobby have?

Level Design Lobby currently has 288 episodes available.

What topics does Level Design Lobby cover?

The podcast is about Leisure, Game, Gamedev, Games, Podcasts and Video Games.

What is the most popular episode on Level Design Lobby?

The episode title 'Level Design Lobby - Ep 29: Chris Totten' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Level Design Lobby?

The average episode length on Level Design Lobby is 27 minutes.

How often are episodes of Level Design Lobby released?

Episodes of Level Design Lobby are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Level Design Lobby?

The first episode of Level Design Lobby was released on Sep 16, 2017.

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