Beginning Game Level Design

This overview of the skills and basic tools required to produce high quality levels in game environments focuses on design aesthetics, what makes "good levels" and how to create them, and how users can transfer these skills into a job as a level designer. Original. (Beginner)

John Feil is a game industry veteran whose duties have spanned from quality assurance, to technical writing, and finally to level designer and designer. He's worked on such titles as Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter and Star Wars: Battle for Naboo, as well as a host of other Star Wars titles. Currently, John is a member of the board of directors for the International Game Developer's Association (IGDA), and was recently a designer/implementer on Microsoft Game Studio's cancelled massively multiplayer game, Mythica.