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.
Este curso forma parte de Programa Especializado - Game Design: Art and Concepts
World Design for Video Games
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Habilidades que obtendrás
Level DesignArtVideo Game DesignGame Design
Resultados profesionales del estudiante
67%
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67%
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Instituto de Artes de California
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.
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
2 horas para completar
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.
2 horas para completar
4 videos (Total 9 minutos), 5 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
5 lecturas
About this course5m
Academic Integrity2m
Causes and Consequences3m
Considering Game Worlds3m
Example: Week 1 Assignment5m
3 horas para completar
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.
3 horas para completar
7 videos (Total 18 minutos), 2 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
7 videos
Aesthetics & Gameplay3m
Clockworks1m
Questions3m
Back to the rulebook2m
Make it yours1m
Shuffle your ideas1m
2 lecturas
Strategies for shuffling your ideas1m
Example: Week 2 Assignment8m
3 horas para completar
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.
3 horas para completar
9 videos (Total 21 minutos), 4 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
9 videos
Level Design2m
Bordering the World1m
The Garden3m
Navigation and Time1m
Moveset2m
From point A to point B3m
Linear vs. Non-Linear2m
The Grey Box1m
4 lecturas
The Bigger Picture8m
Two types of navigation8m
Level design in local spaces8m
Example: Week 3 Assignment8m
3 horas para completar
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.
3 horas para completar
6 videos (Total 17 minutos), 4 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
6 videos
Anchoring the world down4m
An Atmosphere1m
Lighting is key3m
Colors1m
Final Round2m
4 lecturas
In the Shadows8m
Color your world5m
Example: Week 4 Assignment8m
Course Credits2m
Revisiones
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por ECAug 13, 2017
Really enjoyed this class. I am a very visual person and this class was much more fun and a bit easier as I could express my ideas visually much more easily than If I had to write everything down.
por SASep 20, 2019
i really loved this course. it inspired me to be more innovative and think out of the box. it changed my mindset a lot. so thanks to my instructor and my peers. your words meant a lot to me.
por RCJan 22, 2019
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!
por TTFeb 6, 2018
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!
por WBMay 7, 2019
This had been a great course, instructor Théotime did a great job in breaking down the process of building a game world and taking it out from a mere concept to written words.
por JKJun 28, 2016
Fantastic! The coursework and lessons were designed to get you started building the framework for your game world. The course got me started on my new game!
por AAOct 17, 2016
Great course! A lot of new and useful stuff. I really enjoyed another part of Game Design: Art and Concepts Specialization. Keep up the great work, guys!
por AADec 16, 2015
Excellent course! I studied animation but I didn't know much of the world aspect for game design. This course it's also helpful for animation field.
por SLOct 10, 2016
I loved this I think video game design and creation is the new way to learn code and complexity of design. Great experience thank you so much!
por JSJan 27, 2016
The teacher is a litlle abstract. Maybe he would improve himself if he would give more tangible things, as methods.
por DDJan 31, 2017
Very useful to develop worlds and enviroments, not only for videogames, but for all kind of media.
por ABFeb 1, 2016
A very good experience, but if it could've helped me to find a job it would have been even better.
Acerca de Programa especializado Game Design: Art and Concepts
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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