Engine Based Design I

Welcome to the MediaWiki page for Engine Based Games I (36-2510).

Here you will be able to find links to various required or handy documents, plus some other stuff.
Be sure to check back here often for updates or changes.

SYLLABUS and FINAL PROJECT PACKET

Engine-Based Design Fall 2007 Syllabus

TORQUE REFERENCE DOCS and LINKS

Material taken from GarageGames TDN site is available to students only on the Engine Based Design I class folder. (The ClassFolders directory is mapped to you Z drive on login.)

RELATED READINGS

  GROUP ONE
  Beginning Level Design, Part 1: Level Design Theory
  Beginning Level Design Part 2: Rules to Design By and Parting Advice
  Three Inspirations for Creative Level Design
  Where's the Design in Level Design?, Part One
  Where's the Design in Level Design?, Part Two

  GROUP TWO
  An Architect's Perspective On Level Design Pre-Production
  The Architecture of Level Design

  GROUP THREE
  Great Expectations: Building a Player Vocabulary
  Level Design - Secrets of the Sages

  GROUP FOUR
  Multiplayer Level Design In-Depth, Part 1: The Specific Constraints of Multiplayer Level Design
  Multiplayer Level Design In-Depth, Part 2: The Rules of Map Design
  Multiplayer Level Design In-Depth, Part 3: Technical Constraints and Accessibility

  GROUP FIVE
  Spatial Principles of Level-Design in Multi-Player First-Person Shooters