Quick Tip:Draw your Levels!

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Quick Tip:Draw your Levels!

Postby Joswano » Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:29 am

You know that feeling where you want to just stop making a level because you don't have ideas or you're trying to make something on the fly? After that, you just feel tired and just stop.
Theres a way to design a level without it being tedious, and you can do it when you can't use your computer. Drawing!
Here's a blueprint for a level I can make when I get home.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13HVcuP ... sp=sharing

When you draw your levels, you take away having to design with tilesets, and it's easier and faster. I always feel like I constantly need to fill in space in my level or constantly resize the level, so this is actually a good idea.

I used this https://reallysketch.com to do it. (I just searched "digital graph paper" and this works fine)

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Re: Quick Tip:Draw your Levels!

Postby Enjl » Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:34 am

The industry standard is blocking, rather than drawing. With blocking, you can very quickly test your ideas without having to worry about aesthetics.

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Re: Quick Tip:Draw your Levels!

Postby Joswano » Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:33 am

I had no idea what it was really called, thanks for the link!


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