Simple theory for Platformer games

1. Level Designs for Platformers
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2. Understand the Subgenres
• Puzzle platformers
• Run and gun platformers
• Cinematic platformers
• Comical action game
• Isometric platformers
• Platform-adventure games
• Endless running games

3. Visual Theme
• Mean the design
• Give what feeling
• Forest, Ice or Snow, Lava, Castle

4. Make a List
• Special Items (power up)
• General Items (coin, heal)
• Secret area

5. To know a player what we want
• First enemy
• Total useable power (aslo shot or jump)
• How power is useful
• Platform conditions

6. Simple Layout
• Its Just line or block and text in the graph
• Check its area spacing big or small (long = boring)
• That area complex or simple (complex != hard)
• Easy to hard (Must have bonus or prize)

7. Add the label
• E for ‘Enemy’, P for `Power-up’, and K for ‘Key’
• Write the long form somewhere
• Make style to look simple understand (Texture,
shade)
• No much time to introduce the same function
between developers, it’s just communication

10. Overview layout
• Make transition between sheet and
understandable paper
• Set the space for comment and other changeable
style

11. Series Layout
• Setting the definite spacing of a block, an enemy
or such a things.
• Reversible and flexible to change
• Set the title number to connect.

12. Theme Concept
• Color, Background and size.
• Just type the color name no need to paint.
• Discuses with Graphic designers.
• View and Direction to go.
• Show some info style. (Jump into it, that is path)
• Control the player by theme (such weather: wind
= auto move)

14. Tests and Reports
• Play in your mind
• Your design process is not finish after drawing
• You must reverse from the QA.
• Scaled design is recommended

15. Repairing Contact
• Write a simple document, how was u do wrong
and why u was wrong.
• Remind – just simple don’t waste time by this.

16. Caution
• Don’t waste the time by drawing beauty.
• You can draw line although without ruler (but must
look good)
• Remember you are Level designer, not graphic
designer.
• Theme is yours.
• Start is only from the easy beginning.
• Return from the customers report will be next
sequence

17. Ref
http://devmag.org.za
http://www.significant-bits.com
http://auntiepixelante.com
https://en.wikipedia.org

18. BY
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