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Books on layout and space sequencing in game design
I'm currently looking into level design books. So far I've read two, The How's And Why's of Level Design and the Ultimate Level Design Guide.
While both were useful they did not discuss layout and ...
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On average, how many scenery objects on an average-sized map [closed]
I know it's a stupid question, but I couldn't find the answer on Google or here. Ideally, I'm looking at best-case-scenario, common-scenario and worst-case-scenario statistics. This is excluding the ...
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Indoor 3D game worlds
I'm looking for a little direction.
I'm building a game engine as a part of my university project, and I'm having a little trouble about what to look for when it comes to indoor 3D game worlds.
Now ...
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Height Map vs 3D Model Mesh
I'm currently working on a 3D PC game (written in C++ and DirectX 9.0) and I'm trying to find the best way to store level data in the memory.
The game's action takes place under the ground, so ...
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Looping 3D environment in shmups
So I was watching Ikaruga:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj23K8Ri68E
And then raystorm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ4V0G5ykAg
After looking at their 3D backgrounds for a little bit, it appears ...
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What 3D level development tools are available to indie developers?
People who build in Unity or UDK have immediate access to a 3D level editor. People who build their games in XNA or from scratch have no such thing. I'm looking for 3D level development tools ...
