So I want to be a level designer

[legacy-Clover]

I'm really considering to work in the field of professional video game level design, and i'd like to look into it. I was wondering;

What skills are needed? (transferrable, technical, personal, physical, mental, teamwork, etc.)

What college/university courses would I take?

What colleges/universities offer this?

[Angel_Mapper]

1) Open UnrealEd.
2) Go forth and make do.


That's how I started out. Did that for about 5 years and got hired. Been in the industry almost two years now. A lot of devs hang out here and look for talent, so just keep releasing good stuff to the community and you'll get noticed. :)

[legacy-Krogen]

1. Everyone of them. ;)

2. Check out FullSail. http://www.fullsail.com/

^What Angel_Mapper said^ :up:

[legacy-Juggalo_Kyle]

ive been making maps for the ut series for a little over a year. within this time, ive learned so much on how to make a really good map, and how not to make good maps (refering to my first releases) but i hope that one day i will get noticed for my work, well my unreleased work ;)

[legacy-Clover]

Thanks everyone, but this is also for a school project, so i'd like to know what school courses you should take IF you go to a college.

[legacy-Tidu]

http://www.gamedev.net has a lot of stuff and forums that can provide you with a lot of information.


edit: make sure to report stuff you learn here for us :D

[Angel_Mapper]

For a level artist, art (duh)... architecture maybe. Any courses on Photoshop and 3D Max /Maya. For a DESIGNER though, there isn't really any useful courses that I know of.

[legacy-Ein Stein]

http://www2.ravensoft.com/getajob.htm#design
http://www.sloperama.com/advice.html

:)

[legacy-Krogen]

Originally posted by Clover
Thanks everyone, but this is also for a school project, so i'd like to know what school courses you should take IF you go to a college.

If you're in high school then take programming or cad. Something like that.