Start creating your world. A game world is not just a backdrop for your game—be it minimal or detailed, contained or part of a much bigger universe, it provides the context for your player. Ultimately, a game world should feel alive and wholly unique to any player who will experience it.
This course is part of the Game Design: Art and Concepts Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction to World Design
Do Your Research
The Way You Move
A Whole World
Reviews
- 5 stars65.03%
- 4 stars22.42%
- 3 stars6.72%
- 2 stars3.56%
- 1 star2.24%
TOP REVIEWS FROM WORLD DESIGN FOR VIDEO GAMES
Fantastic! The coursework and lessons were designed to get you started building the framework for your game world. The course got me started on my new game!
I really enjoyed this course, it was a great chance to conceptualize and visualize an entire environment and a visual world!
The videos are nice and clear, and I love seeing examples for the homework, it really helped. I also loved reviewing my peers and having them review me, they had awesome ideas!
Very nice curso, with very good details about how to create a very imaginative world design for your game! Really recomend to everyone that wants to create videogames!
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