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
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TOP REVIEWS FROM WORLD DESIGN FOR VIDEO GAMES
Great course! A lot of new and useful stuff. I really enjoyed another part of Game Design: Art and Concepts Specialization. Keep up the great work, guys!
Excellent course! I studied animation but I didn't know much of the world aspect for game design. This course it's also helpful for animation field.
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!
Excellent source material, took a bit of time to get round the tutors wording of what was being asked, but the tasks overall were really good fun and interesting to play with.
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