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Learner Reviews & Feedback for World Design for Video Games by California Institute of the Arts

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About the Course

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. In this course, we will explore game worlds in existing games and study the art and influences that inform their themes and styles. We will also investigate key components of environment and level design as well as strategies designers use to define gameplay or advance it. We’ll also look at navigation and the elements that make your world as real (or unreal) as you want it to be. A weekly challenge will prompt you to explore styles and inspirations for possible game worlds, and you’ll learn effective ways to communicate your ideas from concepts to presentation-worthy proofs of concept....

Top reviews

MM

Nov 2, 2022

More ground to cover and harder assignments but all the more learning bc of that :) Example of how to do the assignment v helpful!

MS

Jul 20, 2020

Great course! I love how they bring techniques and concepts from other disciplines like gardening, teacher, and ballet that are super useful for world and level design.

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By Manav S

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Sep 2, 2019

The course teaches everything regarding game design

By Eduardo G L L

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Oct 2, 2016

Amazing course to get ideas for your world designs

By Sergey K

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Jan 18, 2016

Interesting and easily understandable! Thank you!

By James O

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Apr 27, 2021

Very informative!

... but needs more puppet

By Barnabás N

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Feb 25, 2016

Pretty great course for a total beginner!

By Emilia

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Jun 15, 2021

It was a great an interesting course.

By Elisabeth F

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Feb 9, 2016

Great content and great assignments !

By Carlos A A J

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Jun 23, 2021

Muy buen cuerso para realizar mundos

By Ghiath L

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Nov 30, 2020

Awesome eye opener and inspiring.

By alejandro m G m

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Oct 31, 2017

Beautiful. : 3 Really enjoyed it

By Amir H A

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Jul 24, 2023

amazing material and instructor

By Edward P A R

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Jun 30, 2021

me encanto y sirvió bastante

By Ira M (

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Feb 9, 2016

Very interesting! Thank you!

By Percy D R R

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Jun 21, 2021

Muy divertido y entretenido

By Perry H

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Nov 3, 2020

Théotime is inspirational !

By Rodrigo E

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May 26, 2016

it's Fun and worth the time

By Alisson P G d S

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Jun 16, 2017

Too Much!!

Very, very good.

By Michael J

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Mar 25, 2016

explanation of fundamenals

By Dustin C

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Dec 5, 2015

Great class! Eye opening.

By Liliya G

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Mar 28, 2016

Great course, excited :)

By Maria V

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Mar 3, 2023

I enjoyed! Thank you!

By Adrian W

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Mar 7, 2016

I loved this course.

By Yassine R E F

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Jan 13, 2016

Learnt a lot. Thanks

By Crystal F

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Feb 1, 2016

best course...ever!

By Miquel D

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Dec 15, 2015

Very nice course ^^