The player in a first person perspective, albeit inside the cockpit of Additionally, other titles such as Lucasarts’ X-Wing and Tie Fighter, Parallax’s Descent and Origin’s Wing CommanderĬould also be considered to be first person shooters, since they place Traditional FPS’s would be games such as id Software’s Doom and Quake, Valve Software’s Half-Life and Bungie’s Halo. Of the player’s character or avatar inside the game world. Games wherein the view on the screen is designed to simulate the view With the genre of FPS games, they can be most simply characterized as Technical or gameplay advances is also possible. Titles, though examination of non-FPS titles that made significant Primary focus of this paper will be on “first person shooter”, or FPS Wherein the player or their avatar interacts with the game world. Levels, missions, maps, game environments, stages and any other space The context of this paper, “level design” refers to the creation of In meaning that everyone understands what the job consists of. “game space designer.” In the computer game industry the term levelĭesigner has become both sufficiently entrenched and sufficiently broad The term “level designer,” then, is an inaccurateĭescription of the job a more accurate name for the position would be Indeed, the term “level” now refers less to the increasingĭifficulty of upcoming missions and more often to the next mission or Alternately, individual levels can beĮxtremely large and complex, with storyline tying the individual levels In most modern titles, theĭistinction between individual levels is subtle, with transitions Modern titles follow thisįormula to a degree, but the levels are no longer as simple as they Was more difficult than the last, providing steadily increasing level

Of distinct levels of difficulty, beginning with Level One. The name “level designer” is something of a

Level designer is largely responsible for the implementation of the Designers, or map designers, are the individuals responsible forĬonstructing the game spaces in which the player competes.

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