LEVELS - How do i make platform game levels?

Game Play & Game Design
#1

Would be very great full for any information? as im not very good with graphics?

#2

What exactly do you mean? Are you wondering how to design levels or store levels?

#3

Design, graphics isn’t my strongest point

#4

Well graphics shouldn’t be an issue up front for any game. Now if you don’t know how to build a level, then that’s another problem that I know just where to find info for. :slight_smile:

Graphics should be something that evolves with the game, and if you can’t draw, there are plenty of free images/tutorials online! :slight_smile:

#5

Thanks

#6

Do you want specifically designed levels or procedural generation?

#7

designed levels :slight_smile:

#8

Still not sure which you mean

level design by itself is just architecture and mechanics
graphics are aesthetics

but yeah, with both my answer would be: look at games, start simple. 8bit level design and graphics to get into it

Making your own map editor can be a chore… you CAN use existing ones like “Tiled”
but you can also just start simple…
here is what my first map-editor looked liked (Top down in this example)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/52666052/firstmapeditor.jpg

its gets better over time

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9186/alka2.jpg

later you want to place enemies and stuff, have many layers…
but when you start, just keep it simple

#9

I know it’s your first post, but try not to revive threads that are as old as this.