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Tim Spaninks - Senior Level Designer I create learning material for (aspiring) level designers 🙂 (▶️YouTube link below)

Stockholm, Sweden
Joined October 2012
Not every #leveldesign rule should be followed. But you need to understand why the rule exists before you break it. I just uploaded my Northern Game Summit talk: “Level Design Rules and When to Break Them.” 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/-TrkBdATCcU?si=bwo8… #gamedev
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Let's hide some 👾 monsters in our closets! ▶️ Check out my new #leveldesign video on spawn/monster closets! “The player has already seen this room, but how do I add new enemies to the space without them simply appearing?” youtube.com/watch?v=YjZVo8RO…
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▶️ Level Designers! How do you mitigate players struggling to solve a 🧩 puzzle or other challenge, because they don't remember a specific mechanic or feature of your game? ▶️ In my new #leveldesign video, we have a look at ‘Recall Priming’ #gamedev youtu.be/Y2QBzdaMAAI
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For #leveldesigners that want to build fully playable adventure game style levels in #unrealengine: ⏯️Check out my new #leveldesign video tutorial on the Adventure Game Locomotion System by Jakub W. (yay, I'm back ❤️) youtu.be/Lu4mMM51pcw?si=5L40…
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New video! More and more #leveldesigners use the Adventure Game Locomotion System by Jakub W. I investigated the project to see what it has to offer. What do you think about AGLS? youtu.be/t3zxhOGAeno #gameindustry #videogames #leveldesign
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Take a look at my new #leveldesign #blockout (gameplay footage) in the style of #control by @remedygames Not wanting to make just a static blockout I may have gone a tad overboard with scripting all the gameplay mechanics 😅 Let me know what you think! ❤️
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Join me in the final episode of my beginner course in video game #leveldesign 🥳 youtu.be/aTFUCPp5LF0?si=owe5… #gamedev
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😊Thank you so much @ubisoft Anecy sending me this wonderful #starwars #Outlaws release package, despite me having to leave just before launch. And thanks to everyone I had a chance to work with and get to know over the past few years. I miss you all ❤️
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Episode 9/10 of my Level Design Beginner Course is about to go live! We're talking about testing & feedback, are packaging a build of our game/level and setting up a quick survey to gather important feedback to improve our level. #leveldesign #gamedev youtube.com/watch?v=1ZtffTXJ…
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Check out episode 7 in my beginner course #leveldesign; In this episode of my #gamedev series, we take a look at design methods, iterating on our blockout, and how we can come up with fun ideas <3 youtube.com/watch?v=LKNh7yZb…
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