How technical does a Level Designer need to be? (LD Interview)

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Half-Life 2
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Half-Life 2 (2004)
Duration: 16:57
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00:00 Introduction
00:57 How technical does a level designer need to be?
03:26 What technical knowledge do you not expect from a level designer?
06:34 Difference between Level Design and Technical Level Design
09:39 What is the most technical thing you’ve done?
11:56 Closing words
14:58 Spotlight

In this video I interview Steve Lee (Steve Lee Level and Game Design), William Josephy (my lead level designer at Ubisoft) and Max Pears (Level Design Lobby) to answer the question: How Technical does a Level Designer need to be?
How much engine knowledge do you need? Do you need to know programming or scripting? What is expected of you to learn and know to be a level designer?



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