Watch me design a Doom level - Part 1 (planning and layout sketch)

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Doom
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Doom (1993)
Duration: 31:13
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Download and play this level: https://doublefunction.itch.io/icon-of-doom
More about Level Design Jam 6: https://itch.io/jam/ld-jam-6
The text editor I use in the video is Notepad++: https://notepad-plus-plus.org

00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Exploring my Goals, Elements and types of Contrast
08:03 - Starting to design the Level Sequence
17:21 - Sketching a level layout based on the text design
30:05 - Outro to Part 2

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