ASSIGNMENT 02: BSP LEVEL BLOCKOUT

I decided that the level I making will be the ancient ruins from so old civilization. The references that I have chosen are pictures of Mach Picchu,  Cichenzita, and a conceptualization of Tenochitlan; the Aztec City. 

The concept idea of the level his a set of hill top ruins with a cavernous underground hidden beneath various point in the ruins.  

 I really like the layered design of Machu Picchu, so it will be featured frequently on the top part.

(Note that a portion of the map has been removed so that the cross section can be seen)

Sometime soon I will upload my sketches and concept drawings, so that you can see what I hope the level will look like when I'm done with it.

ASSIGNMENT 01: 3 GAME ARTISTS/DESIGNERS

Here are three of the Game Designers that are doing the work that I want to do when I graduate:

Shigeru Miyamoto

Game Designer/ Producer for Nintendo

http://www.nintendo.com

He originally studied industrial design and later made cabinets and housing for arcade games. He was hired by Nintendo to make there first coin operated game and has been with the company since. He has a knack for turning hobbies into great games. He is the creator of Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Mario, Starfox, Pikmin, and many other games.

Ken Levine

Game Designer/ Producer for Irrational Games

http://irrationalgames.com/

He studied drama at Vassar College in New York. He was hired by Looking Glass Studios after responding to an ad placed in a gaming magazine. At Looking Glass Studios he worked on Thief: The Drak Project and System Shock 2. He later founded Irrational Games where he helped create Bioshock.

Alexey Pajitnov

Game Creator and founder of The Tetris Company

http://www.tetris.com/

He started as an artificial intelligence programmer in Russia. He had always liked making puzzles and board games and one day he decided to program Tetris on a Program Data Processor and ported it to a PC. He continues to make puzzle games today, with Hexic being his most recent game.

The Beginning

Today marks the creation of my blog to document my progress in the game design class I'm in, here's to an awesome semester!