World Design for 2D Action Adventures

by Christopher W. Totten and Adrian Sandoval

Award-winning action adventure designers Christopher Totten and Adrian Sandoval guide you on a quest to create levels for different styles of 2D action-adventure games, from top-down dungeon-crawler adventures to side-scrolling non-linear "Metroidvania" titles. Blending theory and practical analysis, the book shows how principles of game and level design are applied in some of your favorite 2D action-adventure games. It uses examples from popular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032579986
• ISBN13: 9781032579986
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 256 Pages