awesome-level-design

Probably the first video you find on YouTube regarding the subject but I added it for completeness.

A talk from CD Projekt RED level artist Ania Bulavina on applying urban planning to create believable city environments.

A talk from Aubrey Serr on non-linear levels and how to build them.

Using level design architecture tips for leading player navigation.

William Chyr explains the struggles in designing levels with impossible geometry in Manifold Garden.

A talk on open world workflows and piplines by CGSky.

Another collection of various level design environment ideas.

Tons of interesting architectural ideas/renders.

A Tumblr blog of various images to spark your blockout ideas.

A large list of screenshots from various game titles.

More tips on improving level flow with examples in Mirror's Edge.

Even more level flow tips on Mirror's Edge to use in your own projects.

Discussion of landmarks in Ghosts of Tsushima and approaching organic navigation in open world experiences.

Review of the first level of Bioshock with designer Bill Gardner.

From The Level Design Book. There are a few case studies here you can learn from when creating our own level design studies.

A discussion of "Runner Vision" and how Mirror's Edge suffers from disruptions of navigational flow in some levels. Avoid placing where the player needs to go "outside" their view. You could argue flow disruption can be deliberate at times, requiring the player to investigate. This doesn't work very well in high-intensity moments where player "runner vision" and panic obfuscate the way forward.

A channel dedicated to making engaging game levels and various tips.

Creator of the

Mark has several videos on level design. Specifically "Why Nathan Drake Doesn’t Need a Compass" and "Valve's Secret Weapon."

Jacob was a level designer on the Division 2 and several other titles. They have a couple walkthroughs on how they approached specific missions.

Has a series on great levels in gaming worth checking out.

Steve is a level designer with previous experience on Dishonored 2 and Bioshock: Infinite. Their videos focus on case studies for specific maps they created and how to improve your level design portfolio.

Very handy way to get an flow, goals, pacing, scope, and main ideas communicated to your team without worrying about geo architecture. It also can help quickly communicate initial design language, like knowing where certain mechanics will be employed per room.

Used to build up a library of building block, modular "primitives" to rapidly prototype room ideas.

A list of level design resources on Trello.

Level design resources in a big Google Sheets list of various game design resources.

Interesting website that lets you noclip around various game maps.

A customized editor for The Dark Mod. The Dark Mod is a free stealth game heavily inspired by Thief. If you want to try your hand at making a Thief 1, Thief 2, or System Shock 2 mission, check out

Recommended editor for DOOM map making.

Level Editor for many of Valve's previous titles.

Frictional Games engine and subsequent iterations. Comes with a level editor.

A level editor for quake-style BSP architecture.

A modern 2D level editor. Can be integrated into many LD pipelines (Godot, GameMaker, Löve 2D, Unity, etc).

Contains several level design analysis blog posts.

A blog with a focus on open world design.