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# Level design

id: level-design
type: path
key: path/level-design
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/learn/level-design/

From a rough playable space to readable routes and teaching one mechanic.

## Before you start

- [Scope and a testable prototype](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/scope-and-prototype/)
- [Input and feedback](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/input-and-feedback/)

## Lesson sequence

1. [Blockout: test space before art](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/level-blockout/)
2. [Making a route readable](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/level-wayfinding/)
3. [Teaching one mechanic through a level](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/teaching-a-mechanic/)

## Put it into practice

Use the exercises to check decisions from the lessons. Preserve conditions and comparison results.

- [A current on paper](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/practice/#paper-current)
- [The signal room](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/practice/#signal-room)
- [Three minutes at the museum](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/practice/#three-minute-museum)

## Outcome

A traversable blockout with a route, landmarks and one taught mechanic.

## Completion checks

- The route is completed without the author’s hints.
- Dimensions and cues are checked through actual gameplay.

## Connected materials

- Path materials: [Blockout: test space before art](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/level-blockout/) (key: lesson/level-blockout)
- Path materials: [Making a route readable](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/level-wayfinding/) (key: lesson/level-wayfinding)
- Path materials: [Teaching one mechanic through a level](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/teaching-a-mechanic/) (key: lesson/teaching-a-mechanic)
- Before you start: [Scope and a testable prototype](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/scope-and-prototype/) (key: lesson/scope-and-prototype)
- Before you start: [Input and feedback](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/input-and-feedback/) (key: lesson/input-and-feedback)
- Put it into practice: [A current on paper](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/practice/paper-current/) (key: practice/paper-current)
- Put it into practice: [The signal room](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/practice/signal-room/) (key: practice/signal-room)
- Put it into practice: [Three minutes at the museum](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/practice/three-minute-museum/) (key: practice/three-minute-museum)
- Review through a lens: [Functional Space](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/lens/schell-026/) (key: lens/schell-026)
- Review through a lens: [Goals](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/lens/schell-032/) (key: lens/schell-032)
- Review through a lens: [Skill](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/lens/schell-034/) (key: lens/schell-034)

## Sources and provenance

Original gamemechanics.pro material. Check illustrative examples in your own project.


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