The Design Den

If there is one thing I can say about these layoffs, is that please everyone, keep your resume and portfolio UPDATED, I don't care if you are 6 months or 6 years in the game industry, go to your stuff and UPDATE IT RIGHT NOW!

Its been a minute! We're doing our May #leveldesign portfolio reviews on Twitch in a few minutes...come say hi! twitch.tv/thedesignden

Been doing this for over 16 years, and I can tell you that we need more women in AAA #leveldesign. Please retweet. #gamedev #videogames #UE5 #Unity3D

Thanks all for watching the March Portfolio Review stream last night 😎 If you missed it, you can watch it on YouTube! We’ll likely be doing these more frequently…stay tuned. youtu.be/B0geaLWggNw #leveldesign #gamedev #gamedevelopment

We're doing our monthly #leveldesign Portfolio Reviews with @NathanKellman at 12pm PST today! We'll be streaming on Twitch so if you have questions, post them up in the chat! Hope to see you there! 😎 twitch.tv/thedesignden #leveldesign #gamedesign #gamdev #TheDesignDen

#BlackHistoryMonth is over, but we have more game developers in our community to highlight.😎 Maynard is a double threat...A Writer AND Game Designer. He was an intern at @insomniacgames and has apparently jumped out of an airplane! Portfolio: mhearns.myportfolio.com/work

Today we're celebrating Nelson Schneider! Nelson graduated Depaul University with a bachelor in Game Design. If you're studio is hiring give him a call 😎 #BlackHistoryMonth isn't over and we still have more banners! Twitter: @BossNelNel Portfolio: ncbschneider.wixsite.com/portfolio

Hey game dev Twitter...meet Kyle! Kyle is currently a student at Full Sail University and dreams of working on a Game of the Year title! Lets give him a round of high fives and follows, eh?😎 His Twitter: @pause3x His Portfolio: robinsonkyle55.wixsite.com/my-site #BlackHistoryMonth

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We'll be live in about 5 minutes. Swing on by the Discord if you want your portfolio reviewed!

Portfolio Reviews with @NathanKellman are tomorrow at 12pm Central on our Discord. Show up with your portfolio and questions ready to go😎 discord.gg/thedesignden We'll be streaming/recording the session on Twitch. See you there! #leveldesign #gamedesign #gamdev #TheDesignDen

Want your LD portfolio reviewed? Join us Sunday 1/15 for feedback & tips from @NathanKellman . All you have to do is show up on the Discord server with your portfolio ready to go😎 discord.gg/thedesignden We'll also be streaming/recording the session on Twitch. See you there!

If you missed it, here’s the VOD from yesterdays stream. Enjoy! 😊 youtu.be/OcmPSKar_d8

Come hangout on @Twitch at 12pm PST while @Iam_RyanSmith works on an old CoD2 mod map! Today we'll be finishing some detail work on a building and talking LD. Ask some questions or bring up a topic related to #LevelDesign or #gamedevelopment. 😎 twitch.tv/thedesignden

@Blu_Burglar There will be a new challenge for December but it’s not a Valorant/pvp challenge

@TheDesignDen When will the next challenge be? I would love to submit my map by then. Thank you in advance!

For the next 2 months we'll be running a Valorant Level Design Challenge! Join in and let's see what you've got! Use the map as a portfolio piece or just have fun strengthening your design chops. Head over to the Discord for the full details! 😎 discord.gg/u9cCYJhh?event…

Moody as hell. Love it, Peter!

The second video in our Starting a Career as a Level Designer series is out on YouTube! This time, we take a look at the benefits and drawbacks in going to school for game development. I hope people find it useful and informative 😊 youtu.be/TYOI3CVRMM4 #leveldesign

This Friday is our first Friday Night Fights playtest session for our Valorant Level Design Challenge. Its not too late to sign-up & start building! There are 40+participants & the Discord is full of blockouts and feedback😎❤️ discord.gg/thedesignden #LevelDesign #GameDev

@Kory_bagel Yea, there is no way we can actually test it within Valorant. We do the best we can with what we have and want people to enjoy a themed challenge. There is a lot to gain from building a tac shooter map and we’ll be having playtest sessions to help people iterate and learn.

@TheDesignDen No doubt this is a cool and fun challenge. but you have no way to balance all the classes without actually being able to playtest the map inside Valorant itself, you just have to map using your existing knowledge of the game and just hope it works

Spotted in the wild! 😎