Level design : processes and experiences

Content: Chapter  1. Kamuro Nights: A Personal Retrospective of the Yakuza Series Gavin Greene Chapter  2. Cracking the Resident Evil Puzzle Box Daniel Johnson  Chapter  3.From Construction to Perception: Three Views of Level Design for Story-Driven Games  Huaxin Wei and Chaoguang Wang  Chapter  4. Everything I Learned About Level Design at an Orlesian Ball Heidi McDonald  Chapter  5. Hell, Hyboria, and Disneyland
 The Origins and Inspirations of Themed Video Game Level Design Scott Rogers  Chapter  6. Level Design Practices for Independent Games Fares Kayali and Josef Ortner Chapter  7. Making the Most of Audio in Characterization, Narrative Structure, and Level Design Chanel Summers Chapter  8. Procedural Content Generation: An Overview Gillian Smith  Chapter  9. P.T. and the Play of Stillness Brian Upton Chapter  10. The Illusion of Choice - How to Hide the Linearity of Levels from Players Joao Raza and Benjamin Carter Chapter 11. Integrating Procedural and Handmade Level Design Dr. Mark R. Johnson Chapter  12. Level Design Planning for Open World Games Joel Burgess  PART 4: TESTING LEVELS Chapter  13. Play-Personas: Mental Tools for Player-Centered Level Design Alessandro Canossa Chapter 14. Evaluating Level Design Using Public Events Jonathan Moriarty  Chapter  15. The Rule of 27\'s: A Comparative Analysis of 2D Screenspace and Virtual Reality Environment Design  Hadar Silverman  Chapter  16.  Expression vs. Experience: Balancing Art and Usability Needs in Level Design  Christopher W. Totten