Level Design Video Tutorials

Certain mapping techniques may be more easily understand through video demonstration then reading text. Below is a list of video tutorials sorted by author and video format.

Alex G: World of Level Design

Left 4 Dead Video Tutorials

Tools and Installation:

• Installing Authoring Tools and SketchUp

L4D Hammer Basics:

• L4D: Hammer Interface Overview
• L4D: World Scale and Dimensions
• L4D: Creating Geometry
• L4D: Texturing Basics
• L4D: Adding Props Tutorial
• L4D: Adding Lights Tutorial

L4D Environment Workflow:

• L4D: Environment Creation Part 1 - Interior
• L4D: Environment Creation Part 2 - Interior
• L4D: Environment Creation Part 3 - Exterior
• L4D: Environment Creation Part 4 - SkyBox
• L4D: Environment Creation Part 5 - Texturing

L4D Hammer Advanced:

• L4D: How to Create Simple Terrain/Displacement
• L4D: Terrain Texture Blending Alpha
• L4D: Creating Terrain Part 1 - Ground Floor
• L4D: Creating Terrain Part 2 - Surrounding Mountains
• L4D: Creating Breakable Glass
• L4D: Creating Rotating Doors
• L4D: Creating a Ladder
• L4D: Creating a Skybox and Light Environment
• L4D: Forcing Info Survivor Position Spawn
• L4D: Creating Breakable Walls
• L4D: Create a Panic Event
• L4D: How to Create Survival Gametype Part 1
• L4D: How to Create Survival Gametype Part 2

L4D Gameplay Elements:

• L4D: Standard Elements: Weapons, Fog and Player Start
• L4D: Creating a Rescue Closet
• L4D: Navigational Meshes and Spawning Infected
• L4D: Navigational Meshes Advanced

RenStrike

YouTube

From RenStrike's HD Mapping Tutorials

• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 1
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 2a
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 2b
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 3
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 4
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 5
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 6
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 7a
• Valve Hammer Editor - Beginner Tutorial Part 7b
• Valve Hammer Editor - Advanced - 3D Skyboxes Part 1
• Valve Hammer Editor - Advanced - 3D Skyboxes Part 2
• Valve Hammer Editor - Advanced - Ropes/Power Lines
• TF2 Mapping - Making a Respawn Room
• TF2 Mapping - Making a Team Specific Door
• TF2 Mapping - Setting Up CTF Gametypes
• TF2 Mapping - Setting Up Capture Points
• L4D Mapping - Your First L4D Map - Part 1
• L4D Mapping - Your First L4D Map - Part 2

vimeo

• HL2 HD Tutorial - Beginner Tutorial 1
• HL2 HD Tutorial - Beginner Tutorial 2
• HL2 HD Tutorial - Beginner Tutorial 3
• HL2 HD Tutorial - Beginner Tutorial 4

USTREAM

• Ren TV - 4.23.2008 Displacements with subdivide, Cubemaps, and path_tracks and func_tracktrains
• Ren TV - 4.24.2008 Creating a small room with basic detailing
• Ren TV - 4.26.2008 A TF2 Map from spawn to first cap point

Big Lou

YouTube

• Hammer Interface and Tools - Part 1
• Hammer Interface and Tools - Part 2

Vaatrad

YouTube

Tutorial 1 - Your First Map Tutorial 2 - A Few Tips Tutorial 3 - Basic Sky Tutorial 4 - Objectives and Tips on Spawns Tutorial 5 - Brushes Tutorial 6 - Textures and Decals Tutorial 7 - Stairs and Ladders Tutorial 8 - GUNS!

Tutorial 9 - Water, Glass and Teleporters Tutorial 10 - Doors Tutorial 11 - Props Tutorial 12 - Environmental Effects Tutorial 13 - Buttons, Triggers + Explosions Tutorial 14 - Displacement Geometry Tutorial 15 - 3D Skyboxes

Duck

Google Video

Hammer basics Basic map creation Connecting two rooms Making an elevator Elevator creation (Intermediate) Creating a camera in CS:S maps Ladders and resizing Placing Doors in maps

Placing props in maps func_buttons and movelinears Making lasers and fire Creating a surf map "wedge" Teleport tutorial Displacements geometry Resizing only one brush face Displacement blending

rocketrascal34 (TopHATTwaffle)

YouTube

• Tutorial 1: "simple things"
• Tutorial 2: "prop basics"
• Tutorial 3: Part1 "Lighting"
• Tutorial 3: Part2 "still lighting"
• Tutorial 4: "De_Cs_ buyzone and doors!"
• Tutorial 5: "Water, Displacements, and glass Oh My!"
• Tutorial 6: "elevator!"
• Tutorial 7: "Deathrun and I/O making"

M4pster

YouTube

• Tutorial Vid 1: Your first Map: Part 1
• Tutorial Vid 1: Your first Map: Part 2
• Tutorial Vid 2: Doors: Part 1
• Tutorial Vid 2: Doors: Part 2
• Tutorial Vid 3: Buttons: Part 1
• Tutorial Vid 3: Buttons: Part 2
• Tutorial Vid 3: Buttons: Part 3
• Tutorial Vid 4: Ladders
• Tutorial Vid 5: Sky: Part 1
• Tutorial Vid 5: Sky: Part 2
• Tutorial Vid 6: Water

Sythen

YouTube

• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 1 - Introduction
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 2 - User Interface (Part 1)
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 2 - User Interface (Part 2)
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 3 - Building Room Basics (Part 1)
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 3 - Building Room Basics (Part 2)
• HD Half-Life 2: Episode Two Tutorial 3 - Building Room Basics (Part 3)

Valvehammertutorials

YouTube

From Mapping Tutorials

• Hammer Tutorials - Introduction to Source and Examples
• Hammer Tutorials - Downloading the Source SDK and Hammer

Various

• Nacimota - Using Valve's SketchUp Plugins (YouTube)
• Interlopers.net Video Tutorials
• Brandished's Making a 5 Control Point Map for TF2
• FileFront's Half-Life 2 Tutorials and Guides

See Also

• Category:Level Design