r/leveldesign

We wanted to add status bar hints to our software, inspired by Blender.

We found this feature really useful because it feels like the software teaches you how to use it as you work, so we decided to implement a similar system in our software.

Do you think Blender’s status bar hints is user-friendly?

Do you know an other software with this feature for more inspiration?

For some context, we're developing CYGON, a dedicated level prototyping tool. Our goal is to speed up and simplify the prototyping phase while integrating smoothly into existing workflows.

An indoor level prototype focused on guiding player decisions through minimal spatial cues. Navigation and choice are communicated through scale, light, and spatial contrast, without relying on UI or explicit direction.

1. Diagram of the player's movement path from room 'A' to room 'B', where the player intuitively chooses room 'B' rather than room 'C'.

The space of room 'B' is larger, brighter, and more spacious. The color is warmer. This intuitively nudges the player toward choosing the passage to room 'B' rather than the narrow space of room 'C'. Additionally, from room 'A' to the 'choice point', we move through a narrow corridor (which also creates discomfort). The player seeks a more comfortable state.

2. The passage into room 'C' is slightly smaller than the passage into room 'B'. Above the passage into room 'C' there is an additional volume (mass), which also creates a feeling of discomfort.

3. In room 'B', 'windows' are additionally placed, which also serves as a contrast compared to room 'C' and the corridor leading to the choice point. It also acts as an accent reinforcing the correctness of the player's decision.

I’m developing a system where players can control how resources are distributed across machines.

Splitters allow dividing the flow, and merging lets you recombine outputs into a main pipeline.

Curious if you’ve implemented similar systems and how you handled balancing.

​I originally built the Ultimate Asset Placer just to speed up level design for my own Godot project, but I realized it could save other devs hundreds of hours too, so I polished it up and published it for everyone!

​Every purchase goes directly toward funding my indie game. Thank you so much to everyone who picks it up—you are literally keeping my dream project alive and I appreciate it so much.

​Grab it here: https://choco-ted.itch.io/ultimate-asset-placer-godot-45-gd-script

https://choco-ted.itch.io/ultimate-asset-placer-godot-45-gd-script

We’re currently improving the Steam page for our horror FPS The Infected Soul.

Which version do you think looks better visually? (1 or 2)

Any feedback on layout, readability, or overall feel would really help us.

You can also wishlist the game from the link it would mean a lot to us 🙏

The Infected Soul – Steam Page

We're a small indie team working on a 1920s crime sandbox. The core loop involves managing a Prohibition-era empire on a grand strategy layer, and then seamlessly jumping into Third-Person Shooter combat for raids and turf wars.

We wanted our level designs to reflect the two different sides of the underworld, and we'd love your feedback on these environments.

• The High Life: The lavish mansions and detailed offices are your safe havens—where you run your economy and deal with rival AI families.
• The Streets: The damp alleys, underground boxing rings, and wooden speakeasies are the gritty arenas where the actual TPS shootouts and raids take place.

We’ve been trying to balance that heavy, claustrophobic "noir" lighting with readable layouts so the tactical firefights feel good.

What do you guys think of the atmosphere? Does the contrast between the "untouchable boss" areas and the "dirty street" arenas work well for a 1920s setting? We’d love to hear your critiques on the lighting and overall vibe!

You can wishlist on Steam: Silent Authority: Blood & Bourbon

"Hi everyone. I have an AI-generated map prototype and I want to build it in Unity. I'm looking for the right AI prompt to generate a visual, step-by-step assembly guide—just like a Lego instruction manual. The output needs to show the exact asset counts (e.g., 'X amount of this piece') and visual instructions on how they snap together. Any prompt ideas?"

Hi! I want to share a project that I work for a while. There is a visual map editor that allows you to add points of interest, routes, and triggers to the future level's layout, transforming an abstract idea into a clear plan to be implemented in game engine

Each marker on the map, whether it's a quest point, an enemy spawn zone, or a hidden passage, can be linked to any document or object in the system. Clicking on a marker instantly reveals all the associated information.

All data stored in open structural JSON format so it can be used as real level editor for your game if you read these files in game engine (Unity, Unreal, Godot and others)

It started from idea to get rid off manual copying data from game design documents to game engine. And now it has a lot of features:

- construct wiki-like documents using a block editor and template system (markdown is supported too)

- design dialogues of your game in special graph editor

- create maps and prototype levels on canvas

- store and manage database of game objects

- use created objects inside engine directly or export data to customizable data formats (arbitrary JSON, CSV)

Made it free and open source. Please try (have Windows and Mac builds) and give your feedback

In new version made huge changes in working with filesystem. So, for now it watches external file changes, so when you are changing branch in Git repository, it will take all changes without reload

Source code: https://github.com/ImStocker/ims-creators

Itch.io: https://nordth.itch.io/imsc-desktop

I noticed that in the game DMK sometimes I come across objects whose scale looks strange. Because they are gigantic. I partly understand why. It is for good shots and a feeling of spaciousness. Because in some cases the size of the objects around Dante looks adequate. But on the other hand, why make such huge stairs where it does not seem very necessary? It seems to me that smaller stairs would not spoil the shot. Although, now I look and think that they give mass in the shot, which does not need to be filled with something else.

In the case of tombstones, I suspect that this HUGE stone, whose height is at Dante's level, is also for expressiveness? As a location marker, because small stones look just... stones. That is, you could put anything of a similar shape there, but it is the shape and symbols of the central one - it gives clear signs (ominous) to this piece of the location. Right? Or what is the reason for such gigantism?

Also bookshelves. To be honest, I didn't notice it right away (nice job!), but when I started to follow the sizes after the steps I wrote about at the beginning, I saw that the books are big. It probably makes more sense to make 4 levels of books, but big ones, rather than 6-7 "normal" (1:1) sizes books, if we talk about comparing Dante's size and how the books should look next to him.

Maybe someone can suggest materials on this topic or something like that? Why does it work like that, in which games, and so on.

Just wanted to share this screenshot I took in a game I am working on called "The Road Behind Us" It is inspired by I am legend, and the main hook is that you can play as your dog.

I am looking for ways I can improve the lighting and break up the tiled feel of some of the buildings. Any Feedback is appreciated!