Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with Unity 2017 - Third Edition

Designed levels versus generated levels

The next big chunk of development in our game is the level. A level is simply the environment that a player is placed in virtually. You are probably a gamer yourself, so I don't really need to explain this much. However, I want to talk about one thing: we need to make a decision on how we want the level to look and behave to keep the player engaged.

A level can be either randomly generated during the game (for example, in Run), or have a static, designed by level designer layout (for example, Super Mario Bros.).

There are pros and cons to both level types. A designed level can be customized very easily and is easier to develop in general, plus we have full control of the character journey, where he ...