Pete Ellis
Senior Designer
The Last of Us: Using Game Elements to Subvert Expectations
Pete Ellis returns to tell us about how he used The Last of Us 2's game mechanics to subvert players' expectations.
Pete Ellis
Apr 05, 2021
Add bookmark
How an Environment Layout Affects Difficulty
An article by Pete Ellis on using level’s geometry to your advantage.
Pete Ellis
Dec 13, 2016
Add bookmark
Clever Level Design: More than Meets the Eye
Pete Ellis from Guerrilla Cambridge analyzed leves in some of the best video games and showed how you can teach user to play and learn the story through clever environment design.
Pete Ellis
Mar 31, 2016
Add bookmark
Subverting Player Expectation by Using Level Design
Pete Ellis talks about a very interesting design trick, which can definitely help you to build better and more engaging game levels and great mechanics.
Pete Ellis
Mar 15, 2016
Add bookmark
Trending Articles
- 1Message History of 600 Million Discord Users Can be Accessed For $5
- 2Pixar Animator Shows How 3D Character Mouths Look From Different Angles
- 3Following Fans' Rage Bethesda Confirmed Fallout New Vegas Is Part of Canon
- 4Gabe Newell's Neural Interface Company Updated Its Website
- 5Brands Forbid Advertising Agencies From Using AI
- 6"First AI Software Engineer" Creators Are Accused of Lying
Popular discussions
See How to Create a Character Inspired by Love, Death & Robots in ZBrush
Wait. He just projected concept art on a simple 3d-sculpt and got an a...·Anonymous user
Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees
What a joke.
You literally invent a theft machine, but then complai...·O Steven
You Can Now Pre-Order a 1:1 Replica of Pip-Boy From Fallout TV Series
I just don't get it. It's about 8 years since their first Pi...·Anonymous user
Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees
Lol..they stole it first anyway!? They've done worse than this, o...·Anonymous user
Join Conversation
Join thousands of game designers and keep track of your subscriptions
Partners
The world's most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool for photoreal visuals and immersive experiences.
Reallusion software is a platform for digital human character creativity and animation. Emphasizing character scalability for creative and industry projects, Reallusion real-time characters are populating across Media and Entertainment, Metaverse, Digital Twin factories, Architectural visualizations, and AI Simulations.
Unity Technologies created Unity engine – one of the most popular game-creation tools in the industry. The Unity engine is far and away the dominant global game development software. More games are made with Unity than with any other game technology. More players play games made with Unity, and more developers rely on our tools and services to drive their business.
Innovative online courses for a successful career in the Art, Games & VFX industries.
Vertex School is a leader in online Game Design classes that offers intensive Bootcamps based on the ever-changing needs of the gaming industry.