How A Level Is Born!
Our single-player* level creation process in nine easy steps:

• Designers create rough map (can be paper, but gets transferred to Illustrator file) (img)
• Designers create scale rough of their map
• Changes are made to the map based on scale rough (img)
• Map gets pitched to Environment artists, who work closely with Designers to flesh-out the spaces. (img)
• Environment creates Environment rough, where the space is made to feel .real. (i.e. .where does that road go?.) (img)
• Design and Gameplay programmers wire enemy encounters and stub in story elements (usually text on screen at this point)
• People play the game. A lot.
• Design and Art make changes as needed.
• The polish work begins.