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Chapter 11. Action Games: Platform Games > Designing the Game
Designing the Game
Before we begin programming, let’s think through all the aspects of the game. We need a hero, enemies, items, and a way to build levels.
Level Design
An important aspect of platform games is level design. Like the trivia game in the preceding chapter can’t exist without content, a platform game needs content, too. The content in this case is level design.
