Interior Design and Environment Art: Mastering Space, Mastering Place 

I'm an architect and I"m working on my first game and one thing I can draw from Architecture and Design is the concept of "procession," procession simply put is just a journey to somewhere and something all games have in common is asking the player to reach a goal, in other words to move from A to B in whatever that mean regarding to your specific game, so make that journey as interesting as you can . Tadao Ando uses this concept in particular in many of his buildings. To make a space interesting you have to travel to "opposite poles" Up to down, dark to bright, wide to narrow..etc. And take your time to do so. The theory behind is that if you eat something bitter and then something sweet it will taste sweeter and better than not tasting anything at all in first place. So my humble advice to all of you fellow gamedevs is to create contrast of all kind, because when you do so the player unconsciously register the experience a long journey and it will bring more satisfaction when you remember it.

Good thing I set my game in a world where everyone is really bad at interior design.

This is an awesome talk. I really like how he handled the material. Pretty much an interior design 101 class. This is just what I was looking for.

Dude absolutely killed it. What a fantastic lecture, It's so easy to underestimate the power of a solid understanding of a fields vocabulary.

One of the best GDC talks ever. Very organized, and I love that he showed practical game examples that applied the interior design principles that he discussed.

Excellent analogy between anatomy being for character artists as interior design is important to environment artists!

Seriously one of the best gdc talks ive had

What’s truly amazing with this speech is that is timeless, mister Dan Cox your a great teacher thanks a lot 😊

Watching this in 2020 and it scared me to realize Silent Hill PT has been out for 5+ years

Exactly what I've been needing, you seem to know when just the right time to post!

Really fantastic talk, keep coming back to it. Thank you Dan!

This is fascinating. He's a great orator!

Spent a few weeks basically internalizing this speech every morning in the 11th grade and it's been the best decision I've ever made. Seriously so helpful!!

Wow, this is one of the most directly applicable talks I've heard from GDC. good stuff, thanks!

This was such an amazing talk because I can actually instantly apply these techniques for my own projects. It's a perfect break down of the underlying mechanisms that make space work.

Damn thanks Dan, I'm glad my change of direction from interior design to 3D environment art carries relevancy (as it should since it deals with the same limitations). Just needed some affirmation

Probably one of the best GDC talks as a lot of them are a bit pants. I'd watch this again - and again. Very good.

This has to be one of if not the best GDC talk.

thank you for this! I am an interior design student (almost graduate) moving towards gaming and movie industry and the information covered are very helpful showing that what i learnt can be a great advantage!

Probably the best talk I've heard so far on the topic. The speaker is well prepared and provides great analogy and visuals.

He didn't tell people to silence their cellphones. Whats this?

It is not the eyes that break-up or break-down anything - they simply perceive. It is the mind that divides (ie. separates, segregates, etc.). Nice talk on the basics of overall design.

A lot of what's in interior design is also used in graphic design. I found this interesting.

Probably the best GDC I've ever seen

This is the best talk. So insightful.

Great talk and very valuable information, even if you have an open world without roomlike structures!

In-depth lecture - excellent. I think only this video can go in college for a year. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed.

Well-rounded discussion…. Thought-provoking and relevant for multiple industries.

This is very interesting, thank you for sharing!

Absolutely amazing talk!

This was very helpful. Thank you!

You rock Dan, Capy is genius

the chaotic side of me just wanted to jump over the desks to cut across lol

Amazing talk, thank you so much!

"... when we're thinking about _historical expression,_ we're just thinking about what the _history_ is and how we can _express_ that." Dan Cox, 34:36

Must watch talk for people getting into environment design

This guy is legendary!

Amazing Talk for an interior designer who is interested in games. I wish people could explain like this. Very informative and good talk! P.S. perks of playing Dishonored

Thank you and have a great day.

Really useful talk :-)

Superb talk, outstanding :)

Amazing!

I'm an interior design student I was hoping to transition into the gaming industry since games is a massive part of my life. I was thinking of how to apply my skills and in this video I learned couple of ways to do so.

4:12 Scott Eatton's anatomy workshop slide, this guy know's what's up!

perfectly describing the dark souls experience: Whatever the hell it is, lurking there in the distance, it's unpleasant when you get there

Lol this is one of the most useful and in-depth talks I've seen, but he doesn't even talk about walls until 12 minutes in and then he explains it as if we've never seen them before.

So useful

I have been working on interior designs and I want to work on environment designs as well so working on interior designs will it help in working on environment designs or it can help me start working on environment designs??

respect！🙋‍♂

What are the spaces in 25:39 ?

Office updates are available.

Dan Jon Cox sounds like he is the inventor of that casting couch thing ive seen (for researches of anatomy) on other websites

Do you know the name of the guy who is a level designer/game designer that asks a question at the 52:10 mark?

I'm not very clear on the difference between 'Enrichment' and ' Universal Enrichment', would someone like to try and clearly explain this? Thanks

Pretty good pun at 7:07 :)

Wow

Sooo how can i land a job with a interior design degree in the gaming industry??

Jeez, GDC tickets are so expensive!

I think you need an Audio Engineer. this is the second talk i have listened to and it is not loud enough.

18:10

What's the secret game? Is it new game of Splinter Cell?

Lighting needs to be rebuilt

We underestimate the power of our surroundings

Who ever designed The Library from the first Halo game definitely could have used this lecture to improve the design of that space. It was a nightmare to navigate.

Secret ubisoft game, wonder what that is (or was)

I'm not sure Frank Gehry would appreciate being described as an interior designer!

Many of the concepts of this talk are architecture concepts, not interior design's. It really shocked me that this guy considered Frank Gehry, one of the most relevant architects of our time, as only an interior designer.

Why is everyone walking out slowly from the room lol

Other than the great talk, this guy needs to narrate games.

The guy who asked a question and said "okay" every 5 seconds while he was answering was annoying as hell.

ag

I believe this kind of formulated thinking is what makies games now a days mundane and not worth paicking up again... people need to start thinking outside the box.....

I wasn't looking for this video, but it came up in my search... _How is "space" created in Space Games_ Does space take up memory or is it simply the distance between to physical objects within the game? I have this game in my head, and I'm trying to solve these problems in my head, rationally, before it even gets to the development stage; I do not think will happen, but it brings me happiness. *(See Below Please for my thoughts on the video)* The more complex the scene, means more shadows going between these spaces, and that creates a heavy load... What strikes me the most, is that the most high definition games that focus on immersive surroundings, leave very little room for anything else. You can have a low end graphics game, that does a little of everything, but I think the key is finding a balance between a feature rich game, that is immersive, while at the same time, not as taxing on the system running it! The Unity Engine, and asset flipping, isn't helping the gaming industry, but rather hurting it. The gaming industry seems so dead now; I'm almost 48, and I've been a gamer all my life, and I know what passion is, and it is very rare now in the gaming industry. These new comers to the industry seem to be going with what's easy, because they lack the experience, training, and most importantly, the DRIVE, or PASSION, to produce a game that doesn't sit in Early Access stagnating for the next 6 to 7 years. They even moderate their own game hubs, banning people left and right who speak negatively on the products they release. Goverment no longer protects the People, but receive their paychecks from corporations, ...why do you think we pay their taxes? Because it would be embarrassing to pay taxes to a Government YOU control! Create a game for $$$, you will fail! Create a game from the heart, the money will follow, but very few people understand this, that passion is the key to success, in that if you create a game YOU want to play, that magnetism will carry over to other people. All you have to do to defeat the current monopolies (Ubisoft, Rockstar, Electronic Arts, Sony, Bohemia Interactive) is to create a GOOD game, and don't put yourself into a position to be blackmailed. The gaming industry has become more than just about entertainment, but a form of Trojan horse in which political, and social ideologies are passed to the gamers. We play games to escape from reality..., this system of credit and debt that THEY have created; They whom think they know what's best for us, and what's better for themselves... ...We play to escape, not because we miss reality and want games that are more realistic! Take these Mil-Sim's, what a joke... If you want to feel something real, join the military, then you can feel the bullet ripping through your flesh, and have a reason for the foul language that comes out of kids mouths as they're playing a military game. I confronted a kid, and you know what his response was to his foul language? What he said amo0unted to, _he's playing a game in which people are dying in brutal ways, and foul language is to be expected!_ Now I say, no one has ever died from a mouse and keyboard unless you hit them over the head with it!

14:42 implied space

mr sus

I watched 1/3 of this but I don't understand what he's talking about

worse

Just make a game that is fun. Smoke a joint and let yourself go. Forget all this pattern examination, breaking up space, spatial, perception, cognitive, neuropsychophysiological analysis of the human interaction between brain body, spirit and emotion. Goddamnit. Make a game that is fun, and it will all fall into place. Chill and just pop some tabs and let your ideas run riot. It's called a game, because it is a game, ironic since the industry is taking itself so goddamned seriously. Really, you are trying to find a template, plug in formula to dazzle and distract people into ignoring the deficit of content, in order to not have to bear the burden of having to come up with good ideas and FUN GAMES TO PLAY.