Level Design At Ubisoft

[@Sir_Panicaim]

Level Design At Ubisoft: "Tower, Tower, Tower, Tower, Tower... Guys! we need more towers!"

[@WritingGeekNL]

Sir PanicAim That isn't level design, lol. More World Design.

[@Captain_Chromosome]

Random Arab guy: planes planes planes planes WE NEED MORE PLANES

[@BIack_Puma]

@@Captain_Chromosome random american guy: guns guns, we need more GUNS!

[@usmanmughalart2834]

@@Captain_Chromosome Random American Guy : OIL OIL OIL, AREA 51 NEED MORE OIL

[@Di3gonx_]

@@WritingGeekNL that’s level design, level design makes entire worlds. Called levels

[@kiregp1797]

Ubisoft:Do you have any expirience with servers? Person:What? Ubisoft:Youre hired

[@daniel_lisbona]

Uchiha Bros savage

[@calve9790]

lachkick

[@nova56]

xd

[@TheIrishBosnian]

Just like when a bus driver went to his first interview. Bus driver: sorry im late. Interviewer: your hired.

[@ianthehunter3532]

copy pasta

[@jp9707]

So many negative comments :( It's easy to criticise, not so easy to actually make something yourself. Show me an open world that YOU have made that's better than a Ubisoft one, then we'll talk. It takes thousands of people at least a year to make each of these games, and all anybody can do is whine, rather than recognising the extraordinary amount of work that goes into each game. Not to mention that each game is expected to be bigger and with better graphics than the one before, so the developers are basically constantly learning on the job and pushing their limits. They have high expectations placed on them and not much time to do it. It's understandable that there's sometimes repetition or bugs. Why not focus on the incredible amount they get right, not the few things they get wrong?

[@Prince_Bomba]

Wow the workflow seems amazing. I start my apprenticeship as game engineer/game Designer this year and hope to work for ubisoft in the future. Despite all the hate by far my favourite studio with the coolest games!

[@ItaloSS27]

4 years later... are you still doing Game Design and/or Level Design?

[@Prince_Bomba]

@@ItaloSS27 wow what a ride into the past seeing this comment of mine. Indeed i made it into the games industry and work as a game engineer (programmer) and already worked on multiple shipped titles. It was really worth the ride.

[@ItaloSS27]

@@Prince_Bomba Wow, you've done a lot of things over time, but the best thing is that you didn't give up and managed to get where you always wanted, congratulations. I'm starting now, I've programmed in some languages, but I don't think programming is for me, I'm thinking about doing Graphic Design or Level Design

[@Prince_Bomba]

@@ItaloSS27 Yea i had some stressful years in the beginning soaking up all the stuff that is necessary but i managed to get trough. Cool that you try yourself out. I was in between coding and game design and had to make a decision so i went for coding which fits pretty good. I'm sure you will chose correctly. Good luck on your journey! Maybe we see us again in 4 years and you made it too or we are even colleagues (which happened to me with multiple people i work with now).

[@LeadsTheFallen]

Would you like to downgrade the saved file? Yes

[@depresespres4214]

Leads The Fallen You know they have to.

[@PIZZAPOWER12]

Ubisoft: "do you know how to use CTRL+ C and CTRL+ V ? Applicant: "um... yes" Ubisoft: "You're hired!"

[@longjohn7992]

Unreal Is nice if u have a decent PC

[@JasperCasper24]

Bruh I got sent a link to this KZbin video after getting rejected xD

[@gorgalstyan7652]

@@JasperCasper24 Why did you get rejected??

[@JasperCasper24]

@@gorgalstyan7652 applied for a graduate job, didn't get a reason just a "Sorry we hired someone else, click this link :)" lmao

[@gorgalstyan7652]

@@JasperCasper24 Ok

[@92kosta]

3:03 - "If you are interested in working on projects that don't compromise quality [...], I think Ubisoft is exactly that place." Oh, the irony.

[@suhasop4919]

Lmao

[@eoussama]

I heard that snowdrop engine comes with a "Downgrade" button

[@Iamhimgang]

Dont forget the the button that adds bullshit collectibles around the map

[@trueprogamer3018]

Oussama Essamadi what do you mean?

[@607]

For what?

[@markzckrbrengsek87]

but gameplay is far more important than graphic. are you kidding me ?

[@officialwebbox]

They create the levels then hit that DOWNGRADE button ;)

[@dannyclear685]

they do that for us,they hope our pc will safe the performance lol

[@Ziabatsu]

They do that for us? You mean show us ridiculously awesome footage of Rainbow Six Siege, then only deliver on half of what it was supposed to be? Gotcha.

[@saadserious56]

Nope,during a game-play reveal they have to render only a particular segment or part of a game so it is impossible to keep that level of graphics for full game even on a very high end rig.

[@Ziabatsu]

They really should remove the "All in-game footage" captions, then. Because that's 100% false advertisement. That'd be like me buying a nice car online in mint condition, only to have it delivered in fair condition, and told by the company I bought it from that this car actually runs better than the shiny new one I wanted.

[@gustavgustaffson9553]

officialwebbox ghost recon wildlands looks dope af tho

[@Kafka-Youtube]

we want a video of the downgrade team :D!

[@isajidazmi]

zodiarkful you're looking at it

[@AksamRafiz]

Sajid Azmi lol

[@markzckrbrengsek87]

but gameplay is far more important than graphic. are you kidding me ?

[@tdya1]

😅

[@gun8586]

@@markzckrbrengsek87 You're kidding me. They have good gameplay and graphics to deceive. When I received the product I was quite disappointed even though the game play remained the same. Uberoft is Garbage now.

[@CrusaderTube]

It's really sad to see people taking the designers and developers for granted and complaining about glitches and stuff. You have no idea how much work they put in. Why are you expecting perfection? Just value their creativity.

[@alan138]

Yeah but you are not seen the entire picture. The desicion sell and unfinished game is not resposability of the developers, i mean they are just artist like 3d artist, level designers, programmers, etc. If an executive fool want to sell the game before its bug free or even finished is not fault of the developers is fault of the executive junk piece of shit that only thing on money.

[@Templayer]

Or the lack of thereof.

[@laccronimosecondo5639]

Ethan Stykes watch unity and the amount of glitch

[@Czer4u4ever]

We r paying money dude

[@infinitesimotel]

Because the company releases broken games. It is their job to sort the bugs out. It is not about perfection but making a complete product. How about the next time you buy a car, it comes with a faulty steering wheel and dodgy brakes and no seats....

[@DaMn3d20]

Bring back prince of persia!

[@samithasheshan8215]

yeah

[@seb-stian]

No! They would destroy it!

[@larsroarh6285]

loved those games

[@baroquechevalier8516]

Why? Leave those games alone, Ubi will ruin it.

[@musicamazerid07]

True words .

[@adigames]

Love how at the 2minute mark, the guys playing on his phone and the graphics are better than their actual games.

[@edolights1418]

I heard Ubisoft only hires designers who have 5+years xp in downgrading.

[@cy6lon354]

downgrading graphics and upgrading the bugs ..be a little more precise mate :D

[@delishadeema9703]

Okay all jokes aside, you probably have to be such a patient person and have a lot of imagination/creativity.

[@townnet]

Always get disconnection in For Honor also is one part of the level design.

[@WritingGeekNL]

townnet Not really....

[@zaysef]

Why the games are downgraded.

[@thewhitewolf58]

TrickerFor Life because they show good pc graphics as console graphics but after the division and watch dogs 1 ubisoft got its ass kicked enough to put in a policy were all demo gameplay had to be running on an actual fucking console like watch dogs 2 only difference between e3 and actual was lighting not a downgrade but because player had activated mission in different point of the day

[@celestialcolosseum]

+matt carnes No, because you can't fucking run those graphics yourself. Do you think they are playing the demos with a fucking gtx720 or something ? Nobody's pc would be able to run the demo graphics, i'm not even talking about the consoles, they are a joke.

[@speedyy28]

Simple, you can go high res- low res easily. Try to go low res- high res and its not that great. Devs start with insanly high res, insane shadows, similations, and extreme amount of polygons on a model. Game devs optimise the game at the very end, its one of the things they do last. Sometimes they don't have an optimised version of the game yet so they show what they have, and then they downgrade it so that majority of players can play it

[@Titi-pu2hl]

But why dont they let players with good PCs play the game as it was in the demo ?? I know it will make the game very heavy, they can just let the option to download it as an HD pack, just like skyrim did.(even if it was a shitty hd pack) I really dont understand why the devs dont let the players the option to try it, it will be good marketing if some people with insane PCs do videos of the game at its maximum potential. Its a pain in the ass to look at Witcher 3 and The Division demos and see how they actually look in game even with maximum settings....

[@ArnauNau]

Bc it is insanely heavy (it takes so much resources that you couldn't play in it, doesn't matter the good the pc is) and it's own engine couldn't run the whole game without optimisation/downgrading

[@kelvinduong9958]

I am a non-professional UI Designer, but studying and working at Ubisoft is my dream. I really like the modern game designs you guys are making

[@theguy3129]

So where are you with that?

[@masonthunkwell9786]

Somebody stop that man

[@Energeticallyalive]

@@masonthunkwell9786 why?

[@rakshit3515]

Looks like a fun place to be. I always dream of joining Ubisoft.

[@drillcream]

Us level designers here at Ubi, we love towers, we love them so much, we put them into every game.

[@LIONsKnadi]

bugisoft

[@eoussama]

savege

[@Vem1x]

Oussama Essamadi savage*

[@ismailkaya3738]

Mr. Wonderful no savefe

[@kunderkey9390]

The Perruno 😂😂😂

[@musicamazerid07]

False They are Always Good On everything . Now its ur prblem U cant Just play everything on Ultra and hight , Why dont ot chose Low on Pc , And whwreas On Controlers , They works good and fine . Ubisoft = Indian Games .

[@wrathborne00]

"it's really about knowing how to be creative with what you have, I created an assasination missions where you infiltrate a place and kill a woman." Creativity incarnate.

[@Player-kg1ds]

My god that's savage but you're right 🤣

[@emberdragon4248]

"Aight people, what should the player have to do in this assasination game to progress?" "...Assasinate?" "Dear god, you're a G E N I U S ! !" **Instantly gets promoted to president of the company**

[@DanIel-fl1vc]

Quality over quantity, I rather follow a linear level that is well designed that run around in an endless open world where everything more or less look exactly the same. Fuck these kind of games, most of the game is spent running from one place to another, bashing some buttons to kill some stupid enemy while you're doing it.

[@The9PointStar]

Your described Watch dogs right there mate

[@TheCrimson147]

Watch dog 2 isn't anything like that. On the other GTA 5...

[@Joseph843]

Dan Iel Except Ubisoft puts out neither qaulity nor quantity.

[@princealmighty5391]

Joseph Giedraitis u r a fool

[@GunnarCorrea]

One of the best Games company! Congratulations on your wonderful work! Ubisoft

[@benjicorm1325]

Glitches and minor clipping aside, in my opinion ubisoft are the leaders in environment design. From games like steep, and assassins creed specifically the lighting and scale of the maps are on point the look great and feel great.

[@orangehunter6987]

you guys are amazing... we GAMERS are always with you..

[@sarangparmar9785]

That's the reason why I love UBIsoft

[@icresoftgames]

the only person that i see smiling (a genuine smile) is the junior-level designer. the rest looked stressed

[@adamcheema]

I restarted the intro like 5 times because the old ubsioft intro is so satisfying

[@TheCrimson147]

Ubisoft please hire me I can model a teapot, then UV map it and I need a job

[@dandrawsit4915]

Batman lol

[@royghaya8498]

Loool

[@heatxtm]

Ubisoft: your teapot has glitches? Person: No, it's perfect Ubisoft: Uh, we are sorry. You are overqualified.

[@TheCrimson147]

@@heatxtm omg 😂 I came here to update my qualifications. Now I can also sculpt details on the surface of teapot. I'm slowly getting there. Next year it should be retopology and PBR texturing.

[@had1t1x85]

@@TheCrimson147 can you make the teapot disappear in game ? We're looking forward for skilled programmers like you

[@faxco182]

It seems like they confuse what actual Level Design work is like Mission design documents, AI scripting, balancing, gameplay blocs, etc... with what Level Artists / Environment Artists does.

[@coolhunter3]

Seems more like you are confused about what those positions entail. The guy in the video that's plotting down flats and stuff is the level designer, the person who modeled, textured, etc those flats is the environment artist. It's gonna be a bit different per studio but as someone who worked as a level designer i can tell you this video is pretty accurate. Environment artists do not build the level, that's the designers job. Environment artists make the props that eventually replace the placeholders the designer put in.

[@tdya1]

This comment section is hilarious 😂

[@shaheennasir2639]

I'm a huge fan of ubisoft. When I grew up I want to work in ubisoft as a programmer. I'm now 13 yrs old.

[@Jaffytv]

"that don't compromise quality" Riiiiiiiiiiiight

[@KaushikPoojari]

The sole reason of Downgrade are the Hardwares of the Consoles. Everything is built on PC and then ported to run in console H/W but at times the development to porting it on console is inconsistent and so although most of our PC's can run those but a typical console h/w just can't so they degrade it and since the console market is a large portion of their profit so they have to create games that are on par with the PC counterparts if not better...because nobody would then buy a game on console if it looks and runs better at PC a thousands folds and they sure can't loose console customers. The Only option that they are left as a Company (Profit) is to degrade it to the level console h/w can sufficiently run it.

[@blendtecrocks08]

Thats a pretty interesting interface for the Snowdrop engine. Whenever I'm designing levels I usually model all my 3d assets but I wonder if that still holds true in the Professional level design world, or are these level designers given pre-made assets and given the task to layout the entire space. I still have a lot to learn in order to get to this level

[@PolygonAcademy]

I actually used to work at ubisoft montreal on farcry and watchdogs as a level artist. In general level designers do a rough layout with greybox to tune the gameplay, and then artists go in and replace all that greybox with art assets. Some assets are outsourced, others are built in house by the modeling team.

[@blendtecrocks08]

@@PolygonAcademy Dude that is so cool! I've only ever done Level Design in unreal, both blocking out and then modeling and importing fbx. assets but its interesting to hear from peoples perspectives who have been in the industry. I'll be there some day. The dream job for me is Bethesda

[@PolygonAcademy]

@@blendtecrocks08 nice! yea bethesda would be awesome. I have a bunch of gamedev tutorials on my channel if you want to learn more environment stuff :)

[@blendtecrocks08]

@@PolygonAcademy Just checked your page out now, and of course I will definitely watch your content!

[@filur1n]

@@blendtecrocks08 now 4 years later, did you get your dream job ? ;)

[@Level-ts7xl]

all you have to know in order to get hired at ubisoft is *ctrl + c* and *ctrl + v*

[@x33]

keep working hard, ubisoft!

[@walterwelches4188]

I haven’t played far cry, watch dogs or the latest assasins creed but let me tell you. Level design in The Division is absolute top notch. Like near From Software. All the missions start you off in a certain place. By the time you finish an exit the mission you come to find out the exit was hidden in plain sight, just how FromSoftware doe it

[@jediottty]

how to create levels, 1: press the glitch generator button 2: release

[@smazeleu6421]

im trying to make a truck simulator game in unity and its hard as fuck..im starting to apreciate these guyz, this is on another level

[@supakapa5661]

I played all those missions. Its cool seeing how their made.

[@Younessss_]

Turn auto english subtitles on and go to 2:00

[@had1t1x85]

"will put it to dry as a sauce nigga" xDD

[@AlomgirRahman]

Companies that build games for many platforms such as PC, Ps4, xbox. They can't use the max graphics they want because they need to downgrade the graphics to a reasonable amount so that it can equally run in all platforms.

[@TwinkiesPiano]

1:12 I pay so much attention to details and it takes me forever to finish games because of thisss ILY bb

[@DgoneOfficial]

I loved ubi in the early 2000 with rayman and prince of persia etc, can we please have that back? :D

[@dabu55ify]

Ubisoft in a nutshell Players : Ubi there is a bug in rainbow six siege Ubi : no problemo, just wait 3 months Players : 3 MONTHS TF UBI, there is a game breaking glitch !! Ubi : 3 month and we'll fix it players: oh okay Ubi : we fixed 1 bug in 3 months, damn we are good (and at the same time we have made a 30 new game breaking bugs)

[@CanalDojogames]

That location on ac syndicate, i remember so much! i love AC, the way they make very near the real builds...

[@WybremGaming]

Me: I make crappy, shitty and buggy software... Ubisoft: You're hired!

[@Chocapif]

Wybrem no that's Battlefield

[@xjanaf2232]

Are you dumb, do you know how hard is to do that games just to get people angry cause there is a fucking bug?

[@martinn5626]

Wybrem video is about lvl design... it has nothing to do with coding

[@Ty-vj4wg]

I loved that syndicate mission

[@ZingueZangue]

Ubisoft already announce a DLC for this video.

[@kaglife2505]

AC: "Tale that dude." x 10^1000 Now that's some inspired level design.

[@xscorpion2733]

cool how they showed us everything!

[@theanonymouscreator1320]

Very memorable experience indeed... though not in a good way

[@ChapaczNorek]

I wish polish Ubi would be a legit studio not just a publisher so I could actually try and Join THE TEAM. ;)

[@cvbattum]

You can move to Paris or London as a EU citizen, right (if you would really want to)?

[@ChapaczNorek]

Not that simple. But love the propaganda.

[@bhjkism]

One step foward, eight steps back.

[@ferdtheterd3897]

I love you guys, I am from montreal too, and I can't wait for farcry 5 because farcry 3 is my favourite game.

[@dmitriidureckii9654]

Thank you for everything

[@krank3869]

How about you optimize your games ubisoft?

[@krank3869]

Yeah i forgot sorry

[@ThePotchika]

Krank the downgrading is the optimising

[@skillmoney2349]

Вот все выглядит ярко, разнообразно с каждой новой серией остается главная фишка которую не хочешь упускать и это визитная карточка продолжения истории и тонкой связи с прошлыми играми. Ни когда не поздно открыть что то новое и окунуться в новую неизведанную для воображения и смысловой нагрузки игру с качеством того же построенного геймплэя. Все выглядит сочно и неповторимо. -Так держать!

[@yatah]

Combien de modelers et d'animateurs ont bossés sur farcry primal? Leur travail est vraiment phénoménale, ça doit vraiment être un des plus beau jeu auquel j'ai pu jouer !

[@ABMultimediaDesigner]

Blender and Ubisoft > the start of a beeeaaauuttiful partnership

[@LoxagosSnake]

Downgrade and server jokes aside, no one can deny the artistry of Ubisoft.

[@Player-kg1ds]

They have great ideas. I've even seen the concept art and everything. The only problem is execution :/

[@antoniotrusso3371]

Ubisoft, my dream is to work in your company. What do I need to know, be able to do and how can I get a chance to get a job in one of your departments?

[@theoriginalbolt]

Hey I'am Also A Gamer And I Work In Rockstar Industries

[@Chococat3646]

A JOB LIKE THIS SOUNDS SO FUN

[@omar_bbr]

vous étés des légendes you are a legend

[@yuvalgabay1023]

More like how to design a trailing levels

[@michaskup8023]

I love how they all talking about being gamers, how they know tricks to make games fun etc. and then they give you pure shit. :)

[@Player-kg1ds]

*Irony intensifies*

[@mellisugahelenae]

Das alte Rom ist einfach gigantisch schön. Ich wünschte es gäbe eine Software in dieser Schönheit für das soziale Leben,für Architektur, Musik, Kunst, Handwerk für diese schöne Stadt. Da gäbe es viel zu lernen und zu entdecken ,auch für Frauen und Kinder auch ohne Gewalt. Seinen eigenen Palast bauen,mit Garten ,...😌Sowas wie Sims für Rom(?)

[@pixelspeeddev]

Dear Ubisoft can you add on phone assassin creed pirates to walk on the islands and explore.And assassin creed identity to work without wi-fi please

[@mitchellfletz6456]

my dreams to work at Ubisoft

[@fradulantgates938]

i would love if you can go in more buildings i hope ubisoft does it and i also would love if you could look through the windows

[@kpa-vo4pb]

I have always wanted to be a video game tester but I lack the experience in the industry of video games. The only thing I how to is play video games not design or programming.

[@SkyFreak22Digga]

well thanks for the flamethrower mission in FarCry 3 so sick

[@Di3gonx_]

I think i’ve found my dream work!

[@dmitriidureckii9654]

You are impressive, guys!

[@SWATxiZantes]

Can we see a Server-Roomtour ? Oh wait...

[@zoga7363]

So there ARE game designers at Ubisoft. Guys, how about a damn honk in GrWL ? Or a way not to throw grenade on wall when corner a position (like, you know, every damn TPS since GoW) ? Or a way to save some gear kits (you know, like in every FPS since CoD and else) ? Or a simple grenade menu for Gamepad users (so that i don't have to press 10 times the same button to reache my flash under enemy fire) ? Or really significant objectives or secondary quests ? No, better launch season pass year too. 90% marquetting / 10% Game.

[@lbpdluis]

assassins creed odisey its the most detailed game world i`ve seen

[@mistakenmeme]

Guys stop being so hard on Ubisoft. ACTUALLY DO BE HARD ON THEM! Not the devs, but the people at Ubisoft that rush the devs!

[@yakoto4876]

Okay. What is a good level design? Road from lvl1-30 in Division.

[@SplendidCookie]

everyone looks so happy working for ubisoft lol

[@Wordexe]

"don't compromise quality"

[@colton5416]

Do you build your own 3D models or do you get them from other people you work with?

[@evenprime1658]

legend has the game engine is optimized & specialized for trailing and inhuman parrying mechanics.

[@beatsmithx1090]

I know ubisoft have a really bad reputation with their visual downgrades especially after showing us trailers and gameplay reveals but I think they're the best at creating forest environments. Games like farcry primal has the best wildlife I've ever seen in a video game. Even King Kong on the ps2 has very good looking jungle. Better than most modern jungles. That's my opinion though

[@CB66941]

The last game I played published by Ubisoft was Rainbow Six Vegas 1 and 2. Level design is pretty good. Whatever happened to those linear complex forms of level design?

[@UniverseGOD2525]

Level design is basically creating repetitive missions for Ubisoft

[@yuvalgabay1023]

Mire treiling missions

[@Nautiliam]

Nothing to do with Level Design, that's Quest Design (or something like that)

[@PistolShrimpPimp]

People talk about graphics downgrade (I understand the point of this video is graphic design / level design) but what bugs me far more is to make a decent "competitive" game and stick with P2P which fucks up the experience. For Honor had the capability of being extremely fun and well made although they decided to put all that work and implement a fucking cheap multiplayer system which ruins the entire experience. Spend a little extra on your investment and get some servers instead of cheaping out on a system that makes a multiplayer game buggy and laggy.

[@NEGV01]

Tbh yea they have faults but apart from rockstar ubisoft are an amazing developer.

[@hoodwatcher8496]

"Just use ctrl + c and copy these into that."

[@spydergs07]

Siege is still the best game Ubisoft has ever created. But the E3 demo and the actual game are almost like 2 completely different games.

[@cy6lon354]

Where is the bug design team..i want to tell them how perfect their bugs are and how they can directly influence my mental state after i fall from the ground in the games

[@SpokenFlesh]

Memorable tower experience

[@lawzninja8235]

i love games more then anything

[@Meth0dNet]

How to be a Level Designer ? 1º - Open Level Design Software 2º - Drag and Drop 3D Models 3º - Done. just a joke, good job guys!

[@had1t1x85]

4-hit the downgrade button

[@jUppers]

AC 1: Alright people, we need some vantage points where you can look around and unlock the map n side quests n shit Breath of the Wild: Let's see what towers in other games do, what makes them not so good, and make them actually fun AC 13: Alright people, because people keep giving us money for doing nothing new we'll just do the exact same thing again and not improve anything from AC 1 AC 20: Make 50% of regions DLC... and towers pre-order exclusive altogether

[@Saltiumine]

First we make it look 4k for E3, then we take that away and sell it for more than it should cost!

[@anjoomfaisal]

Desmond with glasses in the thumbnail.