How to get past the "blank canvas" in level design

To help me make more videos, and join our Discord community, support the Patreon!   / stevelee_gamedev   Discord server:   / discord   Twitter:   / essell2   Download the Portal 2 level shown in this video: https://doublefunction.itch.io/gelly-... Everyone's submissions to Level Design Jam 2: https://itch.io/jam/ld-jam-2/entries 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - Learning from Architecture and Industrial Design 03:21 - Starting my design in text first 05:01 - Elements: which mechanics am I going to use? 06:21 - Questions: Why are these mechanics interesting? 08:50 - Sequence: Breaking down our ideas into moments 10:50 - The struggle was real; but the process worked #leveldesign #gamedev #gamedesign