UT3 Level

[Keiyentai]

its looking good. Are the lights just static or dynamic? Would be cool to see one flicker maybe. Overall though looks like a fun map.

[Fcr3]

You need to give credit to the respective engine you choose to utilize for your projects, same goes for the content you use. For more information of that, read Epic's disclamer: http://www.epicgames.com/about/fan-art-policy/

The position Level Designer varies quite from company to company. Some of them create art assets, others don't, but what they all do, is setting up the level. That is exactly what you are doing here. What they look at specfically is that you are able to make the balance between something that looks pretty, but that plays well at the same time. The gameplay factor always comes first and it always will. You can do a level that looks amazing visually, but if the gameplay of it is horrible, no one will give it a second thought.

In regards to the question if you should do a breakdown. That would be attractive to see, even a simple video showing stills of a section of the level, that shows the process from start to finish, step by step, or design documents showing your planning for the level, those things show your workflow of doing level design and that would only be a plus :)

Look around at level designers portfolios, plenty of them have used content from games like Half Life, the UT franchise etc, and that is all accepted, a whole heck of those present that stuff when applying for a job by the way. Suffice it to say: I strongly doubt anyone is expecting someone to show up with levels that consists 100% of his their own content. Having said that, you got to have an understanding of Kismet, Cascade and the Material Editor. since those are required for most LD's who use the Unreal Engine these days. The more you can make yourself, the more attractive you will be, not only for potential employers, but also for fellow members on the team.

Hourences, who is a well known and respected artist http://www.hourences.com/ - Have several times before also used Gears and UT content in his levels, these levels are also part of his portfolio.

To finish this wall of text off, I'd like to add that almost all employers know the game editors that are out there, but in any case, you should always state what engine you are using, as well as the things that you did and did not do. Good luck :)

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