> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture.md).

# Book 2, Culture

- [Level design as culture](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture/overview.md): Thinking about level design more broadly, as history / community
- [History of the level designer](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture/history-level-designer.md): How the level designer role was invented and professionalized across the game industry, including its golden age in 1993-2002, and later its fall in prominence.
- [Zero player level design](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture/zero-player.md): Essay about acrobatic community-made levels where players perform zero input
- [(unfinished pages)](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture/unfinished-pages.md)
- [History of architecture](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture/unfinished-pages/history-of-architecture.md): overview of 10,000+ years of building, construction, and civilization
- [Structural engineering primer](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture/unfinished-pages/structural-engineering-primer.md)
- [History of environment art](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture/unfinished-pages/history-of-environment-art.md): (unfinished stub)
- [History of furniture](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture/unfinished-pages/history-of-furniture.md)
- [History of encounter design](https://book.leveldesignbook.com/culture/unfinished-pages/history-encounter-design.md)