Summary
15+ year games industry veteran. I specialize in (tactical) first person shooters. I enjoy working on projects big or small and I enjoy working with creatives outside of games. I'm open minded - let's talk!
15 years professional level designer, 8 shipped titles on console, VR, PC/Steam, mobile.
- Lead level designer at Tiny Wizard
- Senior level artist at Vertigo Studios
- Lead level designer/level artist for Tannenberg and Verdun (M2H/BlackMill).
- Creative director on Final Run for iPhone 4
- External producer for Trapped Dead (Headup Games).
- Level designer/gameplay scripter for DRIVER: San Francisco (Ubisoft Reflections)
- Level designer/scripter on Fairytale Fights (Playlogic).
- Level designer/gameplay scripter for Killzone 2 (SONY Guerrilla).
- Additional 6 years modding community level designer.
Skills:
- Game and Level design
- Environment art
- C# programming
- 3D modelling
- Texturing
Specialties:
- Tactical
- Architecture and construction
- 1900s rural
Personal facts:
- I collect retro games
- I'm a huge fan of Factorio which I enjoy with friends, currently playing the space exploration mod
- I enjoy speed cycling, mountain biking, running and fitness, occasionally I go bouldering or swimming
- I plan on getting into permaculture
- I am subscribed to over 100 YouTube channels and have not owned a TV subscription for 10 years
- I speak Dutch and English, I can make myself understood in Swedish and German, I have been taught French and I'm currently studying Russian at a leasurely pace
- My favourite film directors are Aki Kaurismäki and Andrei Tarkovsky
- My favourite game is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat
Skills
Software proficiency
Productions
- Video GameAfter the fall
- Year2021
- RoleSenior level artist
- CompanyVertigo Studios
- Video GameTannenberg
- Year2019
- RoleLead level designer
- CompanyWW1 Game Series
- Video GameVerdun
- Year2015
- RoleLead level designer / Environment artist
- CompanyWW1 Game Series
- Video GameFinal Run
- Year2012
- RoleCreative director
- CompanyRotor Games
- Video GameTrapped Dead
- Year2011
- RoleExternal producer
- CompanyHeadup Games
- Video GameDriver: San Francisco
- Year2011
- RoleLevel designer / LUA Scripter
- CompanyUbisoft Reflections
- Video GameFairytale Fights
- Year2009
- RoleLevel designer
- CompanyPlaylogic
- Video GameKillzone 2
- Year2009
- RoleJunior level designer
- CompanySony Computer Entertainment Europe: Guerrilla
Experience
- Freelance level designer / indie game developer at Rotor GamesHeilooJuly 2010 - February 2020
Freelance (Lead) level designer on Verdun and Tannenberg 2013 - 2020
Direction and design for 3D driving action game iOS Final Run (self published in Q1 2012)
Freelance External producer with Headup Games working on Trapped Dead (2010) - Level designer at Ubisoft ReflectionsNewcastle upon TyneApril 2010 - July 2010
Level scripting and design for driving action game DRIVER San Francisco for PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Mac.
- Level designer at Playlogic Game FactoryBredaApril 2009 - March 2010
Level design for unannounced title.
Responsibilities: Level design, game design prototyping, technical prototyping and scripting feature requests.
Level design for Fairytale Fights (Retail and DLC); Platform Hack’N’Slash for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Responsibilities: Level Design/Scripting (quest/PvP), High-level design, mechanic prototyping, mini-boss design, directing external artists, environment functionality and readability.
- Junior Level Designer / Scripter at GuerrillaAmsterdamNovember 2007 - December 2008
Single player Level Design for Killzone 2 for the Sony PlayStation 3.
Responsibilities: Single player Level Design, gameplay scripting (LUA), providing feedback to the AI department, feature requests and implementation, asset introductions, environment functionality and readability, dialogue drafts and implementation, AI navigation, game testing, game wide bug fixes, tools requests/testing.