Stijn van Schie
Game Designer
I’m a 4th-year student at Breda University of Applied Sciences as a Game Designer. During my study, I have found my passion in the technical side of game design. I love creating, improving and learning about different systems and how I can make these fun and engaging to players
While studying I worked on various different projects ranging from a board game to racing games to my latest project a first-person survival game.
Dutch Ministry of Defense - Unannounced Project
Roles: Technical Designer - Internship
Started: September 2023
Responsibilities:
Technical Designer
- Assist making core features within the project (cannot go into detail due to NDA)
- Create, prototype and implement UI and UX
(cannot go into detail due to NDA)
The Archipelago Promise
Roles: Technical Designer / Feature Team Lead / QA Lead
Duration: 40 weeks (2022-2023 - 3rd-year project)
Genre: First Person Survival Game
Platforms: PC
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Responsibilities:
Technical Designer
- Designing and prototyping many of the core systems in the game like; the interaction system, the resource system and the crafting system to name a few.
- Implementing these core systems into the project
- Polishing these systems so they remain bug-free
- Designing and balancing the resources and crafting
- Creation and updating of a gym level with all resources and crafting systems for testing purpose
- Design and implementation of the tutorial using a programmer-created tool
Tropical Trouble
Roles: Technical Designer
Duration: 16 weeks (2021- 2rd-year project)
Genre: Racing game
Platforms: PC
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Responsibilities:
Technical Designer
- Designing, prototyping and implementing the Time Trail and racing game modes
- Implementing the Race Starts
- Balancing Player VS AI racing
- Designing and balancing the resources and crafting
- Testing for bugs and solving them within the game mode and around it
- Creating the Design for the players car
Aesir
Roles: Game Designer
Duration: 8 weeks (2020 - 1st-year project)
Genre: Strategy game
Platforms: PC
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Responsibilities:
Game Designer
- Designing and prototyping the core gameplay loop
- Designing and creating the tutorial level
- Designing and creating the 2nd level
Adira: Archer Princess
Roles: UI/UX Designer
Duration: 16 weeks (2022-2023 - 3rd year project)
Genre: Third-person platformer
Platforms: PC
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Responsibilities:
UI/UX Designer
- Designing, prototyping and implementation of the Main Menu
- UI functionality
- Testing and polishing of all UI/UX functionality within the project
Blueprinting
4 years of experience
Unreal Engine 4 & 5
4 years of experience
C++
6 months of experience
Perforce
4 years of experience
Agile
4 years of experience
Jira software
3 years of experience
