Hello, I’m Jip Haas, a level designer nearing two years in the games industry now. check out some of my personal and professional level design projects below, and send me a message!
My skillset includes, researching, planning levels, blocking out levels, playtesting, iterating, scripting level design scenarios, working and iterating on game mechanics, game concepting. I like the process.
I enjoy seeing a level evolve over time the most, seeing it change based on iteration. Whenever I make a blockout I can’t help but wonder what it will look like after a few rounds of playtesting.
Development SKILLS
Layout Design
Level Planning
Scripting
AGILE
Documentation
Combat Encounter Design
Level Blockouts
SCRUM
Game Design
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Github
Plastic Scm
Unreal Engine 4
Perforce
Unity
Confluence
Jira
Photoshop
Google Suite
Illustrator
Published Titles
Arizona Sunshine 2
Level Design | Scripting | Unity
Worked as a level designer, worked on most levels in some form, designing and scripting narrative beats, combat encounters, puzzles. Iterating based on feedback and playtests. Working with environment artists to dress up the levels while maintaining gameplay.
|Role: Level Designer
|Vertigo Games Rotterdam
|Duration On Project: February 2023 – November 2023
|Engine: Unity
|Platform: PC – Oculus Quest – PSVR2 – Pico
|Genre: VR Shooter
|Responsibilities: Shaped a level in blockout following the intended experience, and worked with artists to bring it to life while maintaining the design. This includes, blockout,
scripting, playtesting, and iteration. All while working
with the other disciplines of the team to bring it together. Scripting designing for other levels; combat encounters,
narrative beats, and interactive sections.
Coming up with smart solutions to design problems,
trying to mitigate issues where possible.
Level Design Projects
Alien Removal Division
Level Design | Blueprint Scripting | Lead Level Design | High Mobility Action Shooter
A.R.D. is a fast-paced single player fps where the player fights aliens and completes movement challenges while making their way through area 51.
|Role: Level Designer
|Team Size: 25
|Duration: September 2021 – June 2022
|Engine: Unreal Engine 4
|Platform: PC
|Genre: FPS
|Responsibilities: Creating the final movement encounter, Creating the final combat 4 encounter, Set dressing various sections of the game, Playtesting.
As part of my role as a level designer I also managed a team of 5 level designer, planned the game’s overall experience, set up level design rules and guidelines, and set the level’s requirements and constraints.
Osakabe
Level Design | Blueprint Scripting | Stealth Horror
Osakabe is a stealth horror game where the player tries to make their way through a Japanese castle while avoiding the Osakabe monster.
|Role: Level- & Game Designer
|Team Size: 19
|Duration: November 2020 – July 2021
|Engine: Unreal Engine 4
|Platform: PC
|Genre: Stealth Horror
|Responsibilities: Designing and creating the first level, scripting the closet interactable, Designing the game’s core concept.
Unreal Tournament 4 - FR-Avast
Level Design | Multiplayer Combat Design | Rapid Iteration | Competitive Multiplayer Shooter
This level was made for the Unreal Tournament 4 Blitz gamemode where an attacking team of 5 players tries to take a flag from one side of the level to the other while defending players try to prevent them from doing so.
|Role: Level Designer
|Team Size: 1
|Duration: September 2020 – November* 2020
|Engine: Unreal Engine 4
|Platform: PC
|Genre: Multiplayer FPS
|Responsibilities: Designing and creating the level, managing playtests, community support.
*Map was received updated after November 2020 following community request.
Side Projects
School's Out - Half-Life 2
Level Design | Scripting | Hammer Editor | Half-Life 2 |
Level Design Jam
This level was made for the Steve Lee Half-Life 2 map jam in 2022. The theme for the jam was; Systemic AI Combat, which is why it recurs multiple times throughout the level.
|Role: Level Designer
|Team Size: 1
|Duration: 3 Weeks, September 2022
|Engine: Source
|Platform: PC
|Genre: FPS
|Responsibilities: Planning out the level, building the level, scripting combat encounters, iterating the level, managing playtests, set dressing.
SNail COusine
Level Design | Set-Dressing | Game Jam
Snail Cousine was made as a game jam project for the Game Jobs Live Fall Game Parade 2021 with the theme; Leave Something Behind. The game was made in 3 days together with fellow students from BUAS.
|Role: Level- & Game Designer, Set-Dresser
|Team Size: 8
|Duration: 17th-20th Of November 2020
|Engine: Unreal Engine 4
|Platform: PC
|Genre: Cooking, Hard Controls
|Responsibilities: Creating the game’s level, set-dressing the level, concepting the game.
A World Without Rome
Game Design | Scripting | Game Balance | Modding | Passion Project
A modding passion project that was made for a multiplayer game. The mod was based on a conversion from CK3 and I made all the mission, ideas, and formable decisions.
|Role: Designer, Scripting, QA
|Team Size: 1
|Duration: November 2021 – March 2022
|Engine: Clausewitz Engine, Modding
|Platform: PC
|Genre: Grand Strategy
|Responsibilities: Designing & implementing 12 mission trees, designing & implementing 12 national idea sets, implementing formable nations decisions, creating a new initial map setup (different countries, religions, cultures), wrote localisation and narrative for all missions, ideas, & decisions.
After The End Ck3
Game Design | Scripting | Game Balance | Modding | Passion Project
A modding passion project that was made for a multiplayer game. The mod was based on a conversion from CK3 and I made all the mission, ideas, and formable decisions.
|Role: Designer, Scripting, Mapping
|Team Size: ~70
|Duration: September 2020 – July 2021
|Engine: Clausewitz Engine, Modding
|Platform: PC
|Genre: Grand Strategy
|Responsibilities: Designing the Zetanology religion and it’s events, mapping Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico also mapping baronies for Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, & Florida, creating the setup for the kingdom of Cascadia, creating the characters within Cascadia, religious setup for Arizona, New Mexico.