Game & Level Designer
Designer with 3 years of experience, combining creativity with multidisciplinary skill to create games that leave a lasting impression. I'm a US citizen, based in Stockholm. Feel free to reach out!
Skills:
- Game Design
- Level Design
- Monetization / Engagement Design
- Music Composition
- UI/UX Design
Tool proficiencies:
- Unity (C#)
- Unreal (Blueprints)
- Roblox Studio (Lua)
- Jira
- Perforce
- Fmod / Wwise
- Figma
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Professional Projects
Dread Camp
Summary
For DREAD CAMP, I designed and implemented content for a wide variety of systems, including player-owned housing, monetization/engagement systems, the final boss fight, and more.
I worked through multiple stages of level design, taking level segments from blockout to a polished release state. I used in-house level design and scripting tools to implement puzzles and scare events. I also dressed some of the levels using a material/prop library.
Additionally, I composed four pieces of music and voice acted the main antagonist.
Highlights
- Gameplay and Puzzle Design
- Level design and Scripting
- Monetization/Engagement Design
- Music, voice acting, and 2D art
Genre: Co-op horror game
Engine: Roblox Studio
Total players: 4.4m
Touchdown Simulator
Genre: Idle game
Engine: Roblox Studio
Total players: 1.8m
Summary
The goal for TOUCHDOWN SIMULATOR was simple: create a spiritual successor to the studio's idle game phenomenon Strongman Simulator, with the visual trappings of American football.
I assisted designing iterations/innovations to existing systems, such as the shop, core gameplay loop, and the gacha progression system.
I helped design UI wireframes for menus, and arranged them in-engine using an in-house UI scripting tool. I ran playtesting sessions, and worked with our PM to note bugs/issues on Jira.
Highlights
- Helped design core gamplay loop/progression
- Monetization/Engagement Design
- UI/UX Design
- Ran playtesting sessions
Vans World 2.0
Summary
Rather than having one giant open world like the previous version had, VANS WORLD 2.0 was split into a series of different skateparks, each styled after a different city.
I assisted in the pitching stage, designing level blockouts for potential skatepark locations and downhill racing maps.
During production, I built a library of "funboxes", modular level elements comprising of ramps and rail grinds that can be slotted together to build skateparks.
Highlights
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Designed preproduction level blockouts
- Designed modular level design pieces
Genre: Arcade sports game
Engine: Roblox Studio
Total players: 114m
School Projects
Ocean Buddie
Genre: Co-op puzzle platformer
Engine: Unity
Team size: 7
Summary
In OCEAN BUDDIE, one player walks on land, and the other swims in the ocean, which opens up unique opportunities for puzzles and cooperative platforming. On the project, I assisted with some level design, and designed the four puzzles in the game.
I also did the sound design for the game, both recording foley as well as working with a programmer to implement systems such as footsteps that vary based on surface material.
Highlights
- Level and Puzzle Design
- Sound Design
Genre: Top-down cover shooter
Engine: Unreal 5
Team size: 9
The Flarewatcher
Summary
For THE FLAREWATCHER, I was project lead, and together with the team I helped design the creative direction of the game, including the core gameplay loop and narrative. I worked with our programmers to design the AI enemies and three C's.
I also storyboarded the intro and ending storybook-style cutscenes, animated the still images into video, wrote the dialogue for them, and composed the music.
Highlights
- Gameplay Design
- AI and 3C Design
- Narrative Design
- Music Composition
Robus
Summary
What would Crazy Taxi look like, if it was built in a sustainable city of the future? That's the question ROBUS was designed to answer, an arcade game made for Tekniska Museet's Zero City exhibition.
Using the Xbox Adapative Controller, players controlled a bus, picking up as many passengers as they could before their fuel runs out. There are 7 types of passengers, each of which has an attribute that modifies the bus in some way while they're on-board, from giving it a speed boost to lowering its traction.
I designed the core gameplay loop, fine-tuned the driving physics, and designed the passenger attribute system.
Highlights
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Game Design
- Tweaked the driving gamefeel
Genre: Arcade racing game
Engine: Unity
Team size: 6
Personal Projects
Potion Partners
Genre: 2D platformer / potion crafting
Engine: Unity
Team size: 3
Summary
I worked on this as part of the GMTK Jam 24, where we scored in the top 25% of applicants.
Potion Partners is a cross between a 2D platformer and a potion crafting game, where you switch between playing as a mouse familiar fetching ingredients, and an old alchemist brewing them.
I worked on the game and level design, as well as composing two pieces of music that dynamically change based on which character you are controlling.
Highlights
- Game and Level Design
- Dynamic music
T.U.M.M.Y
Summary
My very first game, T.U.M.M.Y. is a sidescrolling 2D platformer where you play as the robot T.U.M.M.Y, making your way through a labyrinth filled with monsters.
I worked on this on and off with my boyfriend, who did the programming and art for it, while I did the game design and level design.
Before building levels in-engine, I'd sketch it on paper first, making sure that each section of the level was focused on either teaching the player a new skill, or challenging their mastery of a different facet of one.
I also made all of the sounds in the game, and composed the music for it.
Highlights
- Game and Level Design
- Sound Design and music
Genre: 2D platformer
Engine: Unity
Team size: 2
Genre: First person shooter
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Engine: Quake engine
Quake mapping
Summary
Whenever I have spare time, sometimes I work on maps for the game QUAKE using the Trenchbroom level editor.
I build blockouts of each level, place enemies and level scripting throughout, and dress the levels using a texture library or my own textures.
Highlights
- Level Design
- Encounter Design
About Me
My name is Samantha Davis. With a blend of multidisciplinary design skills and a keen eagerness to learn new technologies, I'm capable of creating a wide variety of work players love. From game and level design, to music and 2D art, I'm a do-er capable of filling whatever gaps the project needs.
I have experience with Unity, Unreal, and Roblox Studio, as well as mapping for games like Quake.
My collaborative nature as a team player enhances my ability to contribute effectively. I'm experienced in Perforce and Jira.
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