Working at Vertigo Games
4 Years of Unreal Engine 4 & 5 Experience
- UI/UX
- AI
- Technical level design
- Animation
- Visual effects
- De-bugging
- Automated testing
Also experienced in:
- Unity
- Leading a team
- Working within a scrum & multidisciplinary environment
- Analyze and draw conclusions from QA & playtest procedure
- Design processes from concept to polish
- Planning and documentation

Sam Broos - Technical Game Designer
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Projects

PROJECTS

Arizona Sunshine 2

Arizona Sunshine® 2, the next-gen sequel to the fan-favorite VR apocalypse, packs even more gore-geous zombie action within a post-apocalyptic world where every bullet counts, experience the thrill of realistic combat as you wield all-new and fan-favorite weapons--from shotguns to machetes and flamethrowers.

MY ROLES & HIGHLIGHTS

GAME/TECHNICAL DESIGN

Achievement design
Implemented collisions for 30+ ranged and melee weapons
Colorblind pass on all UI elements
Collision pass on all items and interactables
explosive balancing
Implemented explosion VFX.
Identifying problems and problem-solving

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Sailing

The Archipelago Promise is a single-player open-world survival game in which you explore different islands to find your lost brother. You collect supplies on the various islands to survive the Harsh Alaskan Environment and protect yourself from dangerous wildlife.

19-09-2022 - 23-06-2023

MY ROLES & HIGHLIGHTS

GAME/TECHNICAL DESIGN

LEAD DESIGNER

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT MEMBER

Designed and created AI (wildlife) and Axe (weapon).
Prototyped and implemented a Resource system.
Implemented an Interaction system.
Designed and created rock-throwing functionality
Prototyped and implemented a VFX.
Worked on all design aspects, from brainstorming to sketching to building to iterating and polishing.

Made sure that designers, programmers & artists appropriately communicated.
The quality of the work made met the project standards.
Monitored the team to complete their deadlines.
Team alignment.
Supported team members in problem-solving

Brainstormed solutions for encountered development challenges.
Preformed research into encountered development challenges.
Made quick & Dirty prototypes.
Informed decision-making.
Merged with pre-production.

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Duckide of the Moon

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Duckside of the Moon is a Third-person survival game about Doug, find resources to improve his gear and fix his spaceship so that he can return home to his friends and family.

09-05-2022 - 01-07-2022

MY ROLES & HIGHLIGHTS

UI/UX LEAD

Made sure that UI/UX artists and UI/UX designers appropriately communicated.
The quality of the UI/UX met the project standards.
Monitored the team to complete their deadlines.

UI/UX DESIGN

Worked on technical systems for the UI, such as crafting, inventory, and storage menu.

QA LEAD

Led a small group of 5 to perform weekly QA testing according to a pipeline document and report any problems.

MARKETING

Responsible for the marketing of Duckside of the Moon.

AWARDS

Duch Game Awards 2022 - Nominated Best Student Game.
Breda University of Applied Sciences - Best Y2 Design.
Breda University of Applied Sciences - Best Y2 Production.
Featured within the Unreal Engine student showcase 2022.

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Crazy Lily is a high-octane top-down shooter set inside a decrepit nuclear submarine. Lily, a potted plant gone sentient, has broken out of her terrarium - only to find herself at the bottom of the sea.

10-05-2021 - 05-07-2021

MY ROLES & HIGHLIGHTS

GAME/TECHNICAL DESIGN

Designed and created an enemy and weaponry.
Worked on all design aspects, from Brainstorming to sketching to building to iterating.

LEVEL DESIGN

Designed and created a variety of level chambers.
Worked on all design aspects, from sketching to building to iterating.

UI/UX DESIGN

Collaborated with the UI/UX team to create the weapon onboarding & progression systems.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Led the team.
Monitored the team to complete their deadlines.
Made sure the team appropriately communicated.

Crazy Lily

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Spell Fighting is a 3rd person couch competitive round-based party game about brave wizards facing each other in an epic spell fighting tournament.

21-12-2021 - 28-01-2022

MY ROLES & HIGHLIGHTS

GAME/TECHNICAL DESIGN

Designed and created a variety of spell systems.
Worked on all design aspects, from Brainstorming to sketching to building to iterating.

UI/UX DESIGN

Designed, prototyped & implemented Technical systems for the UI.
Close collaboration with artists.

Sell Fighting

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Mushroomboy is a third-person platformer where Mushi has to traverse through the forest encountering harsh weather and a variety of unfriendly enemies

14-02-2022 - 14-04-2022

MY ROLES & HIGHLIGHTS

GAME/TECHNICAL DESIGN

LEVEL DESIGN

Designed and created a variety of Technical level design elements.
Worked on all design aspects, from Brainstorming to sketching to building to iterating.

Designed and created a level used in the end product.
Created Moment-to-moment roadmap & timeline.
Created a curve to display the difficulty of the levels.

Mushoom Boy

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Gam Jams

GAME JAMS

Root Defender is a tower defense game played from a top-down perspective where the goal is to protect the mighty tree from destruction by goblins.

30-01-2023 - 03-02-2023

MY ROLES & HIGHLIGHTS

GAME/TECHNICAL DESIGN

Designed and created two defense towers & the central tower.
Worked on all design aspects, from Brainstorming to sketching to building to iterating.

UI/UX DESIGN

Created a variety of Technical UI systems.
Created Menus.

SOUND

Implemented sounds for menus and features.

ASSETPACKS

Imported & Implemented a variety of asset packs.

Root Defender

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Tank n Legs is a couch-coop competitive top-down shooter set in the year 2XXX where the great king Tankulon lies dead. Now his sons are locked in an eternal struggle for power in the great kingdom of Sked.

09-11-2020 - 19-11-2020

MY ROLES & HIGHLIGHTS

LEVEL DESIGN

Designed and created multiple levels used in the end product.

GAME DESIGN

Worked on all design aspects, from Brainstorming to sketching to building to iterating.

Tank N Legs

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Abou Me

ABOUT ME

Hello!

My name is Sam Broos

A technical designer currently working at Vertigo Games as part of my study ''Creative Media and Game Technologies'' at Breda University of Applied Sciences.

Experienced in team management and creating various technical systems and projects. Highly organized in planning, documentation, and in-engine work.

Since I was little, I have always been enthusiastic about playing and creating games. And therefore, following the development cycle, with close collaboration, has become my passion. What inspires me about game development is when people from so many different Multidisciplinary teams, backgrounds, and skill sets come together to create solid game mechanics with cutting-edge technology for the player to enjoy.

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