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Major Projects
Shipped Titles and Portfolio Pieces
Role: Lead Level Designer, Game Designer, Combat Designer
Team Size: 30
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Duration: March 2023 - December 2023
Status: Shipped on Steam, 100k+ units sold, 35k+ players
A first-person action platformer bullet hell set in a sunken city:
Playing as Dart, the player bounces and grapples their way through waves of robots and ancient flooded caverns.
My Role:
As the Lead Designer, I was directly responsible for creating the game's playable leveI. When I wasn't iterating blockouts, I also made game design documents and flowcharts, organized and ran playtesting sessions, and communicated constantly with our 30 person team to realize Grimhook's vision.
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Role: Lead Designer, Level Designer
Team Size: 50
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Duration: August 2023 - May 2024
Status: Complete and released on AHT.io.
An intense and silly four-player couch-co-op brawler:
Travel into outerspace and compete in multiple competitive modes in this isometric multiplayer party game!
My Role:
I managed the design department and maximized our brief meeting times by providing concise, critical feedback to the team. I worked closely with department leads to drive our game's vision, maintain clarity, and release a polished product.
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Role: Level Designer, Environment Artist, Programmer
Team Size: Solo project
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Duration: April 2023 - May 2023
Status: Complete and released on itch.io
A single-player horror level set in a haunted estate:
You're housesitting in a stormy night when the power goes out. Grab a flashlight and confront the creature upstairs.
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Game Jams
Some fun under pressure!
About Me
Some of my favorite games are Hollow Knight, Titanfall 2, GRIS, Doom Eternal, Lies of P, Dishonored, and Hi-Fi Rush!
Hi! I'm Ian Percy, a Level Designer from Dallas, Texas. I'm currently attending the University of Texas at Dallas and majoring in Arts, Humanities, and Technology in Games.
I absolutely love to create; more specifically, I love creating experiences that subtly teach the player through gameplay in a way that lets them learn while staying immersed. I'm passionate because I see a game's level as the most fundamental form of communication with the player.
I love crafting spaces for all genres, and I'm especially drawn to those that encourage immersion, exploration, and mastery over challenge.
Feel free to get in contact through the information in my resume! I'm actively searching for job and internship opportunities.
Archived Projects
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Death Bloom
Role: Level Designer
Team Size: 40
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Duration: 16 weeks (2023)
Status: Complete and released on AHT.io.
A first-person puzzle horror game set in an abandoned cottage:
You wake up in the basement of an old cottage in Brazil. An ancient cryptid stalks the rainforest. Burn it all to the ground.
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The Fall of Atahn
Role: Level Designer, Programmer, Environment Artist
Team Size: Solo project
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Duration: 8 weeks (2022)
A wave-based shooter set in an overrun desert town:
I learned the fundamentals of Unreal Engine 5 by creating a Black Ops Zombies inspired first-person shooter.
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Role: Level Designer
Team Size: Solo project
Engine: Unity
Duration: 5 weeks (2021)
A secret agent themed first-person shooter and stealth game.
My first 3D level design project was a first-person shooter set in an robot factory. The player acquires unique weapons, sneaks passed enemies, and fights their way to the lab control room.
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