Klemens Reckfort
Level Design - Game Programming - Game Design
During my Apprenticeship in Mechatronic Engineering, I discovered my Passion for Level and Game Design, which led me to successfully apply the Game Design Studies at the HTW Berlin afterwards and later Accomplish my Bachelor of Arts Game Design.
Designing Games, I am often faced with New Challenges, and I think that not only through Playing Games but Creating Games, we always gain New Experiences.
After Sea of Solitude, I decided to take Time Off the Industry and Work on Myself, focusing on developing Systems and Tools in Unity and deepening my Knowledge and Understanding of Game Programming and Programming as a whole, developing Workflows for Better and Faster Prototyping with High-Quality Outcomes.
My Goal is to become a Versatile and Supportive Game Designer, working in a Studio Together with a highly Motivated Team to Create Games we Love.
Level Design:
- +Ten Years Experience in Modification-, Student- and Commercial Projects
- 2D, 3D, Generating Systems
- Able to Identify and Communicate Design Requirements to other Design Disciplines
- Implementing and Working with Asset- and Content Packs
- Experienced with the Engines Source, Unity and Unreal
- Complex and Easy to Iterate Level Designs, Additionally Nailing Mood and Style even Before using Advanced Assets
Game Programming:
- +Eight Years Experience in Internship-, Game Jam-, Student- and Commercial Projects
- Developing Systems that are Scalable and Ready for Release
- Seeing Game Programming as a Tool for Rapid Prototyping
- Using Game Programming in Collaboration with Level Design
- C#, Web Development and therefore the new Unity UI Elements System and its Workflows
Tool Programming:
- Focussed on Creating New Ways to be able to Do Design with
- Focussed on Unity, able to Modify and Extend the Inspector and Property Drawers adressing the Legacy GUI and UIElements System
- Using Reflection in Various Cases for Extended Functionality throughout the whole Project
- Foresight of and Focussing on what is Needed for Now, preventing too early bloats of Unused Functionalities
Teamplay:
- Developing for +Five Student Game Projects and Two Commercial Projects, each with a different Teamsize and Production Scope
- Able to Develop Workflows regarding the Skills of the Team:
- Taking care of the Team Members Skills Focus, additionally Teaching required Skills if needed and Solving Upcoming Problems
- Taking the Intiative to Support the Communication in the Team
- Always taking Care and having Room for the Team Members and Their Needs
- Able to Develop Workflows regarding the Status of the Project:
- Identifying Workloads and Required Skills and Tools
- Having a Good Foresight throughout the Project
- Delivering Content for the Team to find Solutions for Critical and Time Critical Design Descisions
Software:
- IDE: Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code
- Version Control: Github Desktop, SourceTree, Tortoise SVN
- Game Engines: Source Engine, Unity Engine, Unreal Engine 4
- 3D: Blender, Autodesk 3DsMax, Softimage XSI
- 2D: Adobe Photoshop, Gimp
- Audio: Audacity
- Video: Blender
- Other: Miro, Microsoft Office 365, Codecks, Atlassian Products, Discord, WordPress
- AI: GitHub Copilot
I am able to adopt New Techniques and Tools Quickly and Efficiently by Understanding Technical Core Elements similar Tools share.
