Jonathan Frederick Williams

Level Designer, Game Designer

Who am I?

A level designer with a diverse skill set and background.
I love level design because it allows me to design not only the moment to moment encounters, but the overarching experience as well.
I enjoy system design greatly because of its power to transform an experience, and because of the creative challenges it brings.
I want to design levels and 3D spaces that evoke powerful emotional responses from people.
Game development is one of the best ways I can give hundreds of people enjoyable experiences.

What is my background?

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Degree in Bachelor of Arts in Game Design from DigiPen Institute of Technology (graduated 2019)
Numerous software skills including Unity, Blender, Audacity, and Photoshop.
Experience in 3D and 2D level design, system design, basic UI and UX design, C# scripting.
Basic experience in music and sound design, 3D modeling and animation, texture creation and 2D art, photography, and stop motion animation.
I've done video, audio recording and editing for a YouTube channel.
Created over 200 race tracks for the game series TrackMania in my youth and continue to today.
Earned the rank of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America in 2015.

What is my industry experience?

Mobile Game Developer | Contractor for Mild Session | Oct. 2019 – Feb. 2020
Unity Game Developer | Contractor for 8th Shore, Inc. | Jun. – Oct. 2019
Unity Workshop Teacher | Contractor with 8th Shore, Inc. | Jun. – Aug. 2019
TA | DigiPen’s ProjectFUN Table Top Game Design Summer Workshop | Jun. – Aug. 2017
TA | WANIC Video Game Development 1 Summer Workshop | Jun. – Aug. 2016, 2017, 2018

Project Highlights

The following is a brief overview of my project highlights in reverse chronological order. Visit the Projects page for more information on each project.

Projects - Mild Session

A calm, simple, psedo-realtime gardening game about managing a growing flower garden over the course of multiple real life days.

A fun, simple, chaotic puzzle game about throwing rubber balls into each other to create chain reactions of bounces.

Projects - Joint 8th Shore, Mild Session

A hectic herding game about using a single magnetic ball bearing to gather and lead a group of metal balls through an obstacle course.

Projects - DigiPen Student

A 1st person, puzzle horror game with an emphasis on light and sound.

Racing Game Level Design Project - 2019

A 3-part level design project made in the game/editor

TrackMania² Canyon that introduces, expands upon, and evolves different and complex level segments over the course of 3 levels.

A first person, exploration based suspense game about escaping from the moon while uncovering the mysterious and dangerous past of an abandon lunar base.

A small UI design project that attempts to solve a major HUD problem found in many high-speed racing games.