VIDEO GAME PROJECTS!

TIL NORD

Discover a sublime open world on your snowmobile! Drive among the frozen environment of Snøfall øyer to discover beautiful vistas, time trials and quests that permanently change the open world in Til Nord; a free snowmobile driving game for PC.

Roles+Achievements:

  • Producer/solo team lead: Led a team of 16+ developers, and external experts from nothing to a succesful game launch and incredible team cohesion in 6 months using scrum methodology, Jira, and servant leadership.
  • Succesfully reached out to influencers, Youtubers and Reddit communities, with the game recieving over 310,000 downloads.
  • Prioritised the game's features that would be important to the vehicle game community, such as time trials with online leaderboards and photo mode.
  • Over 600 reviews, 84% positive rating on Steam.
Project Page Steam Page

IN OUR NATURE

In Our Nature is a first-person narrative photography game set in 1960s Bavaria, following the journey of Emma, a young woman facing a quarter-life crisis. The game blends time travel with a character-driven story, where players use a Future Camera, whose viewfinder reveals and shapes the future to help Emma navigate her life choices and aspirations. She uses the Future Camera to try and solve the destruction of Germany’s first-ever national park, escape a burning house and deal with the grief of losing her father.

Roles+Achievements:

  • Lead narrative designer: Outlined the overall time-bending story for the proposed full game. Wrote dialogues and implemented them in Unreal using Articy Draft. Prototyped the full story in the game's horizontal slice.
  • Combined Sartrian philosophy and European Feminist history from Master's Degree With creative writing and game design.
  • Grant Candidate: Successfully applied for and received a €10.000 Stimuleringsfonds Starting Grant and a near €40.000 Digital Culture grant.
  • Tech Designer: Designed and programmed systems in the game such as a personality type system and a calender system to increase player interactivity.
Project Page Official Website

KIN VR (Internship)

KIN is a puzzle platformer game with combat elements that will have the player traverse the remnants of an ancient civilization on a distant planet. Throughout your journey through alien landscapes, a story will unfold. KIN also supports virtual reality.

roles+achievements:

  • Programming Intern: worked with Unity, C#, Oculus Tools
  • Programmed: the non-threatening NPCs that populate world and make it feel more alive.
  • Worked: on the non-VR port of the game.
  • QA tested the game near release to make sure the experience was without game-breaking bugs.
Official Website Steam Page Meta Store Page

CROWD KING

As the king journeys through the land, he discovered that the queen has been kidnapped by the Banana Slug Army, and the Crowds themselves have been scattered all over the land trying to find her! The king decides to take action and rescue his minions and the Crowd Queen personally!

roles+achievements:

  • Programming Intern: worked with Unity, C#, Oculus Tools
itch.io download page

TRASH TURF

Trash Turf is a 2-4 local part brawler, where you control a jet pack flying racoon and use your trash bag to knock the other players outside of the arena! Remain the last Racoon standing to win.

roles+achievements:

  • Programming Intern: worked with Unity, C#, Oculus Tools to bring the studio's vision to life.
itch.io download page

OTHER PROJECTS!

THE DINER - MAKING FRIENDS WITH DISABILITIES

"Disability magazine edited by me."

Roles & Achievements:

  • Lead Editor and Curator: Oversaw content creation and curation for the magazine.
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LOVE - ALL

Playing Pong trough the eyes of a child experiencing a divorce. But your actions in the game will influence the story's ending.

Roles & Achievements:

  • 3 Day gamejam: From concept to playable game in the span of 3 days.
  • Coded in Unity, C#.
itch.io play online page

DISABILITY FASHION MAGAZINE

"Disability magazine edited by me."

Roles & Achievements:

  • Lead Editor and Curator: Oversaw content creation and curation for the magazine.

About & Skills

Sebas Buwalda

Sebastiaan is a game producer with a passion for incorporating high-art concepts and methods into the game industry. With a background in production/team management, game design, applied arts, and programming, they are a multipotentialite skilled in management, design, and game development. Holding a Master's in Crossover Creativity, Sebastiaan is a hardworking and dedicated individual capable of working solo or in large teams, always prioritizing team morale. They excel at making tough, smart decisions and leading teams effectively. Sebastiaan is motivated to push the boundaries of art, both artistically and technically, by leveraging new technologies such as VR and AR. They are unafraid to draw from personal lived experiences in their work and have extensive experience in educational and applied games. Always eager to step outside their comfort zone, Sebastiaan strives to innovate and elevate the medium of games.

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Skills

  • Game Design
  • Programming (C#, Unity, Unreal Engine)
  • Project Management (Scrum, Jira)
  • Narrative Design
  • Creative Writing
  • Modern Teamwork Methods:
    • Mindfulness
    • Multipotentialism
    • Servant Leadership
  • Programming Languages:
    • C#
    • Unreal Blueprints
    • GML
    • Javascript
    • Coffeescript
    • C++

Interests

  • Cinematography/Film
  • Fashion
  • Gamified Education
  • Contemporary + Modern Art
  • Philosophy (Existentialism)
  • LGBTQ+ Rights
  • Animal Rights
  • Disability Rights
  • Environmental Awareness

Software

  • Game Development Software:
    • Unity
    • Unreal Engine
    • GameMaker Studio
    • Visual Studio
    • Github
    • Articy Draft
    • Perforce
    • Blender
    • Autodesk Maya
  • Other Software:
    • Da Vinci Resolve
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Paint dot net
    • Microsoft Office Suite
    • Google Suite
    • macOS/Linux
  • Platforms:
    • VR/Metaverse
    • AR
    • Android/iOS
    • Transmedia
  • Production/Team Management Software:
    • Jira
    • Trello
    • Asana
    • Physical Scrum Boards
    • Scrum/Agile methodoly

Contact...

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