Sam Levine
Game Designer/Sound Engineer
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This is my portfolio. Here I have projects, tech demos, and games that I have made. I focus mainly on level and gameplay design as well as player interaction and playtesting. I have also worked on audio production aspects of the games I've worked on.
Projects
Whispering Abyss (2022)
Studio: Precipice Games
Whispering Abyss (2022) is a 3D Adventure Game that I developed with a team of 21 people called Precipice Games. On this project, I was both a Sound Engineer and a Designer. As a Sound Engineer, I received assignments from the Audio Team Lead Dylan Twomley, as well as other team members in other departments, regarding features in the game that need sound effects. I would be tasked with either finding the sound effects online from a free library, or recording them myself, and then mixing in Reaper and editing them with Ocenaudio. Once finished, I worked with Jerry Monnecka, one of our programmers, on implementing these sound effects into the game. I would then check back with those who tasked me with making the sounds for feedback and confirmation. Additionally, I held recording sessions for more voice lines for different characters and for narration for the game’s trailer in which I set up in isolated sound environments in my school, set up a microphone and my computer, and gave my talent headphones so that they could monitor themselves while recording. Once finished, I mixed and edited those and either implemented them in the game or gave them to those making the trailer for the game.
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Heavenly Sin (2021)
Lotta Damage Studios Game
Heavenly Sin is a Murder Mystery/3D Platformer Unity game set in the 1920s that I worked on with a group called Lotta Damage Studios, which consisted of 11 of my peers. I worked as the Creative Lead, the Lead Level Designer, and a Musician/Sound Engineer in this project. Click below to learn more as I go into more detail there.
Derpy Derby (2021)
Game Jam 2021 Game
Derpy Derby is a Multiplayer Demolition Derby in which up to four players bash, crash, and smash each other in a stadium filled with obstacles and terrain. In this project, I worked in a team of five as a Game Designer and a Sound Engineer. My duties included facilitating and participating in gameplay concepts, mechanics, and scope; Playtesting and finetuning the player’s car movement and damage values; gathering royalty-free sound effects and music, as well as editing their length and volume in Ocenaudio to fit our game’s vision.
Drone Zone (2020)
Solo Project
Drone Zone is an Arcade Survival game in which the player plays as a robot and must survive a constant onslaught of drones by maneuvering out of the way and placing bombs for the drones to collide with. I made this game by myself using Unity Engine and programmed it in C#. In this project, important assets I made include the AI for the drones and a Character controller for the player's robot movement and bomb placement. The level itself is modeled after the map Wizard from Halo.
Wire or Retire (2020)
Game Jam 2020 Board Game
Wire or Retire is a Strategy Board Game in which players must work together to repair a power grid while protesting citizens of a town keep destroying it. I worked as a Game Designer and a Project Lead on this game. Like with Dungeon Monsters, I developed rules, mechanics, and outlined our game’s direction with my teammates. Additionally, I facilitated playtesting and incorporated player and teammate criticisms into corrections for rules and gameplay concepts. As a Project Lead, I assigned each team member work, planned the scheduling of our work, and maintained a positive, motivated, and efficient work environment amongst my team.
Dungeon Monsters (2018)
Game Jam 2018 Board Game
Dungeon Monsters is a four-player tabletop, fantasy, role-playing, battle royale game that tasks players with collecting their three win condition items and return to their base while battling other players with magic and swords. I worked as a Game Designer on this game, in which I developed rules, mechanics, and outlined our game’s direction with my teammates. Additionally, I facilitated playtesting and incorporated player and teammate criticisms into corrections for rules and gameplay concepts.