Niels Derderian

Junior Game Designer


Welcome to my portfolio, you'll find my best projects!

I am looking for a position where I can combine my technical skills and my game design knowledge in a team project.

Looking for mainly a Technical Design opportunity, I also have a generalist profile: I like to touch to everything in game development.


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Personal Projects

Block Breaker Tool

Team Size: 6 ⏱️ 1 month 🎭 Tech Designer

HTML5 Template for Unreal Engine

Team Size: 1 🎭 Tech Designer

Tech Design Exercise: Doors

Team Size: 1 ⏱️ 1 month

School Projects

Flowkeeper

Team Size: 12 ⏱️ 9 months 🎭 Programmer

Quick Time Event Tool

Team Size: 4 ⏱️ 3 months 🎭 Game Designer

Devil Worship Hotel

Team Size: 4 ⏱️ 3 months 🎭 Game Designer

Zeo

Team Size: 3 ⏱️ 3 months 🎭 Game Designer

Professional Projects

Maze Mart

Team Size: 1 ⏱️ 1 Year

Marketplace

Team Size: 1

Game Jams

Spiritrender

Team Size: 35 ⏱️ 2 weeks 🎭 Engineer

Pop N' Sell

Team Size: 9 ⏱️ 48 Hours 🎭 Game Designer

Petal Plague

Team Size: 3 ⏱️ 36 hours 🎭 Programmer

Resume

Passionate about crafting gameplay systems, tools and procedural mechanics in Unreal Engine. Skilled in scripting, optimization, and rapid prototyping, I thrive on solving complex design challenges to enhance player experiences. Eager to contribute and grow through hands-on collaboration with your team.

Available both for a 6-month internship from July 2025 and entry-level opportunities.
I’ll be graduating later in 2025 with a Bachelor’s in Game Design from Bellecour Ecole.

Resume

Primary Skills

Game Design

  • Game Design Document
  • Playtesting, Balancing & Progression Design
  • UI/UX Design
  • Mechanics and Gameplay Design
  • Engine Implementation
  • Flow Tunning

Main Technical

  • Unreal Engine 4/5 (4 Years)
  • Visual Scripting
  • Debugging and Troubleshooting
  • Prototyping & Rapid Iteration
  • Technical Documentation
  • Web & Mobile development

Secondary Skills

Other Technical

  • GitHub & Perforce
  • Multiplayer & AI Systems (via visual scripting)
  • C# & C++ (Beginner)
  • Web & Mobile development
  • Unity, Godot

Level Design

  • Level Design & Blockout
  • Level Design Document
  • Environment Design

Art & Design Tools

  • Blender
  • Substance Painter, Designer
  • Character Creator & iClone
  • Video/Image/Sound Editing (Basic)
  • Microsoft Office & Google Docs
  • Web Design (HTML & CSS)