Balım Alpay
Level Designer
An imaginative architecture graduate with a master’s in procedurally generated level design, skilled in teamwork and innovative solutions, effectively combines artistic and technical skills across various projects to create engaging and practical spaces that enhance player experience.
Professional Works
Delivered projects that demonstrate teamwork and adherence to specifications under real production conditions.
Tile Tales: Pirates
Tile-based isometric puzzle adventure featuring a pirate seeking legendary treasure on the mysterious island.
Developed puzzle systems, created scenes, implemented gameplay elements, and wrote narrative snippets for levels.
Contain
Tactical co-op FPS involving a team of four operators tasked with managing anomalies in blurred ordinary-extrordinary environments.
Created a full multiplayer/co-op map from concept to final playable level.
Olpamis
Designed a world layout with ability-based progression and clear, navigable rooms for exploration and backtracking.
Mythology-inspired metroidvania focusing on unity, sacrifice, and brotherhood through exploration.
The Unfettered
Soulslike, dark-fantasy action game centered on Lura’s journey to purge a world haunted by demonic souls, using the ancestral power she inherits.
Utilized environmental storytelling and state-based quest flows to guide players through paced challenges.
Meet the designer
I work collaboratively across art, animation, narrative, development, and design, emphasizing innovative solutions and system understanding. I’m eager to team up with talented individuals to create engaging game experiences.
Level Design
Focused on creating layouts, establishing metrics, pacing challenges, and using environmental storytelling to guide players from early concepts to final touches.
- Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, etc.)
- Diagrams (Figma, Miro)
- Game engines (Unity, Unreal Engine)
Game Design
Experienced in game systems, writing clear documents, and balancing mechanics.
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel,
- Documentation (Confluence, Notion, etc.)
- Tracking (Jira, ClickUp, etc.)
Development
Able to develop prototypes from initial ideas and refine them through iteration.
- Unreal Engine (Blueprints)
- Unity (C#)
- Version Control (GIT, SourceTree, etc.)
Quest Design
Creating state-based quest flows and integrating objectives with level scripting and dialogue tools.
- Flow/Branching (Draw.io, Miro, Figma, etc.)
- Documentation (Confluence, Notion, etc.)
- Node-Based Tools (NodeCanvas, Quest/Mission Graph)
Animation
Setting up animated environment elements like doors, lifts, hazards to sync with level logic and player flow.
- Blender
- Unity Animation
3D Art
Making modular 3D environment assets when needed to support level layout, maintain consistent scale, and gameplay readability.
- Rhinoceros 3D
- Unreal Engine Modeling