Kálmán Pajcsics

Game Design Portfolio

• Shiver Thy TImbers
• Contingency 17
• About Me

Shiver Thy TImbers

A top-down stealth action game where the player has to haunt a pirate ship by collecting items and activating different types of traps.

Contingency 17

An FPS 3D platformer where the player explores an abandoned research facility filled with gravity anomalies

Contingency 17:
Icarus Gate

This project was made during the Into Games Level Design Sprint hosted by Oliver William Walker. During this course, I was tasked to plan and create a short level in FPS view.

Design Process

Final Version

Using the ingredient

First, the ingredient is teased in an inaccessible tube.

Now that its mechanic is introduced, the players have to avoid it.

Then the players learn their function by getting pushed into a hole.

Here, they learn to use the ingredient for platforming.

Narrative BIts

Guiding the player

I use guiding lines, debries, and lights to guide the player throughout the level.
Here is the container yard as an example:

First Version

Final Version

Shiver Thy Timbers

I worked as a Level Designer on this project in a team of 6 students during my final semester of studies.

Concept

A top-down stealth action game where the player has to haunt a pirate ship. The player has to spread paranoia by scaring the pirates. To scare a pirate, the player has to find items that can be used to activate traps. When a pirate walks into a trap they get stunned and the player has to scare them.

Process

First I worked on a prottoype to figure to test gameplay elements and figure out the scale of the enviroment.

After deciding the scale, I researching old ships and started planning out a layout.

First Level

After a lot of testing and input from the enviroment artists this was the end result:

Second Level

We planned on making two levels with two different moods. We did not have the time to make two completely different levels, so I decided to reuse the first level, but with a cuple things changed.

In the first level, the player starts in a closed-off safe spot. This gives them time to think and reminds them of their ability to go through walls.

In the second level, the player starts in immediate danger. This level introduces the captain. An enemy that always knows where the player is.

To change the level layout, I added new obstacles that blocked previously open pathways. This makes it more difficult to avoid enemies and makes the level feel smaller. It also makes it more difficult to avoid the captain, but it can also be used to the player's advantage. The pile blocking the path in the middle basically cuts the ship in half. If the player is on one half with the captain and they use their ability to go through walls and get to the other half, they can get rid of the captain, who always follows them for a while.

The traps,items and enemy patrol routes are also all changed.

Other Games

These were my two best games, but I have worked on many other university assignments, personal projects, and game jam games. They all can be found here:

• My Itch.io Page

About Me

I am Kálmán Pajcsics, a Hungarian game designer and Unity developer currently completing my end-of-studies internship at Say It Labs in Belgium. I am passionate about creating worlds, guiding players, and creating fun game mechanics and systems. With the technical skills to bring my ideas to life I am pursuing a career as a game designer.

Technical Skills

Game Design

Unity Engine

Unreal Engine

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