Jacob Jones
Game Designer
I'm always learning new things! Through this philosophy, I've built an extensive knowledge-base and gained experience in all disciplines in game development. I'm working to prove my skills in improving the fun and flow of a game's gameplay, level, and technical design.
Featured Work
Jungle Jim (2025)
Unreal Engine 5 / Small Team
Momentum-Based 3D Platformer featuring customizable movement kits and a bright cartoon style.
Directed and led 16 contributors
Regularly maintained a GDD and other documentation
Designed many levels to create player flow state using massing, viewpoints, landmarks, and acclimation methods.
Conducted regular playtest analysis
Designed and implemented many unique gameplay mechanics
Lead game designer and lead game programmer
3D artist and character animator
Overbooked (2025)
Unreal Engine 5 / Small Team / Game Jam
Social-avoidance stealth game where the player is a double-agent attending a fancy cocktail party. Complete tasks for both gangs without losing trust!
1st Place Winner at devICT Summer 2025 Game Jam.
20 hour development period.
Programmed AI behaviors.
Contributed to game design in a team setting.
Caislean: Paranormal (2022)
Unity / Solo / Prototype
Point and click survival horror with distinct prep and survive segments.
Designed a resource management loop
Designed 5 enemy types that play into the resource management
Scripted gameplay and events in C#
All Works
This site is still under construction! More content for the other works will be completed at a later date(but very soon.)
About Me
Values
Hello! Thanks for wanting to read about me! I have been designing games from a very young age. It all began with drawing mazes in Kindergarten. From then, I moved onto creating games on paper for my friends to play. I can still remember the pure joy of watching them play my games with smiles on their faces!Since then, my everyday has been about games. Everywhere I go, I see things in the world around me that inspires me to create.To me, games can be many things:
A way to bring people together.
An interactive medium to express art.
An engaging way to live an experience.
A powerful storytelling tool.
...or even just a fun time.
At the end of the day, games are my greatest love. I love crafting unforgettable experiences that can leave lasting impacts players' lives.
Life and Hobbies
I was born and raised in Wichita, KS. I love spending time in the outdoors. You'd be surprised how many great hiking trails are in Kansas! Growing up, I was a Boy Scout and would go on monthly adventures across the country. From unguided spelunking to running a bartering stand, I have a wide range of experiences from this that I draw from for inspiration in my design. Besides the outdoors, I used to play in a county soccer league. From this, I learned how to operate in a team and experienced the thrill of competition! I love honest and friendly competition, as it inspires me to work hard. I'm sure it comes to no surprise, but I love gaming. Some of my favorite games/series include Mario 3D platformers, Luigi's Mansion 3, Ace Attorney series, Hollow Knight, Metroid series, Terraria, Plants vs. Zombies 1, Undertale, Paper Mario, and Pokemon. Really though, I could go on and on about any game. I love trying a wide variety of games to see what good designs are out there.
Education
I began self study during my final year of middle school. Back then, I used a clunky old laptop that could only run an engine called Clickteam Fusion. It used visual scripting, which I used to create my first game projects. They were bad... but that's to be expected. Looking back though, I am proud of my progress as an early learner and it gave me a great head start. I used this software throughout high school, until I was able to afford a laptop that could run something bigger. My next engine was Unity. I used Unity throughout my final year of highschool, and my first two years at Butler Community College. This was the era where I really started to dial in and become serious about creating games. I learned C# Scripting and created several games using the engine. I was working 46 hour weeks on third shift during this time, so my learning was limited. During this time, I saved up enough money to pursue a more formal education. My last two years of college I transferred to Wichita State University where I would begin my actual game design classes. During these last two years, I really hit my stride. I started working less, and devoted my time to being a student. I learned Unreal Engine and quickly became one of the most adapt in the engine at my university. I began more seriously studying game design theory, and picked up several books about the topic which I read through over the years.
Jacob Jones
Game Designer
You can message me through my email using the form below. Or if you rather, you can directly email me at my address.
Game Jams
Overbooked (2025)
Unreal Engine 5 / Small Team / Game Jam
Social-avoidance stealth game where the player is a double-agent attending a fancy cocktail party. Complete tasks for both gangs without losing trust!
1st Place Winner at devICT Summer 2025 Game Jam.
20 hour development period.
Programmed AI behaviors.
Contributed to game design in a team setting.
Prototypes
BioFlight (2025)
Unreal Engine 5 / Team of Two / Tech Demo
Flight chair tech demo where the player can shrink down to microscopic size and explore the human bloodstream.
Programmed submarine-esc controls.
Designed a VR application catered towards an audience without much VR experience.
Comprehensive object pooling system for physics objects.
Pizza Panic (2024)
Unreal Engine 5 / Small Team / Prototype
Short first person survival-horror pizza delivery game with comedic theming.
Took on the role of programmer and game designer in a team of 3
Delivered an executable prototype in 3 weeks
Designed game loop implementing a stress dopamine loop.
Zombies At College (2024)
Unreal Engine 5 / Solo / Prototype
Third-person arcade zombie shooter. Created to practice good inheritance and polymorphism principles.
Programmed enemy pooling tied to spawning system based on Data Table input.
Created shooting mechanics with wide range of variables allowing for quick and complete customization of children.
Made in ~3 weeks during my time as a student at WSU.
Jacob Jones
Game Designer
I'm always learning new things! Through this philosophy, I've built an extensive knowledge-base and gained experience in all disciplines in game development. I'm working to prove my skills in improving the fun and flow of a game's gameplay, level, and technical design.
Featured Work
Creepy Crypt (2025)
Super Jungle Jim
Unreal Engine 5 / Solo / Action-Adventure Platformer
Spooky level where the player descends into a crypt and encounters paranormal specters. Ghosts chase the player in darkness, so best to keep the lights on!
15 minute play duration.
#1 ranked level by player favor data.
Most assets created personally for consistency.
Programmed gameplay interactions tied with level theming.
> Portfolio site work in progress! More to come soon :)
All Works
About Me
Values
Hello! Thanks for wanting to read about me! I have been designing games from a very young age. It all began with drawing mazes in Kindergarten. From then, I moved onto creating games on paper for my friends to play. I can still remember the pure joy of watching them play my games with smiles on their faces!Since then, my everyday has been about games. Everywhere I go, I see things in the world around me that inspires me to create.To me, games can be many things:
A way to bring people together.
An interactive medium to express art.
An engaging way to live an experience.
A powerful storytelling tool.
...or even just a fun time.
At the end of the day, games are my greatest love. I love crafting unforgettable experiences that can leave lasting impacts players' lives.
Life and Hobbies
I was born and raised in Wichita, KS. I love spending time in the outdoors. You'd be surprised how many great hiking trails are in Kansas! Growing up, I was a Boy Scout and would go on monthly adventures across the country. From unguided spelunking to running a bartering stand, I have a wide range of experiences from this that I draw from for inspiration in my design. Besides the outdoors, I used to play in a county soccer league. From this, I learned how to operate in a team and experienced the thrill of competition! I love honest and friendly competition, as it inspires me to work hard. I'm sure it comes to no surprise, but I love gaming. Some of my favorite games/series include Mario 3D platformers, Luigi's Mansion 3, Ace Attorney series, Hollow Knight, Metroid series, Terraria, Plants vs. Zombies 1, Undertale, Paper Mario, and Pokemon. Really though, I could go on and on about any game. I love trying a wide variety of games to see what good designs are out there.
Education
I began self study during my final year of middle school. Back then, I used a clunky old laptop that could only run an engine called Clickteam Fusion. It used visual scripting, which I used to create my first game projects. They were bad... but that's to be expected. Looking back though, I am proud of my progress as an early learner and it gave me a great head start. I used this software throughout high school, until I was able to afford a laptop that could run something bigger. My next engine was Unity. I used Unity throughout my final year of highschool, and my first two years at Butler Community College. This was the era where I really started to dial in and become serious about creating games. I learned C# Scripting and created several games using the engine. I was working 46 hour weeks on third shift during this time, so my learning was limited. During this time, I saved up enough money to pursue a more formal education. My last two years of college I transferred to Wichita State University where I would begin my actual game design classes. During these last two years, I really hit my stride. I started working less, and devoted my time to being a student. I learned Unreal Engine and quickly became one of the most adapt in the engine at my university. I began more seriously studying game design theory, and picked up several books about the topic which I read through over the years.
Jacob Jones
Game Designer
I'm always learning new things! Through this philosophy, I've built an extensive knowledge-base and gained experience in all disciplines in game development. I'm working to prove my skills in improving the fun and flow of a game's gameplay, level, and technical design.
Featured Work
Real Thermal Shader (2025)
NDA Project
Unity / Solo / C# / HLSL
Thermal shader that uses a probe query system to create 3D textures that can be baked onto several parts.
Manipulating 3D Textures.
C# script for probe calculations and user settings.
Shader matrix multiplication
Barycentric wireframe shader
Stenciled Fullscreen Outline shader
All Works
About Me
Values
Hello! Thanks for wanting to read about me! I have been designing games from a very young age. It all began with drawing mazes in Kindergarten. From then, I moved onto creating games on paper for my friends to play. I can still remember the pure joy of watching them play my games with smiles on their faces!Since then, my everyday has been about games. Everywhere I go, I see things in the world around me that inspires me to create.To me, games can be many things:
A way to bring people together.
An interactive medium to express art.
An engaging way to live an experience.
A powerful storytelling tool.
...or even just a fun time.
At the end of the day, games are my greatest love. I love crafting unforgettable experiences that can leave lasting impacts players' lives.
Life and Hobbies
I was born and raised in Wichita, KS. I love spending time in the outdoors. You'd be surprised how many great hiking trails are in Kansas! Growing up, I was a Boy Scout and would go on monthly adventures across the country. From unguided spelunking to running a bartering stand, I have a wide range of experiences from this that I draw from for inspiration in my design. Besides the outdoors, I used to play in a county soccer league. From this, I learned how to operate in a team and experienced the thrill of competition! I love honest and friendly competition, as it inspires me to work hard. I'm sure it comes to no surprise, but I love gaming. Some of my favorite games/series include Mario 3D platformers, Luigi's Mansion 3, Ace Attorney series, Hollow Knight, Metroid series, Terraria, Plants vs. Zombies 1, Undertale, Paper Mario, and Pokemon. Really though, I could go on and on about any game. I love trying a wide variety of games to see what good designs are out there.
Education
I began self study during my final year of middle school. Back then, I used a clunky old laptop that could only run an engine called Clickteam Fusion. It used visual scripting, which I used to create my first game projects. They were bad... but that's to be expected. Looking back though, I am proud of my progress as an early learner and it gave me a great head start. I used this software throughout high school, until I was able to afford a laptop that could run something bigger. My next engine was Unity. I used Unity throughout my final year of highschool, and my first two years at Butler Community College. This was the era where I really started to dial in and become serious about creating games. I learned C# Scripting and created several games using the engine. I was working 46 hour weeks on third shift during this time, so my learning was limited. During this time, I saved up enough money to pursue a more formal education. My last two years of college I transferred to Wichita State University where I would begin my actual game design classes. During these last two years, I really hit my stride. I started working less, and devoted my time to being a student. I learned Unreal Engine and quickly became one of the most adapt in the engine at my university. I began more seriously studying game design theory, and picked up several books about the topic which I read through over the years.
Jacob Jones
Game Designer
I'm always learning new things! Through this philosophy, I've built an extensive knowledge-base and gained experience in all disciplines in game development. I'm working to prove my skills in improving the fun and flow of a game's gameplay, level, and technical design.
Featured Work
Stylized Platforming Characters
Super Jungle Jim
Maya / ZBrush / Substance / Unreal
Created character models, textures, animations, and implementation from given concepts.
Post process toon and outline shader.
Portfolio site still work in progress! Check out artstation to see more for now :)
All Works
About Me
Values
Hello! Thanks for wanting to read about me! I have been designing games from a very young age. It all began with drawing mazes in Kindergarten. From then, I moved onto creating games on paper for my friends to play. I can still remember the pure joy of watching them play my games with smiles on their faces!Since then, my everyday has been about games. Everywhere I go, I see things in the world around me that inspires me to create.To me, games can be many things:
A way to bring people together.
An interactive medium to express art.
An engaging way to live an experience.
A powerful storytelling tool.
...or even just a fun time.
At the end of the day, games are my greatest love. I love crafting unforgettable experiences that can leave lasting impacts players' lives.
Life and Hobbies
I was born and raised in Wichita, KS. I love spending time in the outdoors. You'd be surprised how many great hiking trails are in Kansas! Growing up, I was a Boy Scout and would go on monthly adventures across the country. From unguided spelunking to running a bartering stand, I have a wide range of experiences from this that I draw from for inspiration in my design. Besides the outdoors, I used to play in a county soccer league. From this, I learned how to operate in a team and experienced the thrill of competition! I love honest and friendly competition, as it inspires me to work hard. I'm sure it comes to no surprise, but I love gaming. Some of my favorite games/series include Mario 3D platformers, Luigi's Mansion 3, Ace Attorney series, Hollow Knight, Metroid series, Terraria, Plants vs. Zombies 1, Undertale, Paper Mario, and Pokemon. Really though, I could go on and on about any game. I love trying a wide variety of games to see what good designs are out there.
Education
I began self study during my final year of middle school. Back then, I used a clunky old laptop that could only run an engine called Clickteam Fusion. It used visual scripting, which I used to create my first game projects. They were bad... but that's to be expected. Looking back though, I am proud of my progress as an early learner and it gave me a great head start. I used this software throughout high school, until I was able to afford a laptop that could run something bigger. My next engine was Unity. I used Unity throughout my final year of highschool, and my first two years at Butler Community College. This was the era where I really started to dial in and become serious about creating games. I learned C# Scripting and created several games using the engine. I was working 46 hour weeks on third shift during this time, so my learning was limited. During this time, I saved up enough money to pursue a more formal education. My last two years of college I transferred to Wichita State University where I would begin my actual game design classes. During these last two years, I really hit my stride. I started working less, and devoted my time to being a student. I learned Unreal Engine and quickly became one of the most adapt in the engine at my university. I began more seriously studying game design theory, and picked up several books about the topic which I read through over the years.