Sjoerd De Jong
Moby ID: 129056
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Sjoerd "Hourences" De Jong, a level and environment designer, has worked on numerous games in either freelance or permanent positions.
Those games include: Shellshock Nam '67 (Guerrilla Games), Killzone (Guerrilla Games), Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games), Warpath (Digital Extremes) and The Chronicles of Spellborn (Khaeon). For Epic Games he created some of the best known levels in the world such as ONS Torlan and DM Rankin, both also featured in the UT2004 demo.
His career originated in the Unreal mod community where he helped create several large mods including Operation Na Pali, Xidia Gold, Jailbreak, and Residual Decay. He has created dozens of custom stand-alone levels for the community which have received many awards; including several prizes in the very large one million dollar "MakeSomeThingUnreal" contest.
In addition, he is also an active member of the level design scene often seen helping out on irc help channels and community forums as well as running some websites.
He is also the author of the book "The Hows and Whys of Level Design".
Credited on 32 games
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| Soulstice (2022, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader (2022, Stadia) | Special Thanks |
| Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue (2021, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Ultimate Rivals: The Rink (2019, iPhone) | Special Thanks |
| Song of Horror (2019, Windows) | Unreal Engine Sages |
| Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm (2019, iPhone) | Evangelists |
| Daymare: 1998 (2019, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| The Occupation (2019, Windows) | Epic Games |
| Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018, Windows) | Epic Games |
| Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (2018, Xbox One) | Epic |
| A Way Out (2018, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Fortnite (2018, iPhone) | Designed, Developed, and Published by Epic Games |
| Deep Rock Galactic (2018, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Road Rage (2017, PlayStation 4) | Epic Games / Unreal Engine - Thanks to |
| Echo (2017, Windows) | Thanks |
| Fortnite (Standard Founder's Pack) (2017, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island (2017, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| Hidden Folks (2017, iPhone) | Translators |
| The Solus Project (2016, Windows) | Director |
| Alone in the Dark: Illumination (2015, Windows) | Tech Art Director |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 7 games with Mike Gamble
- 5 games with Jay Wilbur
- 5 games with Benjamin Board
- 5 games with James Golding
- 4 games with Shane Caudle
- 4 games with Steven Polge
- 4 games with David Ewing
- 4 games with Joseph Graf
- 4 games with Jonas Salvador
- 4 games with Amanda Bott
Companies
- 25 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 17 games with Valve Corporation
- 4 games with Teotl Studios
- 4 games with GOG Limited
- 4 games with NVIDIA Corporation
- 3 games with Grip Digital, s.r.o.
- 3 games with Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
- 2 games with Atari, Inc.
- 2 games with Sony DADC Europe GmbH
- 2 games with Guerrilla B.V.
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