Michał Sroka

Senior Level Designer

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This is the right place to learn some more about me and my experience. I'm always open to new opportunities, so if you're looking for a reliable level designer that gets the job done, feel free to contact me! I'm also open to contract/consulting roles.

Senior Level Designer


  • Experience: 8 years+
  • Platforms: PC/console/mobile/VR
  • Phone: +48 793 278 977
  • Engine: Unity and Unreal
  • Education: Bachelor's in game design
  • Email: michal@sroka.me

I’ve been a designer since 2017 and I truly enjoy working on video games. I started out as a game designer, but naturally gravitated toward level design, where I feel most comfortable and where I can fully realize my potential.

Fun fact: I created my very first level when I was 10 years old and stumbled upon the World Editor in Warcraft 3. Back then, I didn't even realize that being a designer could ever become a viable career path in Poland, but here I am over 20 years later 😃

Scroll down to see my resume and experience 👇

Resume

Here's a summary of my professional experience to let you know what I bring to the table and how I can be an asset to the level creation process at your company. For more info, make sure to check out the Experience section. To download my CV in PDF form click here

Timeline

Incuvo (People Can Fly)

Senior Level Designer

2022 - Present
  • Bison VR (Codename)
    1. Platforms: Meta Quest, others TBD
    2. Engine: Unity
    3. Designing and creating levels from scratch for an upcoming action-adventure survival game.
    4. Doing most of the level art for my levels.
  • Bulletstorm VR
    1. Platforms: PC, PSVR2, Meta Quest
    2. Engine: Unreal Engine 4
    3. Overseeing the creation process of the new exclusive levels for the VR version of the game.
    4. Redesigning levels from the original UE3 Bulletstorm and creating them in UE4 to make them fit for the VR remake of the game.

Kool2Play

Senior Level Designer

2020 - 2022
  • Uragun
    1. Platforms: PC, PS4/5, Xbox One/Series, Nintendo Switch
    2. Engine: Unity
    3. Leading the level design team during the creation of all the levels for the game.
    4. Engine: Unity
    5. Doing most of the level art for my levels.

DaftMobile

Game/Level Designer

2020
  • Legendary: Tactical Arena
    1. Platforms: Android/iOS
    2. Engine: Unity
    3. Game design: coming up with game mechanics and new characters, creating game economy (lots of spreadsheets and simulations!), doing all the game balance.
    4. Level design: creating arenas in a custom editor within Unity.
    5. For multiple reasons, the game never went outside the closed beta state.

Orchid Games

Level Designer [Part-time]

2020-2025
  • Solitaire Dreams
    1. Platforms: Android/iOS
    2. Engine: Unity
    3. Creating levels for the game (card layouts and placing decorations).
    4. Balancing levels based on new player data.

Game/Level Designer [Full-time]

2018-2020
  • Solitaire Dreams
    1. Game design: coming up with new mechanics and improving existing gameplay to keep the player engagement as high as possible. Creating UI mockups.
    2. Level design: creating and balancing levels.

Solid9

Game/Level Designer, human swiss army knife

2017-2018
  • Exorder
    1. Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
    2. Engine: Unity
    3. Since I was the only designer, I had to take care of all the design-related tasks.
    4. I did all the level design in the game, from concept phase all the way to final fully scripted product.
    5. I also came up with most of the game mechanics and character skills.
    6. On top of that I wrote the game's story, dialogues and did all the game balancing.
    7. Minor graphical assets, like achievement icons and promotial screenshots were also my responsibility.

Skills

Level design

From initial concept to final polish, I handle the entire level creation process. My ideas begin with written descriptions supported by rough 2D sketches.
These concepts are then developed into blockouts, which go through multiple stages of iteration.
Above all, my goal is to make each level as fun and engaging as possible.

Unreal Engine and Unity

Unreal Engine and Unity feel like a second home to me. I love the freedom that visual scripting gives to a designer and how much can it achieve without involving a programmer (I'm looking at you, Unreal!).

Team management

During my time working on Uragun, I had the pleasure of leading a level design team. I feel comfortable with production-related and management tasks and being able to mentor junior designers was a fullfilling experience.

Education

English Studies spec.: Design of Interactive Entertainment and Localization of Games and Software

2013 - 2016

University of Silesia

Also called SPRINT-WRITE, a unique hybrid course that combined English studies with design and translation of video games.

Experience

Here's the list of most notable titles I've worked on. Click on an image to get more details about the project.

  • All
  • PC/console
  • Mobile

Bulletstorm VR - People Can Fly

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Uragun - Kool2Play

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Bison VR - People Can Fly

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Exorder - Solid9

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Legendary: Tactical Arena - DaftMobile

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Solitaire Dreams - Orchid Games

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Contact

Are you looking for a level designer? Feel free to drop me a line!