GAME DESIGN / 2K GAMES
Borderlands 4
Elemental systems, weapon concepts & world interactions.
Explore the design ↗TECHNICAL GAME DESIGNER
LAS VEGAS, NV / PORTFOLIO 2026
I’m Erik, a technical game designer. I build gameplay systems in Unreal Engine with C++ and Blueprints, then test and refine how they feel to play.
AAA GAME DESIGN AT 2K
Borderlands 4 / Mafia: The Old Country
01 / AAA GAME DESIGN
Part of something bigger.
Featured game design credits at 2K.
Built alongside multidisciplinary teams.
01
COLLABORATE
Shipped worlds. Shared craft.
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION CREDITS / 2K
Ethos / WWE / Civilization
QUALITY ASSURANCE / 2K
TopSpin
Official promotional artwork. Titles belong to their respective studios and publishers.My roles at 2K ↓
CONTINUE EXPLORING02 / PERSONAL & INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
Built around the player.
Personal projects & commissioned indie work.
Systems design, prototyping & implementation.
PERSONAL PROJECT / ACTION PLATFORMER↗Hollow Ascent
Parkour, combat, dialogue & online systems.
SOLE DESIGNER & DEVELOPER
PERSONAL PROJECT / MULTIPLAYER HORROR↗Dread Signal
Networked co-op, gunplay, inventory & lobby systems.
DESIGNER & DEVELOPER
COMMISSIONED INDIE / 2023
Death Death
A small game. A full design role.
Lead game design on a commissioned indie project, from movement and damage feedback to progression and escalating chase pressure.
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SKATEBOARDING / SPORTSConcrete Grind
Physics-based skating, trick chaining & score progression.
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JUST FOR FUN / PERSONALCat Tycoon
A little cat tycoon game I started for my girlfriend. Playable cats, tiny purchases, and a growing feline empire.
Meet the cats ↗MOBILE GAMEPLAY & UXMobile Projects
Gesture input, gameplay feedback & touch UX.
Explore the systems ↗03 / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Design meets delivery.
Across design, production
and quality assurance.
2KGAMES
- Borderlands 4Game design · Production
- Mafia: The Old CountryGame design · Production
- EthosProduction
- WWEProduction
- CivilizationProduction
- TopSpinQA
Associate Producer
I coordinate work across design, art, engineering and QA, tracking features, milestones and dependencies. It has given me a better understanding of how to scope gameplay work and communicate what a feature needs from the rest of the team.
Game Designer
I wrote design documentation, prototyped and balanced gameplay, and worked with engineering, art and narrative teams. Embedded QA work also involved testing changes and helping triage issues during development.
Contract Game Designer
I led the design work from pre-production through release, covering system specifications, feature scope, playtesting and production planning.
04 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE SYSTEMS
A designer who
gets it built.
I’m a technical game designer based in Las Vegas. My experience spans personal projects, AAA game design, production and QA. I’m most interested in hands-on work: building a mechanic in Unreal Engine, trying it in a playable setting and figuring out what needs to change.
I work on movement, combat, networked co-op and gameplay UI. My QA experience helps me investigate unexpected behavior, while production has taught me to scope work and keep other disciplines in the loop. Both are useful when a prototype needs to become a feature people can build on.
Unreal EngineC++ & BlueprintsSystems designPrototypingPlaytesting & balanceJira & Perforce
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