Bastien Ferras
Senior Level Designer

Portfolio

Professional projects.

Logo Hyenas

Hyenas

Senior Level Designer

Logo Dirt Rally 2.0

Dirt Rally 2.0

Level Designer

Logo V Rally 4

V-Rally 4

Level Designer

Logo WRC 7

WRC 7

Level Designer

Personal and student projects.

Map cs:go

CS:GO - Matcha

Level Designer

Map cs:go

CS:GO - Worksite

Level Designer

Logo On the other side of the mirror

Through the Looking Glass

Game Designer / Level Designer

Skills


icon Programing

Tools


  • Game Engines (Unreal Engine, Unity 3D, Valve Hammer Editor, in-house developed engines)
  • Versioning soft (SVN, GIT, Perforce, UGS)
  • Bug tracker (Jira)
icon Game Design

Game conception


  • Level Design (Geo, Pacing, Landmarks, Contrast, Blockout, Whitebox)
  • Game Design(System, NPC Encounter)
  • Architecture knowleges
  • Art sensibility (Composition, Colors, Lighting)
  • Environment storytelling
icon Screenwriting

Personal


  • Teamwork
  • Process Driven
  • Analysis
  • Creativity
  • Communication
  • Passion
  • Organisation

Experiences


  • Logo Creative Assembly

    Senior Level Designer

    Creative Assembly

    July 2020 - Dec 2023

    Horsham, UK

    Worked on Hyenas, a new IP, Multiplayer, PvEvP, FPS extraction shooter made with UE4:

    • Owning maps at different state of their development.
    • Owning different gameplay systems.
    • Owning NPC Encounter:
      • Close colaboration with the NPC AI team.
      • Creation of a dedicated testing GYM.
      • Organizing colaboration meetings with the different design teams.
      • Creation of an iteration & testing process.
      • Improvement of the work pipeline process for NPC implementation.
    • Creation of a GYM to validate the character traversal metrics.
    • Mentoring other Level Designers.
    • Presentations to the Level Design & the wider project team.
    • Production planning working closely with leads & producers.

  • Logo Codemasters

    Level Designer

    Codemasters

    June 2018 - June 2020

    Southam, UK

    My main job was to design tracks and environments to make the best rally simulation. Another part of my job was to create prototypes for new tools or features we would need for the production.

    Worked on Dirt Rally 2 and EA SPORTS™ WRC.

  • Logo Kylotonn Games

    Level Designer

    Kylotonn Games

    Feb 2017 - May 2018

    Lyon, FR

    My main job was to design tracks and environments to make the best racing game experience, using an homemade engine.

    Worked on WRC 7 and V-Rally 4.

  • Logo Isart Digital

    Student

    Isart Digital

    2012 - 2015

    Paris, FR

    Game Design and Programing studie over 3 years.

    Learning about Game Design and Level Design methods and Game development (2D / 3D).

About Me


Bastien Ferras

Bastien Ferras

Senior Level Designer


bastien.ferras@gmail.com

Hello! My name is Bastien and I'm a Senior Level Designer, currently working in the UK.
I love systemic and action games with rich universes.
I aim to create stimulating situations and emotion by playing with forms, spaces and gameplay mechanics to provide a clear experience for the players.