Jake Reicher
Expert Level Designer
Jake Reicher is a Level Designer with 8 years of experience in the role. He started his career as a Cinematic Scripter working on Splinter Cell: Blacklist. His time in cinematics taught him a variety of game engines and visual scripting languages across multiple projects such as Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry Primal, For Honor and Far Cry 5.
During his time prototyping dynamic cutscenes on Far Cry 5, he felt he wanted to transition his scripting skills towards Level and Mission Design. He began his level design career on Far Cry 5 and continued to ship Watch Dogs Legion, Far Cry 6 (plus DLC) with Ubisoft Toronto. Creativity, passion, dedication, design skills, and technical knowledge has helped him land critical roles in training junior devs, delivering E3 demos, trailers, as well as positioning him in technical strike teams.
Jake moved on to doing contract work with TLM Partners as an expert in his field for studio clients. He contributed Level Design work to Ascendant Studios on Immortals of Aveum in Unreal Engine 5 and post Immortals, Jake contributed to unannounced TLM projects as well as pitched his own internal project which was greenlit.
Jake is now full time at NetEase games as an Expert Level Designer.
Level Design Mentorship
This mentorship includes 5 hours of one-on one training, custom tailored to suit the mentees specific needs. We will build a development plan together in order to level-up your skills and help achieve your goals.
We will cover various aspects of Level Design, including reference gathering, layout planning, efficient whitebox creation, level flow, pacing, scripting, problem solving and portfolio presentation.
The mentorship is designed to help break through plateaus, build confidence, increase technical aptitude, and provide a clear path of continued growth and success.
Learning Focus
Level Flow / Pacing
Effective whiteboxing and visualization
Player Leading
Gameplay Balancing
Mission Scripting
Portfolio Support
