Degoma Game Studio
Overview
Degoma is an Amsterdam-based indie game studio, best known for their toony platformer Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World. I joined as an intern in 2019, stayed for 5 months and was immediately offered freelance work upon finishing. A collaboration that lasted until 2022.
From Intern to Freelancer
Degoma was looking for someone who could both program and think about game design. That combination was a natural fit. At the end of my internship they extended a freelance offer and later wrote a LinkedIn recommendation reflecting their satisfaction with the work.
Visit Degoma→Internship: Reggie
2019–2020 · 5 months
Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World is a toony gravity-switching platformer with a unique 2D hand-animated art style and fully animated cutscenes. During my internship I worked across a wide range of tasks, from gameplay programming and level design to platform porting, with enough autonomy to pick tasks that matched my interests and push my skills.
Reggie: Trailer
A highlight of the internship was contributing to the Nintendo Switch port, my first experience with console platform development. I also represented Degoma at the White Nights Amsterdam games fair, pitching and showcasing Reggie to industry professionals.
Contributions
- ✓ Level design across multiple stages
- ✓ Video player with .srt subtitle integration
- ✓ Level end minigame - design and implementation
- ✓ Level end screen with animated score system
- ✓ Multiplatform sprite/image switcher for different controller types
- ✓ Snake boss design and implementation
- ✓ Smooth loading system and loading screen
- ✓ Nintendo Switch porting
- ✓ Showcasing at the White Nights Amsterdam games fair
Screenshots
About Reggie
Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World is still in development at Degoma.
Visit reggiegame.com→Freelance
2020–2022 · 2 years
After the internship, Degoma immediately brought me on as a freelancer. Over the next two years, alongside finishing my studies, I contributed to two separate Unity projects: a VR title and a mobile game.
VR Title
Worked on core interaction and multiplayer systems for an in-development VR game.
Mobile Game
Built a custom 2D level editor tool inside Unity, designed to speed up content creation for the level design team.
VR Title: Highlights
- ✓ Complex in-game VR menu system
- ✓ Multiplayer playtesting and iteration
- ✓ Inverse kinematics rig for player body representation
Mobile Game: Custom Level Editor
- ✓ Grid-based placement, erasing and dragging
- ✓ Box selection tool with fill and empty support
- ✓ Saveable and reusable chunk system compatible with box selection
- ✓ Optimized collider generation