Nathan Stroomberg

Nathan Stroomberg - Systems and Narrative Designer
Welcome to my portfolio page! You can view all of my recent work here. Click the projects to read more about them in detail!

Thrust Factor

A difficult arcade-style movement based SHMUP, built in Unity. Though the entire game was made by me, my main focus was on balancing difficulty and progression.

Relevant skills:

General systems design
Prototyping enemy behaviour
Designing a fluid combat system
Balancing the game loop
Polishing & game feel
FMOD Integration, music, sound design
Unity Development

Virtual Encounters

A narrative experience about three very different experimental games, each questioning a unique aspect of play itself. Turning this into a coherrent whole was certainly a fun challenge.

Relevant skills:

Combining three experimental games into one coherrent narrative experience
Concepting and prototyping
Designing four 3D environments viewed from a first person perspective
Usability testing and general playtesting
Development and prototyping in Godot

De Rechtlijn

A satirical game played entirely on a phone dial interface. My goal was to design a socially conscious, meaningful experience about the rise of AI and the loss of interpersonnal contact.

Relevant skills:

Designing a maze-like narrative
Translating the narrative to game mechanics
Designing an interactive call menu
Sound design
Development in Unity for Android

Highlights

Side projects and game jams