Kent Kuné

We successfully delivered the Vertical Slice which was very well-received by the main stakeholders Meta and the IP-holder, as well as external play-testers who rated the fun 7.9/10 and their interest to keep playing 9.4/10. We were gearing up for full production when the project was unfortunately shut down due to the changing VR gaming market conditions in Q4 2025.

• Defined and evangelized the game’s vision to the stakeholders and the team.
• Responsible for budget allocation and prioritization aligning with the vision.
• Worked with production and the leads to lay out the roadmap for the full production.
• Set up and refined processes and workflows.
• Led a team of discipline leads to turn vision into actionable work.

We successfully completed the initial concepting phase together with the IP holder, after which we proceeded into early pre-production. We delivered a first draft of the full game script which was approved by the IP holder. We delivered an early gameplay demo (see screenshot) that demonstrated some of the core mechanics like climbing, combat, stealth and basic world interactions. The project was cancelled due to a shift in company strategy.

• Responsible for project vision in close collaboration with IP holder and stakeholders.
• Worked with an external writer and the IP holder to flesh out the game’s main narrative.
• Led concepting/prototyping team and delivered a well-received playable demo.
• Worked with production and the leads to lay out the roadmap for the full production of the game.

Metro Awakening is a first person shooter based on the Metro IP with an original story written by the author of the Metro books: Dmitry Glukhovsky. The game won the Steam VR Game of the Year award among other awards.

• I worked as the lead feature designer for the majority of this project, at its peak the team consisted of 10 game designers.
• I was responsible for all the game’s gameplay features, including locomotion, weapons, inventory, enemy design, world interactions etc.
• In the finaling phase of the project I helped out with level design.

Coaster Combat is a fast paced, mostly comfortable VR roller coaster / shooting gallery game.

• Lead design and hands-on design.
• Core mechanics prototyping and design.
• Level design on all of the tracks.
• UI/UX design.

This is an educational travel experience that lets the player explore Machu Picchu (created with photogrammetry) and Antarctica. For this project we worked closely with National Geographic and their experts.

• Worked closely with experts from National Geographic to ensure everything was accurate, authentic and in alignment with the brand.
• Designed and prototyped core interactions and UI/UX.
• Level design and gameplay scenario scripting.

Time Stall is a single player VR physics puzzle game that lets players slow down time to save a space ship from its revolting robotic crew.

• Created the initial design and prototypes for the game’s main hub: a shuttle full of fun VR toys.

This is a quirky VR game that lets players craft and sell all sorts of crazy critters.

• Early concepting and vision development.
• Prototyping and design of the game’s core mechanics and interactions.
• Finaling, polishing, bug fixing and shipping.

Landfall is a top-down tactical twin stick shooter game in VR. The game supports single player, 2 player coop, 1v1 and 2v2.

• Created the 2v2 multiplayer demo that got the project signed with Oculus.
• Led the design team of 7 designers, working on all areas of game design.
• Worked on the (very thin) narrative design.

Released in 2017 on the Oculus Gear VR.

• I worked on early core mechanics prototypes on flat screen, a different team later adapted the core mechanics for VR.

A twin stick shooter in the Halo universe, initially designed for Windows 8 mobile.

• Overall design of the game as well as the core game mechanics.
• Designed and scripted the enemy AI using an in-house scripting tool.
• Worked on the narrative- and the level design.

A twin stick shooter in the Halo universe, initially designed for Windows 8 mobile.

• Created the demo that got the project signed with 343i and Microsoft.
• Core mechanics design, working closely with 343i to translate the Halo FPS experience into a twin stick shooter.
• Enemy AI and combat design.
• Level design and gameplay scenario scripting.
• Designed the coop game mode for the XBox 360 and XBox One version.

Gatling Gears is a classic twin-stick shooter set in an original steam punk world.

• Movement, weapon and camera design, creating playable prototypes in Unity3d.
• Level design, including the backstory.
• Supported the enemy AI design and game balancing.
• Design and balancing of the game’s coop survival mode.

Greed Corp is a unique turn-based strategy game that brings out the worst in people as they strip-mine the world into oblivion.

• Initial concept development.
• Core gameplay design and prototyping.
• UI/UX design.

• My Horse and Me (2007): Wii & PC. Overall design, core mechanics & controls and level design.
• Beachking Stuntracer (2003): PS2 & PC. Prototyping core mechanics and level design.
• London Racer World Challenge (2003): PS2 & PC. Created race tracks.
• Knight Rider (2002): PS2 & PC. Early prototyping.
• US Racer (2001): PS2 & PC. 3d models/textures, race track design, and tech art.
• Europe Racer (2001): PC. Art management and outsourcing lead.
• A2 Racer 4 Cops Revenge (2001): PC. Technical artist; car damage system and 3d models.
• Vakantie Racer (2000): PC. My first published game. 3d models for cars, props, landmarks, and HUD.