Level Design Internship Maritime Scenarios
Rotterdam - Netherlands
Job Summary
This is what you like to do
Bring your level and games design skills to a maritime simulator that real ship captains and crews train on around the world.
VSTEP makes NAUTIS Home a maritime simulator that people run on their own PC with built-in ships environments and scenarios.
Youll have the freedom to design entertaining and skill-building scenarios fromvariations of existing ones to brand-new concepts you propose yourself.
Your daily activitieswillinclude:
Analyze existing vessels environments and scenarios
Read the user forum or talk to clients to learn what the users want and need
Design scenario concepts and turn them into challenging entertaining scenarios
Build your scenarios using our NAUTIS tools (scenario editor and logic editor)
Make scenarios ready for release (add metadata briefing images and so on)
Use our version control system (Git)
Edit XML or other structured files
Share feedback with developers about the software and bugs
Is this you
- Currently enrolled in a relevant program like Communication & Media Design Game Design Interactive Media or similar
- Looking for an internship or graduation project as part of your education or studies
- Willing to learn to work with our tools
- Interested in maritime subjects
- A storyteller able to clearly communicate your ideas and bring them to life
- Located and living in the Netherlands. Willing to commute or relocate to Rotterdam for the internship. Hybrid possible
- A mix of creative and technical mind
- An eye for detail
- Strong written and spoken English (this is the language we use internally)
- Ability to visualize spatial situations plan a scene sketch ideas
- Experience with a scenario editor game engine or level editor (Unity Unreal Godot etc.)
- Comfortable working in a technical environment
- Experience writing engaging text for games scenarios or stories
This is what you want in a job!
- Your work matters: scenarios you design get released to real maritime training users around the world
- Experience with a professional scenario editor and logic editor
- Experience collaborating directly with software engineers and 3D artists not just other students
- Experience writing scenario briefings and narrative for an international user base
- Working knowledge of maritime training scenarios vessels and environments
- A flexible working environment based in Rotterdam
- An inclusive international and diverse team
- You can choose your own working hours between 07:00 and 19:00
- An internship lasting 3 months or longer
- Start date is flexible. We work with your schools internship calendar
- An internship fee of 550 net per month
Apply and send us your CV motivation letter and examples of your work such as:
- Game projects (school or personal finished or in progress)
- Level designs
- Scenario writing for games or interactive fiction
- Narrative design
About us
VSTEP Enable learning by simulation. VSTEP is a leading developer of ship simulators and virtual training software company based in Rotterdam the Netherlands. With over 60 dedicated professionals from diverse international backgrounds located in the port of Rotterdam we strive to train people for a safer world. We enable marine and safety professionals to learn and train by simulation in an efficient cost-effective and sustainable way to work towards a safer world. With 20 years of experience and a strong client base all over the world VSTEP wants to enable learning by simulation on a large scale. We do this by offering a strong NAUTIS product portfolio covering the full learning and training cycle of a maritime professional and Response Simulator our virtual training tool for emergency responders.
Required Experience:
Intern
About Company
VSTEP| Enable learning by simulation. VSTEP is a leading developer of ship simulators and virtual training software company based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. With over 50 dedicated professionals located in the port of Rotterdam, we strive to train people for a safer world. We enabl ... View more