Game & Narrative Design

Hello, I’m Jake Hopkins. I’m a Video Game Design Major at Champlain College currently studying with an Interactive Narrative Minor. I also have experience with Level Design, and I’m expected to graduate in May of 2025.

Poly-Vinyl Pests!

A PVP-Boss Rush hybrid that I served as Narrative & Boss Designer on.

The Safeguard

An Interactive Fiction game about preparing for the end of the world, I wrote and designed it myself.

Documentation

A few examples of how I create design documentation.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Quest Design

  • Level Design

  • Narrative Design

EDUCATION

  • Champlain College, Burlington VT

  • Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Game Design with a minor in Interactive Narrative

  • Expected Graduation 2025

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

  • Unreal Engine 5

  • Unity Engine

  • C#

  • Visual Scripting

  • Twine

  • Inky

  • Ren’Py