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Hi, my name is Joeri van der Velden, I’ve been around for 36 years so far. Professional game developer by trade and living in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. I’m currently employed at Behaviour Rotterdam and doing freelance work on the side. I have a MSc degree Game and Media Technology from the Utrecht University, and a BSc degree in Computer Science from the Delft University of Technology.

You can find my various social media profiles and accounts in the top-right of this page. For more personal stuff, continue reading below.

Games have always been a big part of my life. During my teenage years I gained an interest in programming and game development using early versions of Game Maker. Over time I finished a few small games and accumulated tons of unfinished projects. In 2007 I got the opportunity to participate in the national Make-a-Game contest, where I won the Contestant Jury Prize. This was the validation I needed to choose game development as a career.

During those years I also joined the Mr. Green gaming community. Managing and modding gameservers taught me a lot about professional game engines, community management and the larger gaming ecosystem. I developed gamemodes for Garry’s Mod, such as Infected Wars (featured in PC Gamer UK).

In my time at university I immersed myself in the Dutch games industry. I was part of the Indievelopment 2015 organisation comittee. Eventually I ended up in the games industry in Rotterdam, building games for PC, console, mobile and virtual reality. After several years the company I worked at was acquired by Behaviour Interactive, one of the frontrunners in the international games industry based in Montreal, Canada.

Games have become the largest entertainment industry in modern society. They come in many shapes and sizes, from mobile time wasters to big-budget titles that ship millions of copies. Every person plays for different reasons, looking for different experiences. I personally look for games that immerse me in a different world and allow me explore, and I love playing games that evoke strong emotions.

These are the kind of games I hope to make. However, I’m well aware of the effort required. My results can be found on the project page!

The PC is my home ground. I usually split my time between a regular comfort / competitive game, and playthroughs of one-off singleplayer titles. I gravitate towards genres such as shooters, action-adventure, survival and strategy. In terms of consoles I play on Playstation and Nintendo Switch for the occasional exclusive title. Still most of my game time is spend in my Steam library.

Since 2012 I’m a believer in the new wave of virtual reality gaming, starting with the Oculus Rift. I was amongst the first 200 Kickstarter backers, and I’ve been following the VR space ever since.

Games I've played

This is a randomized list of some of the games I’ve enjoyed over the years

James Bond 007
The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed
Disco Elysium
Time Machine VR
DEATHLOOP
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
TUNIC
Wanderlust: Rebirth
Chronos
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
F.E.A.R. 3
DOOM (2016)
The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone
Valkyria Chronicles
Monument Valley
Lone Echo
Tactical Breach Wizards
Grow Up
Primal Carnage: Extinction
Undertale
Mario Kart DS
Braid
The Last Guardian
Turok: Evolution
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
WHAT THE GOLF?
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency
Lunar Knights
Tokyo 42
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Age of Mythology
Osmos
The Utility Room
Alan Wake 2
Clustertruck
Resident Evil 6
Genshin Impact
Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale
Shadow Warrior
Titanfall 2
Vertigo 2
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway
Half-Life
SimCity 4
Zombie Driver
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Final Fantasy IV
The Swapper
Halo: Combat Evolved
EVERSPACE 2
Apex Legends
Half-Life 2: Episode 1
Vader Immortal
Settlers 4
Venineth
Deus Ex
The Witness
Astral Chain
Proteus
Robinson: The Journey
Fugue in Void
Diddy Kong Racing
Portal Stories: Mel
House of the Dying Sun
Pokemon Red
Half-Life: Alyx
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Dave the Diver
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Far Cry 3
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
TechnoMage
ICO
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Eidolon
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Kingdom Hearts III
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All
Into the Breach
Vox Machinae
Banjo-Tooie
Elden Ring
Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64)
Homeworld 2 Remastered
Trax (Totsugeki! Ponkotsu Tank)
Accounting+
Overwatch
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Tomb Raider Underworld
From Dust
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
Killing Floor
TwitchPlaysPokemon
Haven: Call of the King
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Until You Fall
Chrono Trigger
Furi
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Lone Survivor
Portal
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
ENSLAVED: Oddyssey to the West
Transformers
Homeworld Remastered
Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Final Mix
Dark Souls III
Praey to the Gods
Worms 3D
Grand Theft Auto IV
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Psychonauts 2
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
West of Loathing
ABZÛ
Nioh: Complete Edition
Mount Your Friends
Horizon Zero Dawn
Quake Live
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
HELLDIVERS
Advance Wars: Dark Conflict (Days of Ruin)
Orion: Dino Horde
Fire Emblem
Mass Effect 2
Call of Duty 2
Pony Island
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
The Darkness II
Budget Cuts
Metro: Last Light
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Ace Combat Assault Horizon
Pokemon Stadium 2
Star Wars: Squadrons
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Dishonored
Super Smash Bros.
Doom 3
Max Payne
Carrion
Dungeon Defenders
Eagle Flight
Magicka: Wizard Wars
Crysis 3
Rain World The Watcher
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Firewatch
Final Fantasy VII: Remake
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Battlefield 3
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations
Nine Parchments
Battlefield 1
Evolve
Human: Fall Flat
Halo Reach
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Half-Life 2
Population: One
Vanquish
Final Fantasy XV
Resident Evil 5
Left 4 Dead
Portal 2
Crysis 2 Remastered
Hitman: Codename 47
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Inscryption
Deadbolt
Elden Ring Nightreign
Parkitect
Hitman: Contracts
FORM
BioShock
OMORI
Pokemon Gold
The Forest
Rez Infinite
Hawken
The Beginner's Guide
Gone Home
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Teleglitch
Nidhogg
Kirby’s Dream Land 2
The Walking Dead
DOOM VFR
Battlefield 1942
PlanetSide 2
Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass
Alice: Madness Returns
Boneworks
Doki Doki Literature Club
Dragon Age: Origins
Scorn
The Signal From Tölva
The Darkness
Rocket League
Duck Season
Mass Effect
Apex Construct
Elite Dangerous
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
SWAT 4
FTL: Faster Than Light
The Pathless
Quake III Arena
Guacamelee!
Insurgency
Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
Journey of the Gods
Lemma
Risk of Rain 2
Settlers 3
Windlands
Final Fantasy XIII
Sonic 3
The Long Dark
Bastion
Banjo-Kazooie
Guild Wars
Yoshi’s Story
Journey
Fallout 3
Wargames
Gato Roboto
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
HOARD
GRIS
Bonelab
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
The Witcher
Rec Room
Shattered Horizon
War for the Overworld
Hollow Knight
Hyper Light Drifter
Frozen Synapse
Feral Rites
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Snakebird
Pyre
Jade Empire
Magicka 2
Manifold Garden
Crysis Warhead
Raft
Torchlight
Mario Kart 64
Team Fortress 2
Zeno Clash
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Broforce
Dungeon Keeper
Lucky's Tale
Gravity Rush 2
Worms 3D
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Shadow of the Colossus
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Hitman: Absolution
Golden Sun
E.V.O. Search for Eden
Dishonored 2
The Unspoken
Just Cause 2
BattleBlock Theater
Control
Arma 2
Robo Recall
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
Blasphemous
Brink
Revenge of the Titans
Clair Obscur
SimCity 3000
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Cult of the Lamb
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
The Sims
Project Wingman
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
DOOM Eternal
Dead Space
Kairo
Subnautica
Going Under
Minecraft
F.E.A.R.
God of War
Pokemon GO
Rain World
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Project Reality
Baba Is You
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Scribblenauts Unlimited
SANABI
Dead Space 2
Blue Prince
SIGNALIS
SUPERHOT VR
Alan Wake
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
SUPERHOT
Shadow Warrior 2
Ori an the Will of the Wisps
Transistor
Overgrowth
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Eldritch
Pokemon Ruby
Goldeneye 007
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Terraria
Far Cry
The Solus Project
Counter-Strike: Source
Warzone 2100
The Wolf Among Us
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Dead Space 3
DUSK
Noita
Tomb Raider (2013)
Battlefield 4
One Finger Death Punch
Tower of Guns
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Primal Carnage
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Job Simulator
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
Darkened Skye
Hunt: Showdown
Rain World Downpour
The World Ends With You
Demon’s Souls
Worms 2
The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe
Jamestown
Payday 2
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Final Fantasy VIII
To the Moon
Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
Sonic and Knuckles
Left 4 Dead 2
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
The Talos Principle
Holopoint
NieR: Automata
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Bloodborne
Thomas Was Alone
Resident Evil Village
Medabots: Metabee
I Expect You To Die
Homeworld: Vast Reaches
CrossCode
Minit
Crying Suns
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Homeworld 3
Crysis Remastered
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Outer Wilds
Call of Duty: World at War
Counter-Strike
Paper Beast - Folded Edition
Jurassic Park
Resident Evil 4
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Killzone 2
DarkMaus
Command & Conquer: Generals
Spec Ops: The Line
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
A Short Hike
Nioh 2: Complete Edition
The Last of Us: Part 2
Windlands 2
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
NieR: Replicant
Broken Age
Jazz Jackrabbit
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
Garry’s Mod
Darksiders
BioShock Infinite
Gunpoint
Duck Game
Prey
Refunct
Mercenary Kings
Fantastic Contraption
Jurassic World Evolution
Deadlight
The Last of Us
Crysis 3 Remastered
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Luftrausers
Subnautica Below Zero
Cave Story
Mirror’s Edge
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Killing Floor 2
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
Arma 3
Katana Zero
Deltarune Chapter 2
Tetris
Tabletop Simulator
Sifu
Jurassic World: Aftermath
Unreal Tournament 2004
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
SYNTHETIK
Max Payne 3
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Shadow of the Colossus
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
VVVVVV
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Yooka-Laylee
Super Meat Boy
Grow Home
ADR1FT
Painkiller
Prey (2017)
Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep
Onward
Northern Journey
SpaceChem
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Death Stranding Director's Cut
Zoo Tycoon
MORDHAU
Bad North
Edge of Nowhere
Kingdom Hearts
EVERSPACE
Beyond Good & Evil
World of Goo
Final Fantasy IX
Audioshield
Game Dev Story
Space Pirate Trainer
The Witcher 2
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Hades
Gravity Rush
Entropy : Zero 2
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
Mark of the Ninja
Receiver
Dungeon Keeper 2
Metro 2033
Kingdom Hearts II
Space Engineers
Crysis
Brigador
Super Mario Land
Blasphemous 2
Ashen
Prince of Persia (2008)
Vanishing Realms: Rite of Steel
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
RAGE
Thirty Flights of Loving
Trine
Ripcoil
Natural Selection 2
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Command & Conquer: Tiberain Sun
GunZ: The Duel
Wargroove
Magicka
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Don't Starve Together
Kerbal Space Program
The Climb
LIMBO
DayZ
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Battlefield 2
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Technolust
Super Mario 64
Poker Night at the Inventory
Freelancer
Virtual Virtual Reality
Evil Genius
Risk of Rain
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Shelter
Kirby: Power Paintbrush (Canvas Curse)
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
FEZ
UNSIGHTED
Jusant
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
New Super Mario Bros.
Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Mod
Hotline Miami
Lunar Flight
Lone Echo 2
Final Fantasy VII
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
Vanquish
Capsized
Inside
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Okami
Metro Exodus
BlazeRush
Heat Signature
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
OPUS: Echo of Starsong
Crysis 2
Company of Heroes
Antichamber
Overcooked
Hammerwatch
Unicorn Overlord
Mass Effect 3
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate
Scribblenauts
The Stanley Parable
Ridiculous Fishing
Titan Souls
Path of Exile
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Raptor Valley
The Walking Dead: Season Two
Hitman: Blood Money
RiMe
Peter Jackson’s King Kong
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Pokemon Diamond
Audiosurf
Land's End
Super Mario Galaxy
Euclidean
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Prey: Mooncrash
MOTHERGUNSHIP
HELLDIVERS 2
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Vertigo Remastered
Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Ninja Town
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Deltarune Chapter 1
Metroid Prime Hunters
Psychonauts
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Dear Esther
Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming
Darkwood