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For over 10 years now I've been working in the games industry, in various design and tech design roles, across a number of studios and different scales of production. I am a highly driven and passionate developer, who believes that our allegiance belongs first and foremost to the soul of the art we make, and the audience we make it for.…

Ian Longiaru

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For over 10 years now I've been working in the games industry, in various design and tech design roles, across a number of studios and different scales of production. I am a highly driven and passionate developer, who believes that our allegiance belongs first and foremost to the soul of the art we make, and the audience we make it for.…

Available to hire

For over 10 years now I’ve been working in the games industry, in various design and tech design roles, across a number of studios and different scales of production. I am a highly driven and passionate developer, who believes that our allegiance belongs first and foremost to the soul of the art we make, and the audience we make it for.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Level Designer at Darktree Interactive Inc.

November 1, 2025 - Present

Level design for Remnants of R'yleh FPS/Survival Horror; implemented level layouts, encounter design, pacing, and difficulty tuning in Unity 5 with C#; provided animation support and narrative/script editing as needed.

Technical Designer at Indie Project

January 1, 2024 - Present

Implemented gameplay systems including player mechanics, inventory, saving/loading, narrative systems, enemies (AI), and weapons; provided animation support; edited narrative scripts.

Mission Designer at Highwire Games

November 1, 2023 - January 31, 2025

Level design, mission scripting, and technical narrative design for single-player campaign and procedurally generated co-op missions; encounter design and balancing; campaign difficulty tuning.

Campaign Designer (Level) at Blackbird Interactive

July 1, 2022 - November 30, 2023

Homeworld 3 level design, mission design, encounter design, and mission scripting for single-player Campaign missions and Tutorial; Blueprint-based implementation; Sequencer-powered cinematics; writing and dialogue for Tutorial.

Associate Designer (Level, Core) at Blackbird Interactive

September 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022

Homeworld 3 level design and core gameplay work; Blueprint-based development; additional writing and dialogue for Tutorial.

Technical Level Designer at Interdimensional Games

October 1, 2014 - November 1, 2017

Consortium: The Tower immersive sim (FPS); Unreal Engine 4 with Blueprint gameplay scripting for player character, weapons, doors, elevators, and controllers for music/level loading; level design for multiple areas, puzzle design, enemy placement, and set decoration; support for sound implementation and particle FX.