Kian Lee-Jones

Games Designer & Programmer

Games Design & Programming student at the University of Staffordshire. I work as a technical designer in Unreal Engine 5 (C++ and Blueprints) and Unity (C#), building gameplay systems from prototype to playable game.

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Featured Projects

Celestial Frontier

Jan 2025 - Jul 2025

A singleplayer planetary card battler. Terraform planets destined for doom using celestial powers to restore balance.

Unreal Engine 5 · C++ · Blueprints · Technical Designer

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Workplace Displacement

Jul 2025 · 2 week game jam

A singleplayer, third person puzzle game set in an office complex where an annoying boss hunts you down.

Unreal Engine 5 · C++ · Blueprints · Technical Designer

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Soul Detective

Jul 2024 · 2 week game jam

A singleplayer, third person story game set in Limbo. Play as the Grim Reaper and put lost souls to rest.

Unreal Engine 5 · C++ · Blueprints · Technical Designer

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Skills

Programming

C++Gameplay systems, debugging and object-oriented programming.
C#Unity scripting and gameplay mechanics.
BlueprintsGameplay logic and rapid prototyping in Unreal Engine.
HTML & CSSWeb development and styling (this website).

Design

Technical DesignPrototyping and implementing gameplay systems.
UI DesignMenu design, iteration and implementation.
3D ModellingModelling, UV unwrapping and rigging in Maya.
PlanningSprint sheets and data analysis in Excel.

Tools

Unreal Engine 5
Unity
Maya
Photoshop
Excel
Visual Studio
Visual Studio Code
GitHub

Accolades

2025

Student of the Year

Confetti College Nottingham.

Year 2 game jam

2nd Place, Confetti College Game Jam

Theme "Swapped", with Workplace Displacement.

Year 1 game jam

1st Place, Confetti College Game Jam

Theme "Unseen", with Soul Detective.

Education

2023 - 2025

Lvl 3 BTEC Game Technology

Confetti College Nottingham

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2025 - Now

Bsc (Hons) Computer Games Design and Programming

University of Staffordshire

In Progress