Axel Woermann

Solid River - Designed and balanced unlock, progression and crafting systems in Unreal Engine 5. - Wrote design documentation and partnered with engineering through implementation and iteration.

Off the Grid - Led a cross-disciplinary feature team of five, owning vehicle gameplay from concept through implementation, iteration and polish. - Designed and implemented vehicle systems built around player control, responsiveness and moment-to-moment engagement. - Worked closely with engineering and other disciplines to turn design goals into production-ready gameplay features.

Off the Grid - Designed and implemented core 3C systems in Unreal Engine 5, focused on responsive movement and strong game feel. - Built core player mechanics, including dodge and melee, in Blueprints, C++ and GAS. - Designed ability-driven gameplay systems, including limb-based abilities; prototyped, debugged and playtested features throughout development.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Developed mount traversal for the Direhorse and Banshee, covering movement, stamina and control responsiveness. - Implemented threat response and obstacle avoidance to deepen immersion and improve the player experience. - Iterated on gameplay systems through prototyping, debugging and playtesting with design and engineering.

For Honor, Assassin's Creed Identity, The Settlers: Kingdoms of Anteria - Supported gameplay testing, debugging, balancing and feature validation alongside design and engineering. - Investigated gameplay issues and helped refine player-facing systems, including combat balancing.

Full-time, online. Production Python, OOP, Flask back-end and REST APIs; LLM APIs, prompt engineering, AI agents and cloud deployment.