About me
Me

Hi, my name is Joeri van der Velden, I've been around for 36 years so far. Professional game developer by trade. Living in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 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.

Personal
Void Machina

Games have always been a big part of my life. During my teenage years I gained an interest in programming and game development through the program 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.

Vision
Shadow of the Colossus

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!

Gaming
Half-Life

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, powered by my gaming rig or laptop (see my hardware inventory).

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 Oculus and VR gaming closely ever since.

Games I've played

This is a randomized (and probably incomplete) list of some of the games I've enjoyed over the years.

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