Sam Karlen's Projects
Sam Karlen
Hello, and welcome to my portfolio! I've been developing my skills as a game designer since around 2018, working on a few projects out of class during high school and my career at High Point University. As a recent graduate of High Point University I've found myself working to further develop my skills in Unreal 5 and further my understanding of tools like Blender. On this site you will find a selection of the previous projects I've worked on and the work I've done for those projects.
My Work Showcase
Here is a selection of some of the work I'm more proud of and provides a representation of my skills as a game designer. Throughout my different projects I have taken roles programming, modeling, designing UI elements, and working with engines like Unreal 4, 5, and Unity. So far I've worked on 3 major projects, which can all be downloaded from itch.io and can be played on PC. While not all finished, a selection of screenshots below show some of these games and the Projects link will take you to my portfolio.

Loss (Text Game)
One of my early projects was a text based game titled Loss, which I worked on as a programmer.
During this game you play through the experience of losing a loved one in an accident that is entirely out of your hands. The player reads through and makes choices that determine how they experience the event, with different emotions being portrayed by different colors of text.
Twine
PC
2 person devevlopment team
~10 minutes
Role: Lead Programmer
I worked on a programmer on this title, and worked with the writer to figure out how to use limited visuals and writing abilities to portray the emotions of the story to the player.
This game can be found and played on itch.io at https://sammudy.itch.io/loss.
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