“What if you were attacked from behind by people jumping on Skylines, or what if you deal with that enemy and there’s an enemy on the floor below you in the building,” Lee explained.

Visually, this might look like an Unreal Tournament 3 mod, but gameplay-wise, this level was intended to give the feel of verticality and variety in different spaces and action sequences. That’s why he also didn’t focus on the visual polish or architectural accuracy of Columbia. Given the limited resources Lee had, he attempted to create as much playable combat gameplay as possible using the minimum amount of AI scripting. Currently, Lee serves as a freelance level/game designer and consultant for other game development studios under his own company Double Function.His portfolio also includes titles like Dishonored 2, John Wick Hex, and Alba: a Wildlife Adventure.

Lee then worked as a level designer at People Can Fly and Irrational Games, contributing to Bulletstorm and BioShock Infinite.

He got his first professional job as a mission designer in 2007, working at Midway on games like Wheelman and Necessary Force.

Lee started his journey as a level designer as a hobby, when he was making maps for Doom, Quake, and Half-Life 2.

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