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Level Design Internship - Maritime Scenarios

Rotterdam
Full-time
Intern / Student

This is what you like to do

DDesign maritime scenarios that real ship captains and crews train on around the world. VSTEP makes NAUTIS Home, a maritime simulator that people run on their own PC, with built-in ships, environments, and scenarios. You'll have the freedom to design entertaining and skill-building scenarios from variations of existing ones to brand-new concepts you propose yourself.

Your daily activities will include:

  • Analyze existing vessels, environments and scenarios

  • Read the user forum or talk to clients to learn what the users want and need

  • Design scenario concepts and turn them into challenging, entertaining scenarios

  • Build your scenarios using our NAUTIS tools (scenario editor and logic editor)

  • Make scenarios ready for release (add metadata, briefing, images, and so on)

  • Use our version control system (Git)

  • Edit XML or other structured files

  • Share feedback with developers about the software and bugs

Is this you?

You are:
  • Currently enrolled in a relevant program like Communication & Media Design, Game Design, Interactive Media, or similar
  • Looking for an internship or graduation project as part of your education or studies
  • Willing to learn to work with our tools
  • Interested in maritime subjects
  • A storyteller, able to clearly communicate your ideas and bring them to life
  • Located and living in the Netherlands. Willing to commute or relocate to Rotterdam for the internship. Hybrid possible
You have:
  • A mix of creative and technical mind
  • An eye for detail
  • Strong written and spoken English (this is the language we use internally)
  • Ability to visualize spatial situations, plan a scene, sketch ideas
Nice to have:
  • Experience with a scenario editor, game engine, or level editor (Unity, Unreal, Godot, etc.)
  • Comfortable working in a technical environment 
  • Experience writing engaging text for games, scenarios, or stories

This is what you want in a job!

  • Your work matters: scenarios you design get released to real maritime training users around the world
  • Experience with a professional scenario editor and logic editor
  • Experience collaborating directly with software engineers and 3D artists, not just other students
  • Experience writing scenario briefings and narrative for an international user base
  • Working knowledge of maritime training scenarios, vessels, and environments

  • A flexible working environment based in Rotterdam
  • An inclusive, international, and diverse team
  • You can choose your own working hours between 07:00 and 19:00
  • An internship lasting 3 months or longer
  • Start date is flexible. We work with your school's internship calendar
  • An internship fee of €550 net per month
Sounds like you? 
Apply and send us your CV, motivation letter, and examples of your work, such as:
  • Game projects (school or personal, finished or in progress)
  • Level designs
  • Scenario writing for games or interactive fiction
  • Narrative design
Want to take it further? Include a short pitch in your motivation letter: a scenario you'd love to design for NAUTIS Home, in 100 to 150 words. Even a rough idea is fine, we want to see how you think!

About us

VSTEP| Enable learning by simulation. VSTEP is a leading developer of ship simulators and virtual training software company based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. With over 60 dedicated professionals from diverse international backgrounds, located in the port of Rotterdam, we strive to train people for a safer world. We enable marine and safety professionals to learn and train by simulation in an efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable way to work towards a safer world. With 20+ years of experience and a strong client base all over the world, VSTEP wants to enable learning by simulation on a large scale. We do this by offering a strong NAUTIS product portfolio covering the full learning and training cycle of a maritime professional, and Response Simulator, our virtual training tool for emergency responders.