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Thomas Jager


Hi! I'm Thomas Jager, game producer.

I'm currently working on Isonzo at Blackmill Games, creators of Verdun and Tannenberg.

If you want to get in touch, feel free to send me an e-mail!

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Isonzo

An online multiplayer first-person shooter set on the Italian Front of the Great War. Featuring authentic battles and introducing urban combat and mountain warfare to the series.

In late 2019 I joined Blackmill Games as a Producer. I guide a team of 20 developers with responsibilities including milestone and sprint planning; overseeing closed alpha/beta testing with players; occassional communication towards the community about updates; and managing releases for console and PC.

Isonzo released on 13 September 2022 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X.

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Offshore Energy

A serious game that teaches future energy professionals about creative ways to transport offshore energy.

As a team from Game Bakery, we were contracted by WeGo Energy to adapt a serious board game into a web game for Energy Delta Institute.

We worked on this with a team of five developers, making sure that the rules were faithfully translated to a video game format. This was challenging, since the board game required a lot of "game master" interventions when it came to moving energy, so we had to create concrete rules for this. We also reinvented the game's look, opting for a stylised 3D style.

My role as project manager was to define and track releases, manage internal testing with our client WeGo Energy, and coordinate the work with the team consisting of two developers, a designer and a 2D/UI artist.

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NeoXperiences Neo-One

A multiplayer game arena powered by custom hardware.

I concepted and designed a series of games for the Neo-One platform, together with Sfinx Games. This platform allows players to engage with the game through a giant touch area, that can also be used by throwing balls against it, making it a physical game experience.

The producer and developer of the games, Uni&do, contracted us to design and document a series of games for this platform. After some prototyping iterations, Uni&do developed the concepts into games, making changes to the concepts where necessary. We were not involved with the production of these final versions.

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Eloquence

A language puzzle game based around a custom-built symbol language, that challenges players to learn this language and communicate to NPCs using it.

I guided development of an early vertical slice with a small team, with Multiverse Narratives as project lead. Also attended events and pitched the game to investers and publishers.

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Ambrasoft

A series of language learning games for primary school children.

I co-designed a range of English learning games for Noordhoff, one of the biggest educational publishers in the Netherlands. The games are part of their online platform 'Ambrasoft'. I also guided the process of revamping the platform UI and the redesign of Tom and Tamira, the platform's mascottes, with a small team.

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Staxel

A creative village farming game that was one of the top sellers on Steam in its launch month.

I helped the Staxel team to launch their game, organising social media and ad campaigns, and prepared two content updates with them around community requested features.

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Super Flippin' Phones

An arcade entertainment game about flipping phones out of people's hands in a mall.

Game I made with Freek Verheijde (under BlauwPrint) and Harm-Jan Wiechers as a first exercise in developing and publishing a game from A to Z. I acted as the producer; made the character art; and co-designed the game. It launched on Android in 2015 and Steam in 2016, going through the Greenlight process.

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