JASON LEARY, GAME DESIGNER
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LEGO Fortnite

LEGO Fortnite is a third-person survival game within Fortnite.

While a part of the LEGO Fortnite team I have worked on the Expeditions and Odyssey releases.

LEGO Fortnite Expeditions is a completely new mode where players choose superhero classes and team up to use their super powers to complete several missions across multiple levels. As they complete missions they are rewarded with new gear and are able upgrade their abilities and favorite weapons to make completing objectives easier as the difficulty ramps up. 
For Expeditions I co-designed and built the Utopia City level.

LEGO Fortnite Odyssey is the main survival game in LEGO Fortnite. Players harvest resources to build weapons and tools in order to defeat enemies, make better weapons, and harvest better materials for their builds. The Odyssey update introduced the Storm King as a villain to LEGO Fortnite as well as the new Storm Biome. While on Odyssey I designed and build all of the new POIs for the Storm Biome and all of the floating islands in the Storm Caves.
​Game: LEGO Fortnite Expeditions
Editor: Unreal Engine 5


Duration: 3 Months
Level Designer
  • Blockouts
  • Level construction (Solids, static mesh selection and placement, propping and foliage)
  • Vista construction (Buildings, Landscape sculpting and painting, Laying down roads)
  • Landscape (Sculpting and painting)
  • Dressing Utopia City with all props and foliage
  • Working with the Missions team to ensure the gameplay spaces support great gameplay for the various mission types
  • Work with the AI team to ensure we highlight the strengths of our enemy AI
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Level Overview

"Utopia City"​ is one of the Mission Areas that shipped with the debut of LEGO Fortnite Expeditions. The map is a futuristic cityscape under attack by the Mask Maker Daigo's evil minions with distinct districts and landmarks to make it easy for players to identify where they are on the map and call out landmarks when communicating with other players on their team. Each mission is designed to have multiple locations scattered across the map capable of supporting a variety of different mission types . As players play through a mission area in teams of four they must work together to accomplish 3 missions which can include powering the shield generator, destroying the masks, or rescuing civilians, all culminating in a challenging but rewarding boss fight with either Kor, a Spire Brute, or one of the massive Spires themselves!

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​Game: LEGO Fortnite Odyssey
Editor: Unreal Engine 5


Duration: 4 Months
Level Designer
  • Converted POIs to ruined storm biome POIs
  • Designed, built, and dressed new ruined storm biome POIs
  • Designed, built, and dressed all floating island POIs for the Storm Caves​
  • Ensured newly designed POIs worked well and highlighted AI
  • Ensured hidden treasure chests were fun and rewarding to find
  • Iterated on POIs based upon feedback from the team and playtesting
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Level Overview

​Mage Academy” is a single or multiplayer level in Round Toast Studios Mortal Rite. The level is one of the first three unlocked that must be completed to progress to the first of the major boss fights. The level is non-linear and is the first to put a emphasis on the completion of level objectives and light puzzle solving. The level takes place at night in ruined Mage Academy that is slowing being destroyed by both time and nature. Player must defeat the magic wielding enemies in the level and collect the three skulls to release the Evil Caster Mage resting in a statue at the central focal point of the Academy. Players can work individually or together to face the challenges and collect the skulls in any order. Once placed, the three skulls release the Evil Caster Mage from its stone resting place, giving player the opportunity to destroy the evil once and for all.

Below is just a selection of some of the POIs I created for this release.

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