Est. 2016 · Brno, Czech Republic · 10 Years in Games

We build games. We build systems. We build the scene.

A decade-old game development studio: shipping technical work for production teams, developing original systems-driven IP, and connecting the Central European games industry through the events we run.

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GamesCrunch partners & speakers✦ Warhorse Studios✦ Keen Software House✦ Bohemia Interactive✦ Ashborne Games✦ 3Division✦ Chris Zukowski✦ GamesCrunch partners & speakers✦ Warhorse Studios✦ Keen Software House✦ Bohemia Interactive✦ Ashborne Games✦ 3Division✦ Chris Zukowski✦
01 — Who we are

Three pillars,
one studio

Ten years in, Leveland operates across three fronts — making games, building the technology beneath them, and strengthening the industry around them.

/ Studio

We build games.

Original, systems-driven IP and commercial development projects spanning a decade of production.

/ Technology

We build systems.

Proprietary Unreal Engine 5 technology, gameplay frameworks, tooling and cross-engine architecture.

/ Community

We build the scene.

We help connect the game development industry — founding and running events that bring it together.

02 — Track record

A decade
in motion

A short history of where the studio has been and what it has built since 2016.

2016

Studio founded

Leveland Studios established in Brno, Czech Republic.

2016–Now

Commercial development & technical collaboration

A continuous run of production projects and technical partnerships with game teams.

R&D

Internal research & development

Multiple gameplay-system prototypes and technology initiatives developed in-house.

Events

GamesCrunch Conference

Founded and organized an international game development conference — speakers and partners from Warhorse Studios, Keen Software House, Bohemia Interactive, Ashborne Games and 3Division, broadcast live to the wider community.

Now

Current focus

Original IP and proprietary Unreal Engine 5 technology.

03 — Industry impact

Beyond
development

Leveland actively contributes to the Central European game development ecosystem through events, education and industry collaboration.

Founded & organized

GamesCrunch Conference

An international game development conference founded and run by Leveland Studios — bringing together studios, founders and creators from across the region and beyond, and broadcast live to the wider game development community.

Partner studios

  • Warhorse Studios
  • Keen Software House
  • Bohemia Interactive
  • Ashborne Games
  • 3Division

Featured speakers

  • Chris Zukowski
  • Ashborne Games — CEO
  • Keen Software House — COO
  • 3Division — CEO
04 — For Studios

What we do

We integrate into production teams and take ownership of complex technical domains — with clarity, efficiency and measurable production impact.

/ 01

Technical Services

  • →Gameplay systems development (Unreal C++ / Unity C#)
  • →Architectural refactoring & stabilization
  • →Tooling & workflow optimization
  • →Systems-driven feature implementation
  • →Mid-production technical support
/ 02

Internal R&D

  • →World-state driven quest architecture
  • →Non-linear systemic storytelling
  • →Custom quest & dialogue frameworks
  • →Gameplay presentation & tool UI design
  • →Replayability-focused systems IP
Mid-production teams

Studios needing senior support to push through delivery.

Scaling architecture

Teams scaling their systems and engine architecture.

Tooling & workflow

Teams looking for tooling and workflow improvement.

10yrs
In operation since 2016
5
Partner studios at GamesCrunch
2
Engines mastered (Unity → UE5)
∞
Systems & prototypes built
05 — Selected Technical Experience

Proof of work

We engage in scoped technical collaboration — focused ownership areas with measurable production impact.

Unity → Unreal Engine

Cross-Engine Gameplay Framework Migration

We redesigned core architecture and tooling, transitioning a modular gameplay framework to Unreal's native model and C++ — demonstrating production-level systems engineering.

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Design / Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding & System Design

Visually rich concept art and design exploration for systemic worlds and gameplay presentation direction across our IP and partner projects.

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06 — Internal Development

Our IP

Alongside client work we develop our own replayability-focused IP — world-state driven quests, non-linear systemic storytelling and custom dialogue frameworks. One evolving body of work, across two engines.

Our in-house project began on Unity as Revengers and grew into the UE5 systems sandbox we now call Retropunk. Same team, same systems-first DNA — pushed forward as our tools and engine matured.

RETRO
PUNK
Open-World · FPP Action RPG
Current iteration · UE5

Retropunk

Tech-Noir / Retrofuturism · Unreal Engine 5

Take the role of an augmented cyborg who woke from a coma. An open-world first-person action RPG set in an alternative American south-west, after a global Corpocracy reform where corporations seized state governments — and their citizens.

14 People Unreal Engine 5 PC / Consoles
  • Non-linear story progression
  • Supernatural abilities
  • Stealth mechanics
  • Fully simulated living world
  • Player reputation system
  • Factions, relations & faction wars
REVEN
GERS
Co-Op · Open-World Action
Cancelled · Unity origin

Revengers — the origin

Khiribi Island · Unity (cancelled)

The Unity-era roots of the project, since cancelled. Welcome to Khiribi — an island of a thousand trees, exotic birds and never-ending violence, ruled by the warlord Dalian. Liberate outposts, master Voodoo, free the enslaved and bring justice to the land. Its co-op systems and worldbuilding became the foundation for Retropunk.

5 People Unity → UE5 PC / Consoles
  • Up to 4-player co-op
  • Spirit world / Voodoo
  • Outpost liberation & missions
  • NPC enemies and allies
  • Gun for hire
  • Inventory & survival features
08 — Careers

Build worlds
with us.

We are always looking for passionate, creative people from gamedev who want to help bring our IP to players. We're an international team, currently working on the project in our free time while we negotiate with potential investors and publishers — a chance to join a big project from the ground up.

Unreal Engine 5 Developer(Programmer)

Internship · Part-time · Remote · Unpaid (volunteer, to raise funding for further development)

Join the core team as a UE5 programmer / scripter. You'll own the technical implementation of gameplay mechanics and systems, working closely with other programmers, designers and artists — plus debugging and optimization using modern tools.

Required

  • Experience in the games industry
  • C++ & Unreal Engine (or Unity & C#)
  • Debugging & optimization skills
  • Communication in English (international team)

Nice to have

  • Gameplay systems (AI, inventory, dialogue, decision trees)
  • Unity, SVN, Jira, Git
Apply by email →

Didn't find your position? That's fine — we're looking for other people too, so don't hesitate to write us at info@levelandstudios.com or on any social network.

09 — Contact

Let's talk.

For general inquiries, reach us by email. We integrate into teams or contribute to internal projects with clarity and efficiency.

Brno, Czech Republic
Gameplay Systems Studio
Est. 2016