Digital Creative Services – Past Future Entertainment

Past Future Entertainment offers digital creative services.

Specializations – a set of interlocking skills built over many years of experience:

Game design for video games & tabletop game projects
Writing & reviewing of game design documents (EN/NL)
Fictional content creation: worlds, characters, stories, quests, dialogs
2D digital map design of fictional environments for games & narratives
3D environment creation & level design for games, visuals, experiences
Optimized, game-ready 3D asset creation: props & modular architectural kits
Analysis & leverage of complex projects, systems & workflows
Creation of visual overviews: one-pagers, maps, charts, pitches
Concept designs & mock-ups for Graphical User Interfaces
Creative project management, unblocking your productivity
Defining optimized functional, technical & asset requirements
Exploratory software testing with a detailed reporting of all findings

Remote work for ad hoc or planned assignments.
I offer both flexible (rate per hour) and fixed prices (per task).

Wouter De Block – Digital Creative

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Tell me about your project needs, vision, needs, doubts, or discuss any question.
Feel free to connect on LinkedIn via my personal profile and/or company page!

Small part of a manually designed 2D game world map. The full map has a 4K resolution, made in two languages.

This image shows part of a 16² kilometer 3D landscape, accurately based on a 2D map design.

My favorite tools: Unreal Engine 5, Blender, Photoshop, Premiere, Trello, SourceTree, Articy: Draft, World Machine, Reason, a synthesizer, and a MIDI Keyboard.

Logo and menu background for an internal PC game project/franchise, currently in development.

Why hire me?
I have a professional bachelor degree in applied informatics, studied one full year of film and one full year of digital arts and entertainment. That were the basics: after that I collected over five years of professional consultancy experience for multiple international companies, after which I started my own company with Past Future Entertainment.

I embrace lifelong learning: I continuously study, take new courses, follow up on relevant technology for the digital entertainment industry. I also actively work on several digital entertainment projects. I really thrive in complex settings and I like challenging projects.
I combine creative, design, entertainment, and technical IT skills into a versatile profile.
Writing, designs, digital audio, environmental storytelling, composition & design principles are as important to me as the technical side of digital creative productions.

My part-time availability ensures a peak performance, focus, and top-quality output can go to your project during my most productive hours of the day. All creative assignments include IP transfers by default, ensuring you retain full rights to your project. I am familiar with Non-Disclosure Agreements, IP transfers and copyright. Expect professional, efficient communication in English and/or Dutch, and rather some extra questions over assumptions.

Let’s talk about your project and what you need.

A finished Tabletop card game prototype.

Final testing decks for the same game.

Talking is free! E-mail me today at:
contact[at]past-future-entertainment.com

Past Future Creations

Past Future Entertainment

I strongly believe remote work is win-win for both clients and creatives. Here‘s why:

I work very efficiently from my own office in Belgium with a custom, optimized hard- & software setup. A powerful workstation with multiple screens, good sound, customized professional tools and software, a fast reliable internet connection, and most importantly: a door that can be closed, with no distractions around. This way, I can work with full focus and at peak performance. This tailor made setup was built from scratch and optimized precisely.

I am a big advocate of focus goal work sessions. During such sessions, I put my smartphone away, and close my mailbox and all distractions until the session is over.
I learned from experience that my best work and productivity peaks when I can lock out all external distractions for a serious amount of time. This can sound as quite obvious, but the ability to do that is by far not a default in many work environments and offices! I also avoid multitasking, fixed commutes, and (pointless) meetings that don’t absolutely require my presence. I am convinced that (open) office spaces can distract creatives from achieving their core goals and managing their tasks in a performant way. Shared workspace setups can certainly work and have their value for certain businesses models, teams or personalities. However in my own creative work, I discovered long ago that I really thrive outside the nine-to-five mindset, and within a creative, distraction-free workspace. That’s important and why I choose to offer remote work only: it’s a big win for both you and me.

Of course we can meet in real life or over video call whenever required. Before any new collaboration, I offer a free call to feel if there is a mutual click before we work together.
I wish you a great & creative day, and the best of luck with your projects!

Feel free to reach out to me via e-mail. You can also check out this “about Past Future Entertainment” post for more info on some of my creative projects and the company itself.

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_{Note: game design ≠ game programming. I offer game design, (interactive) 3D environment creation and related services on demand, primarily aimed at games, (digital) creative projects, and entertainment projects.}