Robert Butkiewicz at Game Access Conference '26

Robert Butkiewicz

Senior Level Designer
Fool's Theory

Currently a Senior Level Designer at Fool's Theory, Robert's been working as a Level Designer for the past 7 years, designing levels for third-person, isometric and VR perspectives, working on projects such as The Witcher Remake; The Thaumaturge; Silent Hill 2 Remake; The Wizards - Dark Times, and others. Additionally, he works as an LD educator at the University of Silesia in Katowice and in the past at DSW University of Lower Silesia in Wrocław, as well as 1-on-1 tutoring.

SOME OF THE GAMES Robert WORKED ON

Silent Hill 2 Remake

The Wizards - Dark Times

The Witcher Remake

The Thaumaturge

Talks & sessions

Architectural Necromancy: How The Thaumaturge Brought a Razed City to Life

Assuming this is an internal description for the organizers only: this talk is a ~40min story of how Fool's Theory's LD and art team approached the challenge of designing the setting of The Thaumaturge - 1905's Warsaw. I talk about specific, real-world locations that we recreated for the game: what we recreated faithfully, what we modified, what we had to cut or skip. I present the references we used, I also talk about the challenges that we encountered and how we got through them.