Brent Caulfield

Game Designer

Hi, I'm Brent.
I design games.

I'm a game designer with nearly 14 years in game development. At Tripwire Interactive I've worked on Killing Floor 3 since March 2023: Senior Game Designer, Lead Game Designer since July 2026. I'm also the founder, co-owner and Lead Game Designer of Second Shift Games, where I lead our design team on Starforged Legacy, a sci-fi bullet-hell roguelike now in Steam Early Access, and on Starforged: Siege. I have deep expertise in Unreal Engine 4 and 5, and I use AI tools across game development for prototyping, design documentation, and production workflows. Before that I co-founded my first studio, Omniconnection, and shipped the multiplayer wizard shooter Grimoire: Manastorm on Steam.

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Starforged Legacy gameplay: a starship fighting through an enemy swarm
Starforged Legacy · Second Shift Games

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Tripwire Interactive

Killing Floor 3

Released on Steam (Jul 2025)

A co-op action/horror FPS from Tripwire Interactive. I've worked on it since March 2023, first as Senior Game Designer and, since July 2026, as Lead Game Designer.

Role: Senior Game Designer, Lead Game Designer since July 2026

  • Co-op
  • FPS
Steam ↗
Second Shift Games · Unreal Engine

Starforged Legacy

Steam Early Access

A top-down sci-fi bullet-hell roguelike, in Steam Early Access since June 2026 after two years of development. Build your starship into a fleet-destroying war machine, find powerful weapon and augment combinations, and fight through enemy swarms across a changing galaxy.

Role: Founder & Co-owner; Game Director & Lead Game Designer

  • Bullet-hell
  • Roguelike
  • Unreal
Read more → Steam ↗Second Shift Games ↗
Chromatic Games · Unreal Engine 4

Dungeon Defenders: Going Rogue

Released on Steam (Jan 2025)

A roguelite twist on the Dungeon Defenders franchise, combining roguelite, tower defense, and action RPG gameplay. I worked from initial concept onward on game modes, runes, item effects, weapons, heroes, maps, and enemy schedules, and was product owner on the three new boss fights, which the community received very well.

Role: Game Designer; product owner on the three new boss fights

  • Roguelite
  • Tower Defense
  • UE4
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Chromatic Games · Unreal Engine 4

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened

Released on Steam (May 2020)

A remake of the original Dungeon Defenders that mixes co-op tower defense with action RPG combat. I worked on systems, heroes, enemies, bosses, enemy schedules, code investigations, maps, game modes, balance, and more.

Role: Design Intern (May 2019), then Game Designer I, II and III, then Senior Game Designer (through Mar 2023)

  • Co-op
  • Tower Defense
  • UE4
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Omniconnection · Unreal Development Kit

Grimoire: Manastorm

Released on Steam (Oct 2017)

A free multiplayer wizard shooter with six classes to master and thousands of possible spell loadouts. Built by a tiny team on a small budget, it reached 250k+ owners on Steam.

Role: Level & Game Designer, then Co-founder & Lead Developer

  • Multiplayer FPS
  • Class-based
  • UDK
Read more → Steam ↗