Vetted Game Designers

“Game designer with hands-on UE5 Blueprint prototyping experience who built AR and VR gameplay systems end-to-end. Designed an AR dog-training game with daily-care progression and an AR heart-collection currency system, iterating via playtests to improve onboarding, spacing/balancing, and engagement; also implemented NPC interactions and minigames in a VR classroom simulator prototype.”

“Game economy/product designer with hands-on experience tuning F2P word/puzzle games (Crossword Jam, Word Trip). Introduced internal currencies and wallet-based reward personalization to control coin inflation and protect IAP/rewarded ads performance, backed by Google Sheets modeling, cohort analysis, and competitor benchmarking (Royal Match, Wordscapes). Based in Santa Clara, CA and prefers remote work with occasional travel.”

“Game economy/progression designer who owned the end-to-end progression system for an idle auto-battler (“Non-Order”), including multi-currency sources/sinks, upgrade pricing curves, and meta-progression. Uses spreadsheet modeling plus playtest/telemetry-driven iteration to address pacing and agency issues (e.g., adding a minigame, click-to-damage, and player skill tree) to reduce progression friction and improve replayability.”

“Gameplay/systems developer with shipped VR experience on Meta Quest (Litesport), owning a real-time workout scoring and progression system end-to-end including hit validation, HUD/UI, session state, and persistence. Known for event-driven architecture that decouples gameplay from UI, data-driven tunables for multiple modes, and rigorous VR performance work to hold 72 FPS using on-device profiling and debugging.”

“Real-time game VFX artist with VR/mobile performance focus, using Unreal Niagara and Unity particle/shader workflows to create readable gameplay feedback (e.g., crystal gate progression cue). Has shipped iterative, playtest-driven VFX in a horror title (Flesh Aberration), collaborating closely with designers and engineers to balance atmosphere with player attention and clarity.”

“VR/AR game developer and creative leader who has shipped titles to Meta Quest (across Unity/Unreal/Godot) and PlayStation VR. Served as Creative Director and Lead Designer on SafeAR, delivering beyond the brief in a rapid 2-month project, and has also built and coded a Unity mobile puzzle game largely solo.”