Anthony Hernandez

About

Game designer currently leading design on a Mario Party-like party game, owning mode design, economy, and meta-progression. Uses playtests and A/B tests to tune fairness-focused systems (e.g., dynamic power-ups accounting for player standing and turn order) and prototypes quickly in UE5 Blueprints. Previously shipped a mixed-reality version of Knockout League’s Knockout Alley mode for a Quest 3-aligned release.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Owned end-to-end design of a 4-player strategy party-game mode (rules, economy, systems, win conditions)
• Data-informed iteration via playtests and A/B testing (e.g., dynamic power-up system tuned from feedback)
• Strong balancing instincts: adjusted power-up weights and accounted for turn-order advantage
• Rapid prototyping in UE5 Blueprints with short idea-to-playtest loop (implemented in a few days; playtested twice in 3 weeks)
• Experience designing concurrent event systems and mitigating unintended difficulty stacking
• Designed engagement/progression systems that reduce burnout (forgiving 7-day login streaks; flexible daily challenges)
• Shipped mixed-reality adaptation under hard constraints (scaled Knockout League mode to home spaces for Quest 3 timing)

Reference Highlights

• Owned complete modules end-to-end
• Efficient and high-quality output
• Highly creative
• Strong technical expertise
• Collaborative spirit
• Built engaging, popular activities (e.g., Animal Exercises)
• Iterates quickly and effectively from playtest feedback
• Smooth releases and strong positive reception
• Designs robust, smooth player experiences despite complex rules/states
• Well-designed difficulty ramp
• Mastery of internal tools; able to stand up playable modules quickly
• Generous in helping teammates with challenging implementations
• Improved team effectiveness through support and knowledge sharing
• Excellent at scaffolding learning objectives with increasing complexity
• Responsive to bugs and feedback
• Clear, concise prototypes; rarely required clarification
• Strong cross-disciplinary collaboration; eager and responsive to feedback
• Grew in confidence over time (from reserved junior to more confident contributor)
• Elegant, simple designs that minimize edge cases
• Proactive use of analytics tools to improve work
• Major impact on shipped features
• Created some of the highest quality content shipped
• Ownership of large curriculums and popular games
• Great attention to detail
• Incredibly thorough
• Highly polished output
• Most effective team member with proprietary tools
• Improved overall team quality via tool expertise and presentations
• Fantastic designer
• Strong systems thinking
• Best documentation on the team
• No ambiguity in specs/docs; smooth engineering collaboration
• Excellent cross-functional collaborator
• Intelligent and friendly
• Balances design goals with technical constraints
• Work was among the most played content (high engagement)