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Grant Snyder

Senior Game Designer specializing in live-service systems and multiplayer

Turn 10 StudiosColumbia College Chicago9 Years ExperienceSenior Level

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Game designer from Turn 10 Studios who owned major Forza Motorsport multiplayer features end-to-end, including a refreshed competitive multiplayer mode built for live service (skill/safety ratings, rotating events, telemetry-driven tuning) and the post-launch return of Public Meetups shipped for the 20th Anniversary update under proprietary-engine/UI constraints. Also builds UE5 Blueprint prototypes (third-person action-adventure) with animation blueprints and data-table-driven randomized loot systems.

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Key Strengths

  • Owned competitive multiplayer mode end-to-end for Forza Motorsport (design, implementation partnership, tuning, post-launch iteration)
  • Designed schedule-based event system with two-tier skill/safety rating for onboarding and matchmaking
  • Data- and feedback-driven live tuning using player sentiment and telemetry
  • Built weekly/seasonal engagement loops via Challenge Hub with balanced rewards (cars, currency, cosmetics) in partnership with economy design
  • Shipped Public Meetups social multiplayer mode for 20th Anniversary update under tight UI/proprietary-engine constraints by reusing existing UI scenes
  • Strong cross-functional execution with engineering/production/QA; uses feature flags to defer incomplete formats and ship later
  • Rapid UE5 prototyping in Blueprints (idea-to-playtest ~1 week), including animation blueprint setup and iterative 3Cs tuning

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Experience

Live DesignerTurn 10 Studios · Sep 2021 – Aug 2025
Systems DesignerTurn 10 Studios · Jul 2019 – Aug 2021
Software Test Engineer IITurn 10 Studios · Jun 2018 – Jul 2019
Test Associate IIITurn 10 Studios · Dec 2016 – Jun 2018
QA TesterGlu Mobile · Apr 2016 – Dec 2016

Education

Columbia College Chicagobachelor, Game Design (Minor in Fiction Writing) (2015)

Awards

  • Best Sports/Racing Game - The Game Awards (Forza Motorsport '23, 2023)
  • Innovation in Accessibility - The Game Awards (Forza Motorsport '23, 2023)
  • Racing Game of the Year - D.I.C.E Awards (Forza Motorsport '23, 2023)
  • Nominee: Best Multiplayer - BAFTA Game Awards (Forza Motorsport '23, 2024)

Languages

English

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Grant SnyderSenior Game Designer specializing in live-service systems and multiplayer