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Ikenna Ajah

Junior Technical Game Designer specializing in Unity gameplay systems

Alterea, Inc.Rochester Institute of TechnologyUnited States1 Years ExperienceIntern Level

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Game designer who owned and shipped an end-to-end tabletop RPG mode (UltraMex Revolution) featuring journey/battle phases and a chess-inspired card/dice combat system, iterating heavily from playtests by adding a written campaign and role-based abilities to improve pacing and tactics. Also shipped a web application feature for exploring Indigenous tribes in North America, tackling difficult data sourcing and measuring impact via application views.

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Key Strengths

  • Owned an end-to-end TTRPG mode and shipped a complete physical game kit (rules, pieces, cards, boards)
  • Strong playtest-driven iteration (improved pacing via written story campaign; added role-based tactical abilities)
  • Designs engagement using a structured risk-explore-reward loop to motivate exploration
  • Able to translate ambiguous feedback into scope changes (capstone environment redesign to meet presentation constraints)
  • Emphasis on clear specs with edge cases and interface sketches to reduce implementation ambiguity
  • Built a web app feature enabling lookup of Indigenous tribes and linking to educational resources; overcame data-gathering constraints

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Experience

AGENTS OF INFLUENCE - PRODUCTION INTERNAlterea, Inc. · Jan 2025 – Presentinternship
VOLUNTEER GAME DESIGNER[P1] Games · Apr 2024 – Present
Game Studio Program Fellow - Project ManagerEGD Collective · Sep 2024 – May 2025internship
IGM ENTREPRENEURIAL CO-OP - GAME/WEB DEVELOPERRochester Institute of Technology - School of Interactive Games and Media · Jun 2020 – Aug 2020internship
AI Writing EvaluatorOutlier · Oct 2024 – Present
Staff/Web DeveloperThe Aurum · May 2023 – Present
Software Engineer InternBitcoin Center NYC · Jun 2019 – Aug 2019internship

Education

Rochester Institute of Technologymaster, Game and Interactive Media Design (2024)
Rochester Institute of Technologybachelor, Game and Interactive Media Design (2021)

Languages

EnglishSpanish

Certifications

Insurance Agent, Life, Accident, & Health (New York State Department of Financial Services)

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Ikenna AjahJunior Technical Game Designer specializing in Unity gameplay systems