Janki Patel

About

UE5 Blueprint-focused gameplay/system designer who shipped an XR interactive experience (“Echoes of the Moon”), owning interaction logic, progression triggers, state management, and animation syncing through ship. Emphasizes modular component-based architecture with interfaces and data-table-driven tuning, plus strong profiling/optimization skills (refactoring Tick-heavy systems to event-driven) validated through 20–30 user playtests and mobile XR (Android) frame-budget constraints.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Shipped UE5 XR core gameplay loop built primarily in Blueprints
• Designs modular, reusable gameplay systems using components + interfaces (avoids hard references)
• Data-driven tuning via data tables to enable fast balancing without code changes
• Strong edge-case handling for out-of-order triggers with validation/failsafes
• Rapid prototyping and iteration in PIE with exposed tunables
• Performance debugging with UE stat unit + Blueprint Profiler; refactored Tick-heavy logic to event-driven for scalability
• Extensive playtest-driven iteration (20–30 user playtests) focused on responsiveness and clarity
• Cross-discipline alignment under strict Android frame budgets with clear ownership and documented state flow
• Technical lead for museum-ready UE5 VR interactive; shipped and showcased at Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum (June 2025)
• Strong VR interaction polish (collision/interaction timing, haptics, clear feedback loops via sound)
• Robust state management to prevent visual clutter/ensure consistency (enum-based single-active spotlight logic)
• End-to-end mocap-to-cinematic pipeline (OptiTrack capture → Blender cleanup/retarget → MetaHuman in Unreal; manual facial/hand fixes)
• Production migration and rebuild work (migrated to Unreal 5.7; reconnected blueprints; tuned lighting/realism/cohesion)
• Builds scalable design systems in Figma using variables/styles/components to enable bulk edits without quality drift
• Efficient short-form marketing video workflow with multi-placement exports and typography/layout consistency
• Template/modular framework approach to high-volume creative output with rotation rules to avoid repetition
• Structured growth/UA collaboration via single-variable creative variants for clearer learnings while protecting brand rules
• Full-stack implementation focus on UX reliability (responsive grid, pagination, loading/error states, query edge cases)