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Juan Lagisquet
Senior Game Designer/Unity Developer specializing in gameplay and level design
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Senior game designer with shipped experience on Outlanders, focused on systems/economy balance, player motivation loops, and clear cross-discipline implementation. Built rapid UE5 prototypes (48-hour cycle) and iterated based on feedback—especially leveraging audio to guide players in an atmospheric horror concept. Has led design decisions under mobile performance constraints, aligning engineering/art/direction to ship a sandbox mode with acceptable entity/map limits.
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Key Strengths
- Resource-economy balancing to create intentional tension and humor (e.g., “bread man” festival level in Outlanders)
- Strong playtest-driven iteration: simplifies goals and improves clarity based on tester feedback
- Uses environmental art/visual cues to improve objective readability and reinforce narrative
- Rapid prototyping in UE5 (idea-to-playtest in ~48 hours) using Blueprints plus custom gameplay scripting
- Audio-first iteration that improved player navigation and increased mystery/atmosphere in a horror prototype
- Designs progression via optional challenge objectives with cosmetic rewards to drive replay without blocking new learners
- Quantitative approach to difficulty/accessibility using time-based completion checkpoints and objective progress tracking
- Shipped sandbox mode while aligning stakeholders around mobile performance constraints (entity/map limits)
Reference Highlights
- Key impact through strong communication
- Leads new feature implementations
- Effective stakeholder management and negotiation
- Bridges engineering feasibility with art capability/timeframe constraints
- Thorough and precise in design tuning
- Iterates until gameplay feels right
- Strong at making characters balanced and engaging
- Very hands-on in Unity
- Fast, effective prototyping and testing
- Strong systems thinking; designs that endure over time in live games
- Clear and implementable design docs with minimal need for clarification
- Quick to resolve ambiguity in communication
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration
- Handles trade-offs and constraints with ease
- Handles re-balancing/competitive constraints properly
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