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Nicholas Griffin - Technical Artist in Butler, KY

Nicholas Griffin

Senior Technical Artist specializing in game development pipelines and tools

DreamCraft EntertainmentEast Tennessee State UniversityButler, KY8 Years ExperienceSenior LevelWorks Flexible

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Game design lead with broad mobile shipping experience across live-service titles, including Wild Sky and several other mobile games. Particularly interesting for having owned monthly gameplay/content updates, improved retention through a redesigned FTUE, and experimented with AI-powered asset discovery using Claude Vision to streamline designer workflows.

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Key Strengths

  • owned live-service gameplay systems and monthly content delivery
  • led high-level design scoping and cross-team implementation alignment
  • improved first-week retention through FTUE overhaul
  • strong player behavior and UX intuition in progression design
  • built AI-driven asset discovery workflow for designers
  • improved designer productivity via automated asset tagging/search
  • hands-on multiplayer architecture experience with lockstep simulation
  • broad shipped mobile game portfolio across multiple titles
  • operated with high autonomy as project lead/design authority

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Experience

Technical ArtistDreamCraft Entertainment · Jan 2022 – Jan 2026
Design Team LeadDreamCraft Entertainment · Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Technical ArtistStarCrafts Mod Team · Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Technical ArtistNight of the Dead 2 Team · Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Technical ArtistUpheaval Arts · Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

Education

East Tennessee State Universitybachelor, Philosophy & Psychology

Awards

  • Cloudspokes Starcraft Emblem Competition - 1st Place, Level Design
  • Blizzard Entertainment Arcade Feature - Photon Cycles, Game Design
  • WC3C Race-building Contest - 1st Place, Magic Race, Game Design

Languages

English

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