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Poppy Lightning Curran Jones
Mid-level Technical Game Designer specializing in prototyping and UE5 interaction design
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VR/AR game developer and creative leader who has shipped titles to Meta Quest (across Unity/Unreal/Godot) and PlayStation VR. Served as Creative Director and Lead Designer on SafeAR, delivering beyond the brief in a rapid 2-month project, and has also built and coded a Unity mobile puzzle game largely solo.
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Key Strengths
- Shipped VR/AR titles to Meta Quest (Unity/Unreal/Godot) and PlayStation VR
- Creative Director & Lead Designer on SafeAR; delivered beyond brief estimates on a 2-month timeline
- Solo-built and shipped core code + design for a Unity mobile puzzle game (Cables)
- Able to ramp up on poorly documented, nonstandard/legacy codebases through team collaboration
- Adaptable across structured and chaotic/small-studio production environments
- Balances willingness to put in extra time with an anti-crunch, production-minded approach
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