(Game) Design Is Not Art, But It Can Be
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Systemic Thinker
Skilled creating, testing and balancing mechanics and systems to create compelling and engaging games. Also, I have a lot of experience analyzing games and creating clear diagrams to represent different systems.
Years of experience
+5 years of experience in Game Design and related positions. I have experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring designers. Also I have experience in other fields like Programming, Music, Art and narrative, which allows me to have better communication with all team members.
UX Mindset
I focus on the UX using research of the target public, directing playtests and a focus on usability and engageability. I have a high degree of competence in iterative processes and using rapid prototypes, spreadsheets and other methods to test games in an effective and efficient manner.
Experience and Education
Senior Game Designer, Auroch Digital
Feb 2022 - today
- Designer for undisclosed project.
- Participation on the development of Brewmaster.
Leading Teams - University of Michigan/Coursera
gAME dESIGN & dEVELOPMENT - mICHIGAN State u./Coursera
Introduction to Computer Science - CS50/HardvardX (edx)
Projects
The Leftovers - Demo Reel
The Leftovers - Resource Management
Desktop
“The Leftovers: A Game About Production” places the player in the position of the newly assigned head of production of a growing city. The player starts to focus on increase production, but soon the player will be aware of the unknown consequences of focusing too much of production and disregarding sustainability. Each time the player produce a resource, leftovers and pollution is added to the system. How will the player react to it?
- Designing connections between multiple buildings, resources and their leftovers.
- Balancing incremental systems using spreadsheets.
- Designed and balanced interactions with a Tech Tree, 7 buildings and resources and more.
- Documenting and organizing development using Notion, Docs, Figma and more.
- Solo-developed using Unity Engine, C# and Kenney Assets.
Our Planet is Dying - Real Time Strategy
Desktop
RTS game where a player take control of the last forces of a Dying planet. The main mechanics consist on managing resources to build a base and managing troops consisting on different types of spaceships to defeat the enemy in up to 4 battlefronts simultaneously.
- Balanced and simulated different systems using spreadsheets: units and buildings costs, spaceships stats and power.
- Created a tutorial that lets players express themselves using the mechanics of the game, while learning them.
- Implemented Unity Analytics in order to better playtest and balance the systems.
- Created multiple documents to communicate with possible team members and clients.
- Solo-developed using Unity Engine, C# and Kenney Assets.
Our Planet is Dying - Demo Reel
Groumy's Escape - Demo Reel
Groumy's Escape - Endless Roguelike
Mobile
An alien called Groumy wants to escape a military base where he’s being held. The player explore different rooms that gradually increase in difficulty, adding more and new enemies and different power ups that the player can use to get a higher score.
- Designed the main system for player's progression.
- Tuning and balancing procedural levels to ensure a more controlled player's experience.
- Created fast prototypes constantly to test new mechanics.
- Economy balance to ensure that the coins received are coherent with the prices of the power ups.
- Lead a group of 3 people (remote) ensuring good communication through documents and meetings.
Project & Case Study
Darwin's Yearbook - Puzzle Platformer
Web Desktop/Mobile
In my time at Cangrejo Ideas 
, I designed a game for the series “The Amazing World of Gumball” from Cartoon Network.
Even two years after launching it’s one of the most played games in all CN websites.
- Lead a team of two designers, setting milestones and ensuring completion.
- Designed a new documentation style successfully used for other projects.
- Created playtest system to reduce risks on first Puzzle-Platform for the company.
- Define guidelines for Level Design, so the game levels were consistent.
- Designed 2 differentiated characters and a puzzle system to support 20+ levels.
- Considered one of the funniest TAWOG games by the community.
- Featured game in CN GameBox App and websites.
- Most played game in most CN website platforms.
Other Projects
Game Design Thinking
Education and Content Creation
I’ve created a multimedia channel to share knowledge about Game Design, called Game Design Thinking. In the channel I talk about different topics in game design also drawing from related fields, like psychology, design thinking, systems thinking and more.
Also, I’ve created a course currently available on Udemy, to teach beginner game designers in an orderly manner how to start designing games and how to create more fun and meaningful games.
Having the opportunity to share my game design knowledge has allowed me to stay constantly looking for new information and techniques. Also, it has given me the chance to knew and connect with many people interested in game design and related fields. For me, it’s one of the best ways to keep up to date with new design techniques while also helping other game designers to increase their knowledge.
Documents
I create clear and compelling documents (using wiki, Google Docs or any type of software) to communicate the game idea to the team and different stakeholders.
I think that good documents must not only be succint and easy to read, but they also must be interesting to read, to enhance the communication with all the involved in the development of the game.
