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WorkMy experience in PC and console gaming revolves around designing player-centric experiences for AAA games. I collaborated with cross-functional teams to solve complex gameplay and UI/UX challenges, focusing on enhancing immersion, usability, and replayability in real-time strategy and action-RPG environments.
Key Achievements:
- Player-Centric Design: Successfully delivered gameplay systems and interfaces that supported diverse player strategies and elevated in-game decision-making.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Bridged design, art, and engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of mechanics, resulting in a more polished user experience.
- Proven Impact: Helped ship award-winning expansions and establish design foundations for a major unannounced title, contributing to positive player feedback and franchise longevity.
These projects strengthened my ability to craft engaging gameplay systems and intuitive UI/UX flows within highly collaborative environments under tight development schedules.
Due to NDA restrictions, a more detailed breakdown of the process and additional visuals are available upon request.
Company of Heroes 2 Expansions
Objective: Enhance strategic depth and mission variety in expansions while preserving the core RTS gameplay that defined the original game.
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Key Challenges:
- Designing intuitive UI for new units and abilities without overwhelming players during high-stakes combat.
- Creating mission content with dynamic objectives to increase replayability and narrative engagement.
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My Role & Process:
- Developed and tested UI wireframes for new feature sets (e.g., unit upgrades, campaign selection flow).
- Worked with narrative and level designers to integrate storytelling into mission briefings and HUD elements.
- Led user testing sessions, analyzing player behavior to fine-tune tutorials and in-game guidance systems.
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Impact:
- These expansions were highly rated by players and media (Metacritic 80+), with users praising UI clarity and the variety of strategic options. My contributions played a key role in extending the title's lifecycle by several years post-launch.
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Unannounced AAA Action-RPG Title
Objective: Help define the core gameplay and user experience of a dark fantasy action-RPG in its early development phase.
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Key Challenges:
- Designing deep yet accessible systems (e.g., progression, loot, skill trees) that appealed to both casual and hardcore players.
- Ensuring visual clarity and thematic consistency within a complex UI environment.
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My Role & Process:
- Created detailed UX flows and interface mockups for combat HUDs, inventory, and skill customization systems.
- Collaborated across departments to establish visual language guidelines for UI in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- Ran internal user testing to identify UX pain points and improve onboarding mechanics for early builds.
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Impact:
- Helped set the foundation for core systems and a cohesive user experience. These designs were critical in gaining internal alignment and support from executive stakeholders during greenlight milestones.
