Professional Journey
As a game designer with working experience in mobile game studios across India, I have worked on a variety of casual games, including cooking, match-2, puzzle, and card battlers. My daily responsibilities included creating design documents, pitching features, and designing systems working with developers for diverse projects. I have also contributed as a level designer on numerous titles, ranging from casual cooking games to puzzle subgenres like match-2, number, and word puzzles. Being an avid player of strategy and management games that feature interconnected systems and depth in their gameplay I have grown a keen interest in systemic games. Opportunities to work on and contribute to such systems and game genres in a professional capacity is something I am pursuing actively. My design philosophy focuses on using familiar mechanics and interactions to blend unexpected themes and genres, a concept that has started to emerge in my recent work and ideas, which I look forward to exploring further. Earning my MA in Game Design from the University of the Arts London (UAL LCC) allowed me to refine my approach, balancing structured, data-driven methodologies with creative experimentation across different mediums and genres. My background in mobile gaming has provided me with a strong foundation in scalable and rational design, which I aim to apply to projects that inspire and challenge both players and myself. Looking ahead, I am committed to creating games that offer a sense of familiarity through new experiences, seamlessly blending genres, and leaving a lasting impression on players, much like the games that have shaped my own journey.
Work Experience
2019 - 2021 (1Y 7M)
Assocciate Game Designer
Cympl Studios.
Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Hired as an Associate Game Designer who could immediately focus on Level Design for a live project, the learning curve was very steep. After having worked on the project enough to understand the progress made and where they were headed my scope of work increased to making feature pitches and Design specifications. Cympl gave me the experience of working on long projects and doing Live Ops on them, both games being popular sub-genres of Casual Mobile Games.
2021 - 2023 (2Y +)
Game Designer (Mid-Sr)
Bombay Play Entertainment.
Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Hired as an Associate Designer my major responsibilities involved, helping integrate art into the game for my first project and slowly graduated to design heavy tasks like Feature Specifications and Pitchs. After being promoted the Game Designer, my current scope of work includes:
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Making Feature or Game Specification documents
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Communicating requirements or feedback to Art and Dev Departments
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Data Analysis of live games with product managers
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Content Creation and Curation if required for specific projects.
Crosswordle
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Word, Puzzle
Android, Facebook Instant Games
Game Designer, Puzzle Designer
Crossworldly is a Daily Crossword Game inspired from the viral internet game 'Wordle'.
Quote-Its
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Word, Puzzle
Android, Facebook Instant Games
Game Designer, Puzzle Designer
Quote-its is a word puzzle game where the player solves a variety of clues to guess words that reveal a Quote or Interesting facts related to the theme of the puzzle. The game tries to replicate the trend of sharing images with inspiring quotes or interesting facts on text groups by family members generating such images once a player solves a puzzle.
Word Search 3D
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Word, Puzzle
Android, Facebook Instant Games
Game Designer, System Designer
Word Search is a 3D Word Puzzle Game where players have to find as many words as they can from a Randomly generated 3D Shape each day. The goal is to use up all the cubes while also scoring the highest
Hangman Tournament
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Word, Puzzle
Android, Facebook Instant Games
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Hangman Tournament is a 2D Word Puzzle Game aimed to give the players a nostalgic experience playing the classic Hangman Word Game with paper and pen style art and animations and familiar rules and gameplay.
Chef Diary
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Casual, Cooking
Android
Game Designer, Level Designer
Chef Diary is a Casual Cooking game that has a central focus on narrative and customization. You play as a young chef who is looking to make a name for themselves and grow their new restaurant. The story had a romantic undertone and was centered around a female audience.
Tower Clash
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Casual, Deck Builder
Android, Facebook Instant Games
Game Designer
Tower Clash is a Card Battler which uses Uno's color mechanics mixed with battle elements like eliminating opponents by dealing damage to enemies in a 1 vs 3 game. Strategize on what cards to play and pick your colour wisely
2018 (3M)
Game Design Intern
Nazara Interactive.
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Hired as a Game Design Intern for a 3 Month Summer Internship. This Internship being my first professional experience, required me to learn as much as I could about the job, everyone's role, and the games they made in a matter of days and started with UI wireframes within a week. After a month of working on a variety of small tasks, my scope of work expanded to that of a full-time designer, working on Game Concept Pitches for External Brand and IP acquisitions, Feature Pitches, and documentation for additions to existing projects. Overall an Awesome Learning Experience!! with generous seniors who gave me responsibilities that you wouldn't usually get as an intern.
2018 - 2019 (6M)
Freelance Game Designer
Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Worked as a Game Design Consultant on 2 freelance projects for two separate Development teams. The first project was system design and balancing for an idle clicker game and the second was the design and documentation and production of a teen patti game for a private contractor. My responsibilities for both of these projects involved everything from coordinating with developers and artists to help them understand the design and test for bugs and propper implementation.
Super Krishna Crush
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Word, Puzzle
Android
Game Designer, Level Designer, System Designer
The game aims to combine stories of Lord Krishna from Indian Mythology with Match 2 gameplay. Every few levels the player would be introduced to a new obstacle or a story element along with iconic mythological characters. It was mainly aimed at women and children and could be used as a cultural tool to educate young children about our rich mythology.
Motu Patlu Cannon Battle
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Casual, Puzzle
Android
Game Designer, Level Designer, Producer
Cannon Attack was an Angry Birds type level-based puzzle game based on the popular Indian cartoon Motu Patlu. The players have to solve puzzles by shooting a limited number of cannon balls to collect 3 stars. It is a simple game with fun sfx and familiar character animations
Brand Intigration Projects
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