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AAA game leadership
Skull and Bones
Lead Designer, Progression & Economy
Progression and economy ownership, leading eight designers across currencies, loot, reward cadence, and endgame player value.
GAMES & PROJECTS
Systems. Worlds. Products.
Progression and economy on Skull and Bones. Full-project direction on BloodLoop. Post-payment gameplay for Slice. AI-native production at Syntari Studios, Inc. Different contexts, with a shared focus on how systems work and how teams build them.
Game & product direction
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Project direction
BloodLoop
Full-Time Lead / Consultant Game Designer
Complete product and game-design framework, with final design authority across a multidisciplinary remote project.
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Shipped game
XIII
Lead Designer
Gameplay and systems direction, licensed-IP alignment, and design-team leadership through the original console and PC production.
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Post-transaction rewards game
Slice Fire
Game-design & gamification consulting
Client platform: 20M+ registered users
Gamification consulting for a post-payment arcade game that connects slicing gameplay with the chance to earn transaction cashback.
CSAG consulting portfolioDecimatedConsulting
Consulting
Decimated
Game Design Consultant
Initial systemic-design framework connecting token and virtual economy, progression, factions, and PvP/PvE balance.
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Syntari
CEO
Company and product leadership for AI conversation and development-work coordination inside the game engine and editor.
Game design & development
Console, PC, online, and VR project history
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VR game
The Climb
Game Designer
Game-design contribution to Crytek’s VR climbing title, within my wider practice in traversal and spatial interaction.
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Robinson: The Journey
Game Designer
Game-design work on Robinson: The Journey, part of Crytek’s early exploration of presence and interaction in VR.
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Hunt: Showdown
Focused feedback and design support
Turning internal playtest feedback into actionable design tasks and solutions.
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Crysis 3
Quality Assurance Tester
AAA quality assurance at Crytek, establishing a production-grounded foundation for later design leadership.
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Warface
Crytek project contribution
Online multiplayer project experience during my Crytek tenure, alongside the studio’s console, PC, and VR work.
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Ryse: Son of Rome
Crytek Frankfurt contribution
Publicly credited Crytek Frankfurt contribution to Ryse: Son of Rome and its Legendary Edition.
Public credits are one part of the record. MobyGames provides an additional reference for indexed credits; this portfolio also covers role-based work, consulting, products, and research. Ryse and its Legendary Edition are grouped as one project family.
AI-native products & systems
Distinct products and workflows within Syntari Studios, Inc.Syntari Studios, Inc.GenesisAI-native production
AI-native production
Genesis
CEO / Product direction
Real-time AI conversation and work coordination inside the game engine and editor, shaped around production context and human decisions.
Syntari Studios, Inc.Air-LockProduction systems
Production systems
Air-Lock
CEO / Product direction
Asset-validation and ingestion workflows designed around the handoff between external contributors and a game-production team.
Syntari Studios, Inc.Game audit & project analysisProduction systems
Production systems
Game audit & project analysis
CEO / Product & workflow design
Project-scanning and investigation workflows that connect technical findings with production questions and follow-up decisions.
Syntari Studios, Inc.SpeakLearning-product incubation
Learning-product incubation
Speak
CEO / Product direction
A survival-language product family built around AI conversation, pronunciation, and practical missions for adult learners.
Confidential engagements
Approved scope, with protected identities and assets withheldBootloader Ltd.Spatial AI companionConfidential product consulting
Confidential product consulting
Spatial AI companion
Game Design & AI Consultant
Behavior and interaction design for a confidential Apple Vision Pro AI companion, connecting emotional state with the surrounding space.
Virtuos / Sparx*AAA co-developmentConfidential game leadership
Confidential game leadership
AAA co-development
Lead Designer
Design direction across three AAA/co-development engagements, supported by a five-designer team and cross-studio training.
ConfidentialTactical strategy shooterConfidential game work
Confidential game work
Tactical strategy shooter
Confidential project engagement
A confidential third-person tactical strategy shooter within my wider game-development portfolio.
Research & experimentation
Prototyping, spatial interaction, and player comfortCrytek / Oculus-contracted researchVR locomotion & navigationResearch & experimentation
Research & experimentation
VR locomotion & navigation
VR R&D Lead
48 playable, documented prototypes exploring how players move through virtual space, with comfort and user testing at the center.
The Pitchwork & R&D collection also includes the Sci-fi Ripomatic, SpongeBob pitch, and Metal Slug composite, with video and contribution credits.
THE NEXT CHAPTER
What are you building?
Director-level game design and product leadership, grounded in systems expertise and multidisciplinary delivery.