Game Developer/Designer with multiple games released and featured on both Apple and Google stores.
Proficient in C#, Unity, Unreal and Game Design.
I believe that games are amazing tools that can bring people together not only to have fun but to assist in educating and socializing. That is why I love making games!
Games I made and my roles
LEGEND
Originator - I conceived the original game idea
Design - Either I designed the entire game by myself or with other game designers. Usually this involves creating game mechanisms, prototyping, brain storming, play testing and iterating on the design
Developer - Using Unity and C#, I developed the game by myself or with other game developers. This sometimes includes implementing 3rd party APIs (like Ad networks)
Producer - I kept track of schedules and tasks and liaised with external parties and performed administrative tasks on behalf of the team
Release - I am in charge of creating the builds and fix any errors that may arise and submit the game into the app stores for public release. I also participate in customer feedback and identifying of live-bugs for future fixes
Gutsy
Card game with American Museum of Natural History
Originator
Design
Cognition
2D Puzzle Game on iOS
Playcrafting Best Mobile Game 2018
Design
Producer
Spin Cycle
2D Casual Game on iOS
Design
Developer
Producer
Release
Lucky 21
2D Card Game on iOS
Developer
Release
Calculator The Game
2D Puzzle Game on iOS and Android
Playcrafting Best Mobile Game 2019
Originator
Design
Developer
Release
Pop the Lock
2D Casual Game on iOS and Android
Developer
Release
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Pop the Lock 2
2D Casual Game with competitive multiplayer on iOS and Android
Design
Developer
Release
Tweet Star
2D Twitter based Game with competitive multiplayer on iOS and Android
Design
Developer
Release
Squares 2
2D Puzzle Game on iOS and Android
Design
Developer
Release
Circadia
2D Casual Game on iOS and Android
Developer
Release
Calculator 2 The Game
2D Puzzle Game on iOS and Android
Design
Even Up
2D Puzzle Game on iOS
Developer
Release
Drawn To Life: Two Realms
2D Puzzle Game on multiple platforms
Developer
Color Pic
Camera Puzzle Game on iOS
Developer
Digits
2D Puzzle Game on iOS and Android
Developer
Release
Combi
2D Puzzle Game on iOS
Release
Featured Projects
Calculator: The Game
I always liked the idea of a math based puzzle and created a mini game as part of something else. This proved to be really fun and thus served as a starting point.
The initial concept used standard calculator capabilities and simple math. I needed to figure out a way to improve on that to increase retention and replay value. As a design constraint, I added a limited number of moves and an objective for players to reach. In addition, I added a starting number which allowed me to craft and create puzzles. After much play testing, the concept of customized buttons arose and freed me up to think of interesting buttons to use in the game.
Calculator: The Game won the Playcrafting 2017 Best Mobile Game award, over 5 million downloads and was featured in both Apple App store and Google play store.
Cognition
COGNITION is my Thesis project that I worked with 4 other classmates. I played the role of the project manager, producer and also managed our community outreach.
We were looking for a unique game play mechanism and we really liked the concept of orbiting bodies. From there we prototyped and found this "walking" game play to be fun and engaging. There were several iterations but after testing and thinking of the platform we were targeting, we settled on 1 simple tap to switch between which cog is rotating.
We wanted something endearing as well and we decided on the hand drawn art style. For the theme, we had several iterations and our original concept was that of planets. However it had a lot of limitations and so we transitioned to a literal hand drawn world of an artist's dream and this gave us a richer narrative and freed us from scientific constraints.
We got selected to be part of the NYU Game Center Incubator was featured by Apple. We also won Playcrafting Best Mobille Game in 2016.
Gutsy
A game about the microbes that make you... you! Gutsy is a card game that was created in collaboration with American Museum of Natural History and in conjunction with an exhibition about Microbes.
I worked with microbiologist Susan Perkins to understand the concept of her exhibition to create gutsy.
Susan's challenges were that it had to be educational and fun. First I had to understand what the exhibition was and the science behind it all. From there I started to focus on elements that had a variety and pitched a few ideas. We landed on microbes in your gut as that sounded fun and started to design game mechanisms.
There were several game mechanisms we tried but we decided on something that is both simple to teach and simple to learn. We did not want the focus to be drawn away from the science in the game.
We also decided to have cute art as a means to attract more players to the game.
Finally, we created the boardgame that was sold in the museum's store. As part of the internship, I also assisted in teaching game design concepts and tested the boardgame with kids that attending STEM summer classes at the museum.
Gutsy received great reviews and was sold out of its print run twice and was considered one of the more successful products released by the museum.
CV
Experienced Game Designer with a background in IT Security and Development in Financial Services
Software Engineer at Digital Continue
Developed Drawn To Life Two Realms and released in Dec 2020
Primary role is to create technical solutions based on game design requirements for the game
Secondary role is to work together with the game designers in providing suggestions and feedback to the game mechanisms
Lead Game Designer at Simple Machine
Lead Game Designer and Developer
Responsible for conceptualizing, designing, prototyping, developing, monetizing and releasing games for the company.
Organized and ran the company's booth at Pax East 2018
Made over 20 prototypes and released about 6 games, most of which are featured on Apple and Google stores.
Over 5+ million in downloads and counting for one of my games.
Game Designer
MFA graduate at NYU Game Center.
Released 2 games, both featured on Apple Store.
Cognition won Playcrafting NYC Best Mobile Game in 2016.
Cognition was also finalist for Best Mobile game at Casual Connect 2016.
Content Creator
Wrote several articles about boardgames for my own personal blog and for external publications.
Created my own youtube channel with over 150+ videos that showcased and reviewed boardgames.
Manager, IT Security
Worked for many years in various positions in ING Bank in Singapore.
Experience in managing international teams including instruction and ensuring their key performance indicators are met.
Well versed in IT security concepts.
Understanding and participated in the development of back end solutions in a bank.
Achievements
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Member of Mensa Singapore