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ABOUT

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Working in the games industry for 15 years with internal as well as external studio teams. Experienced in creating game visions and pitch documents for IP holders such as: Square Enix, Microsoft, HBO NBC and Universal. Leading design teams as lead designer, designing and tuning core mechanics, content design, designing / balancing combat and AI systems , as well as deep knowledge in free to play monetisation.

About: Über

WORK EXPERIENCE

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01/2016 - 01/2021

Innogames GmbH Hamburg, Germany

Lead Game Designer

Sunrise Village (Mobile Resource Management)​

  • Creation of Vision and Design documentation

  • Leading Design Team (task distribution & Design reviews)

  • Creation of pitch presentations 

  • Mentoring

Lead Game Designer

Unannounced Mobile Farming RPG (Cancelled)​

  • Creation of Vision and Design documentation

  • Leading Design Team (task distribution & Design reviews)

  • Recruitment of Designers

  • Mentoring 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Consultant & Support

Various Live Games ​

  • Supported game teams with know-how on events, balancing, features and UX

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09/2008 - 12/2015

Bigpoint GmbH Hamburg, Germany

Lead Game Designer

Unannounced PC & Mobile Puzzle MMORPG (on hold)

  • Creation of game vision

  • Feature Designs

    • World Event System​

    • Puzzle Combat System

    • Character classes

    • Skillsystem

    • Crafting System

    • PvP System

    • Gear System

  • Story Design​

  • Mentoring of Junior Designers

  • Hiring of Designers

Senior Game Designer

Unannounced Mobile Turn-based RTS

  • Feature Designs

    • Special untis​

    • Guilds

    • Combat System

    • Skill System

  • Unit balancing

  • Content Design

Lead Game Designer

Game of Thrones Online MMORPG (cancelled)

  • Creation of game vision

  • Feature Designs

    • World Event System​

    • Combat System

    • Guild System

    • Politics System

    • Siege battles

    • Skill System

  • Leading Design team (internal & external)

Senior Game Designer

Drakensang Online (Hack n Slash RPG)

  • Support on initial Design (before entering production)

    • Skill System​

    • Combat System

    • Dungeons

  • Consultant for external dev team during development

Senior Game Designer

Battlestar Galactica Online (3D Action)

  • Feature Designs

    • PvP system and Matchmaking

  • Monetization & price balancing 

Game Designer

Dark Orbit & Seafight (2D Action MMO)

  • Feature Designs

    • Skilltree and Lucky wheel in Seafight

    • Skylab and Pet system for Dark Orbit

  • Creation and balancing of various ingame events ​

Game Designer

Farmerama (Farming game)

  • Feature Designs

    • Initial game design​
    • Farm wheel

    • Skilltree

  • Creation of various ingame events​

Game Designer

Deepolis & War of Titans (2D Action / RPG)

  • Creation of full design documentation for all features

  • Balancing for entires games

    • Features as well as Monetization​

  • Content creation for entire games

    • Items, levels, quests​

  • Creation of various events​

09/2007 - 07/2008

Avator GmbH Heusenstamm, Germany

Junior Game Designer

City building simulation MMO (cancelled)

  • Part of a team with 6 Designers to create an Anno alike MMO

  • Feature Designs

    • Economic and political system 

    • Several puzzles and minigames

  • Implementing of enemy encounters in the prototype

  • Balancing of resources, productions and building structures

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11/2005 - 08/2007

Sunflowers Heusenstamm, Germany

Senior QA Tester

Anno 1701 DS

  • Testing of game mechanics and game balancing

  • Supporting dev team on game balancing

  • Creation of Master Test Plans and coordinating a team of 15 testers

QA Tester

Paraworld (RTS) incl. Boosterpack

  • Testing of game mechanics, balancing and multiplayer

  • Supporting dev team

    • With game balancing

    • Creation of official strategy guide book

  • Presenting game to the press on various locations incl. China Joy

QA Tester

Anno 1701 (Simulation) incl. Expansion

  • Testing of game mechanics & balancing

07/2005 - 11/2005

Nintendo Europe Frankfurt, Germany

Localization & QA

Various titles

  • Mario Kart (Nintendo DS)

  • Metroid Prime Pinball (Nintendo DS)

  • Mario Smash football (Game Cube)

  • Batallion Wars (Game Cube)

  • Fire Emblem (Game Cube)

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KNOWN TOOLS

Excellent Skill-Level

  • MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)

  • Axure 

  • Balsamiq

  • Confluence

Advanced Skill-Level

  • Jira

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Unity3D (Scripting in JavaScript & C-Sharp)

  • Mind Manager

  • MS Project 

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