Design and wireframe the player’s character skill tree for a FPS game. Design mini-game mechanics. Design and balance character skills. Design logos and graphics. Concept art support.

Senior Systems Designer

Designed and implemented mechanics in several games and experiences within The Sandbox platform for acclaimed brands, including: Walmart (ft. Puss In Boots), Dame Time and Wigetta. Designed and balanced a kart system in Roblox using custom physics. Assisted in the creation of pipelines to generate game-ready assets.<ul><li>Led and completed several projects that garnered enthusiastic reviews.</li><li>Designed and implemented systems and mechanics.</li><li>Balanced and adjusted game mechanics.</li><li>Created game design and instructional documentation.</li><li>Notable designs: Several kinds of puzzles, action-driven gameplay and mechanics, custom physics system for a kart racing game, creative use of The Sandbox mechanics to push the platform to its limit.</li></ul>

Senior Game Designer

Game developer 2013 - 2021Created games and scientific apps, made art for games, graphic design for scientific research, led development teams.Creative Director, Game Designer, Artist, and/or Programmer for the following games:<ul><li>AplastaVirus – “Match 3” puzzle game</li><li>Patogenón – Turn based RPG</li><li>Mis Células y Yo – Virtual book and mitosis simulator</li><li>Rola Hormona – 3D sphere platforming game</li><li>Invasores Chatarra – Top-down space shooter</li><li>El Ataque del Tabaco Asesino – Side-view artillery game</li><li>GENaro y el GENoma – 3D Runner</li><li>Defensores del Cuerpo – Tower defense</li></ul>Non-game projects:<ul><li>Worked with the MD Anderson Cancer Center to create anti-tobacco interactive media.</li><li>Created a tumor growth simulator and cluster collision simulator to aid scientific research.</li><li>Collaborated with scientists and doctors to create a COVID-19 risk calculator app to help doctors assess the illness’ severity risks on each patient.</li><li>Created art for more than 30 published scientific magazine covers, books and research papers.</li></ul>

Game Developer

Designed art and animation pipeline for characters, mentored Jr. character animators, made pipeline documentation and templates for the foreign art team, animated characters and gameplay mock-ups.Games: Munchie Mania, unfinished projects.<ul><li>Successfully designed and implemented the art pipeline to create 2D characters with interchangeable parts, allowing us to reuse animations between different characters and greatly reducing the time and cost of adding new characters and outfits.</li></ul>

Lead Character Animator

Animated 2D characters, special effects and cut-scenes. Created 2D art assets.Games: Odd Manor, unfinished projects.<ul><li>Created animations for more than 50 different 2D characters.</li><li>Created tiling templates for floor tiles, fences and hedges which allowed us to make working assets for the in-game store quickly.</li><li>Created numerous assets for the in-game store.</li></ul>

Jr. 2D Animator

Ari Kleinberg

2D art, 2D animation, traditional painting, murals, graphic design, 3D printing.

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