Nikhil Kunnath Sivasankaran
Lead Game Designer
48 , Hi-Lite Apartments , Calicut,Kerala
Summary
Have close to 8 years of experience as a designer.
I'd be a right fit on account of how I can figure out what's needed and how to get there. I'm also an easy person to work with, to get to know, and have made every attempt at creating a comfortable workplace for design teams.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
Work History
Lead Game Designer
SUPERGAMING PRIVATE LTD
Pune, Maharashtra
05.2022 - 11.2022
- Was hired for monetization research into Battle Royales.
- Researched Battle Passes , Gachas , prepped the F2P economy diagram for Indus.
- Additionally , also created from scratch the Battle Pass and Gacha specs from industry best practises in the Battle Royale Genre.
- Created the Monetisation guesstimates via the help of a analytics tool called Sensor Tower. This guesstimate would show how our Battle Pass , Gacha and store would fit into the game ecosystem.
Lead Game Designer
NUKEBOX STUDIOS PRIVATE LTD
BANGALORE, Karnataka
04.2020 - 03.2022
- Mentoring new designers on projects I manage. They now continue to handle some aspects of my projects.
- Managing the design pipeline. I pick up specs when required.
- Being a lead to my design team. I do their 1 on 1's, spec reviews, lend a ear.
- Co-ordinating with the PM team for all design related issues/specs , anything that's required really.
- Managing a team of 7 game designers and 1 narrative designer across 3 projects.
Senior Game Designer
NUKEBOX STUDIOS PRIVATE LTD
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.2019 - 04.2020
- Leading the Design team for Food Truck Chef and Room Flip.
- Managing the design pipeline for Food Truck Chef.
- Co-ordinating with the lead product manager for all things design related.
Associate Game Designer
MOONFROG LABS PRIVATE LTD
BANGALORE, KARNATAKA
07.2017 - 04.2018
- Teen Patti Gold is one of the top Teen Patti apps worldwide.
- It has over 2.5 Million playing it daily.
- Designed my first feature Andar Bahar here.
- Led the design effort for Andar Bahar which became the most profit-able game mode in their flagship product Teen Patti Gold with 430K users in 15 days of launch.
- Pioneered the user research initiative for gathering qualitative insights from players.
- User Research via telephonic insights from our players
Associate Game Designer
ROCKYOU INDIA PRIVATE LTD
BANGALORE, KARNATAKA
05.2015 - 01.2017
- Sole designer on 4 projects at RockYou ( now Popreach )
- Shipped match 3 levels for Words of Wonder.
- Handled the content pipeline alone and put out art specs to keep a team of 15 artists occupied on my own for Gardens of Time.
- Put out content for 52 releases of Bingo Blingo
- Put out content for around 20 odd casino rooms for Lucky Slots.
Associate Game Designer
ZYNGA BANGALORE PRIVATE LTD
BANGALORE, KARNATAKA
04.2013 - 07.2014
- Sole designer for Cafe World at one point of time. Was handling content and tuning of rewards.
- Was part of the narrative team on Hidden Shadows.
- Was part of the team that went to San Francisco for transitioning Chef Ville to India. I was handling 2 big features on this game.
- Was an intern for a month on Mafia wars.
Intern
ZYNGA BANGALORE PRIVATE LTD
BANGALORE
07.2012 - 04.2013
- Job Profile : Tuning of rewards that are given to players.
- Preparing and providing art requests for features to the Art Team.
Education
No Degree - Game Design And Project Management
DSK Supinfogame Pune
Pune , India06-2012
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
St. Joseph's Institute of Managerial Studies
Calicut01-2008
High School Diploma -
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Calicut03-2005
10th Grade - Science ICSE Board
St. Francis Xavier
Calcutta03-2002
Skills
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Team Management
- Monetisation Research
- Spec Writing
- Spec Reviews
- Systems design and spreadsheets
- Game Breakdowns
- Wireframing
- Ui/UX
Accomplishments
- Researched and Created from scratch the monetisation options for Indus Battle Royale along with the Battle Pass and Gacha specs for the same.
- Made the first level design tool on google spreadsheets for Food Truck Chef. We didn't have one prior to my joining Nukebox.
- Identified key analytics for our match 3 Room Flip. We didn't have these for a year prior to my joining this project.
- Set the vision and direction for the porting of one of our projects on to a different platform. One that doesn't use free to play monetization models.
Timeline
Lead Game Designer
SUPERGAMING PRIVATE LTD
05.2022 - 11.2022
Lead Game Designer
NUKEBOX STUDIOS PRIVATE LTD
04.2020 - 03.2022
Senior Game Designer
NUKEBOX STUDIOS PRIVATE LTD
01.2019 - 04.2020
Associate Game Designer
MOONFROG LABS PRIVATE LTD
07.2017 - 04.2018
Associate Game Designer
ROCKYOU INDIA PRIVATE LTD
05.2015 - 01.2017
Associate Game Designer
ZYNGA BANGALORE PRIVATE LTD
04.2013 - 07.2014
Intern
ZYNGA BANGALORE PRIVATE LTD
07.2012 - 04.2013
No Degree - Game Design And Project Management
DSK Supinfogame Pune
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
St. Joseph's Institute of Managerial Studies
High School Diploma -
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
10th Grade - Science ICSE Board
St. Francis Xavier
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