Germany

Game Design

Kharazmi University of Tehran

Omid Reza Izadi

Senior Game Programmer

Prototyping

Communication

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Presentation skills

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Game programming

Integration Testing

Unit Testing

Unity

ChatGPT

GitHub

REST API

Node.js

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Time management

Team player

Organisation skills

Conflict resolution

Project management

Conversational AI

Chatbot

Product analytics

Product roadmap

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

- Swiftly created and modified prototypes for new games, confirming gameplay ideas and mechanics.
- Constructed flexible and modular prototype code, enabling seamless shifts between different concepts.
- Consistently fine-tuned game mechanics, leveraging playtest feedback and observations.
- Offered valuable input and suggestions for enhancements during team evaluations of game prototypes.
- Collaborated effectively with designers and artists to ensure prototypes met technical and visual standards.
- Identified and utilized relevant third-party resources to speed up the prototyping process.

- Developed and sustained metagame features in the match3 blast game, About Golly.
- Elevated About Golly to top charts through continuous development of bug-free features.
- Created a tween module for quicker UI animation generation.
- Designed tools and automated scripts to expedite build and testing phases.
- Participated in a scrum team within an agile environment.
- Utilized Unity3D profiling tools to analyze game issues and pinpoint performance bottlenecks.
- Boosted the game FPS from 15 to 50 on low-end mobile devices.
- Optimized memory usage by implementing Addressable Assets.
- Partnered effectively with artists and designers to achieve a collective creative vision.

- Created features and applied technical and artistic enhancements to a multiplayer RPG.
- Developed and designed elements for an interactive online social game.
- Prototyped 3D gameplay elements for the Footfall game.
- Enhanced game experience by introducing lively animations, tweens, and visual effects.
- Optimized game UI for a range of mobile and tablet devices.
- Produced over 20 cinematic cutscenes using Unity Timeline.
- Engineered a dynamic content delivery system for remote game content updates.
- Developed an engaging educational game targeted at children.
- Committed to maintaining an organized and high-performing project structure.
- Designed and implemented vibrant UI for 2D and 3D games with a professional and appealing layout.
- Developed a multiplayer game for the 2019 Game-in event at Sharif University of Tehran.

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