Carl H. MICHAEL

• Task Management
• Team coordination
• Time management and recordings
• Onboarding new testers
• Bug vetting and verification
• Client Communication and Coordination
• QA Process Documentations via Confluence and Office.
• QA Reviews

• Coordinated with Roto Animation and Camera Track Vendors
• Using ShotGrid to manage, communicate deadlines and create playlists for Leads and CG Sups to review
• Follow up reviews with Internal team and Vendors
• Attending Kickoff and taking notes for each shots reviewed
• Scanning Emails and actively responding feedback to respective teams via Zulip (like Slack)
• Creating packages and adding list of requested files to be sent to Vendors

• Sandbox level design
• Basic character modification using VoxEdit
• Dialogues, game play mechanics and in-game cinematic
• Part time QA lead role – Creating QA process and workflow via Excel
• Creating testcases and performing daily regressions

• Assigned to high profile company that works on AAA tiles
• Functionality QA on multiple consoles
• Updating new testing processes in Confluence
• Daily Smoke tests and Validations
• Creating Test cases in Testrail and Report results.
• Training new employees on latest QA processes
• Video captures

• Project: ENDLESS SURVIVAL: Survival RPG
• Game Economy documentations – Weapons, Enemies, Progression, Loot tables, Gachas.
• Live Ops Team – In App Purchases, Battle pass
• Integrating Economy designs in Unity
• Balancing Economy based on Data obtained
• Tools used: Excel, Unity, Confluence, Fork

• Functionality QA on PC and VR titles
• Daily/Weekly sweeps, Ad hoc and Regressions
• Creating test cases and executing test cycles
• Tools used: Jira, Shotcut (video capture)

Project: Skybound Forever

• (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skybound-forever/id1441204694)
• Hyper casual game with a soothing art style, music & relaxing game play.
• Teaches the state of Flow in game design
• Direction, Design, FTUE, Economy design, UI Wireframes and balancing
• Improving UX and UI based on Ad placements
• Level designed the game using Unity
• Collected royalty free music and sound
• Project management and plan preparations for beta and marketing release plans

Project: City Cops: An action puzzle game

• It’s a game of cat and mouse where you play two cops trying to catch a robber escaping through a subway system
• (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.octanetech.citycops&hl=en_IN)
• FTUE Modification
• Economy design, Playtesting and balancing.
• Improving UX and UI based on Ad placements.

Project: Star Chef

• Company’s flagship product
• Featured at top games ‘Made in India’ at Android store and winner of IDMA Award,
• (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.NNGames.starchef_android&hl=en)
• Design features to improve monetization and retention
• Create clear and detailed documents for every new feature
• Analyze data and feedback to improvise features
• Designed Indian and Hawaiian cuisine along with respective chefs.

Project: Big Spin Bingo

• Top rated and innovative Bingo game
• Facebook link: https://apps.facebook.com/bigspinbingo

Role:

• Producer: Coordinated with teams of Artists, Programmers, QA, Management, Marketing and Analytics team to meet quality standards and achieve target KPIs
• Designer: Prepared GDDs which includes game play, UI wireframe, Game flow, Economy balance
• Analytics: Used Google analytics, Upsight and inhouse analytics to track Revenue, DAU, MAU, ARPDAU, Retention etc.
• Support: Filled in the live support which was not fully available at the early stage. Took charge in responding to customer’s feedback.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions

Project: Amoeba Wars

• First project which was completed and released on 5th Nov,2012
• Published by Big Fish Games
• Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppt7qzW_WR0

Role

• Designed the GDD which includes the storyline, the characters and its powers and the game flow UI
• Coordinated with the team, communicated with the client and made sure all timelines are met and released
• Level designed all the 125 levels in the game
• Voice acted most of the sound effects for amoebas and viruses both in game and in the cinematic
• Also produced client projects to be ported from PC to iOS which are Governor of Poker 2 by Youda Games and Cooking Academy 2 by Fugazo Games.

• Used Mantis for bug tracking
• Solo tester for 2 months and 3 projects simultaneously
• Completed test cycles for 20+ projects over the last 8 months
• Most of the games being mobile, flash games, facebook and casual PC games (Hidden object games).