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Declan Peach

Toronto

Summary

Professional game designer with strong background in game development, adept at crafting immersive and engaging player experiences. Skilled in game mechanics, level design, and narrative development. Known for effective team collaboration and adaptable to project needs. Focused on delivering high-quality results and driving project success.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Game Designer

UP360 inc.
12.2021 - 01.2025
  • Acted as design lead and product owner for multiple concurrent projects, on both VR and PC.
  • Created level blockouts and scripted gameplay.
  • Worked with development team to implement a custom content scripting system in UE5.

Game Designer (Live Ops)

Lockwood Publishing
06.2018 - 11.2021
  • Designed and implemented live content for Avakin Life (2013), producing content experienced by over 500,000 users monthly.
  • Worked with Data Science and Community teams to help refine experiences, informed by user data.
  • Oversaw development and refinement of Live-Ops tools for use by the design team.

Junior Game Designer

Paw Print Games
07.2017 - 05.2018
  • Junior Designer for VR Titles for PC and console
  • Scripted, prototyped and led design reviews for new content on the early prototype of Border Bots: VR (2024)

Senior Design intern

International Hobo
09.2016 - 04.2017
  • Worked in management for a work-for-hire QA team
  • Did narrative design for Games Farm’s title: Vikings - Wolves of Midgard (2017)

Education

BSc (Hons) - Games Design

University of Bolton
01.2016

Master of Arts - Games Development

University of Bolton
Bolton, UK
01.2017

Skills

  • C#
  • Lua
  • Unreal blueprint
  • 3Cs
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • GDD and wiki docs
  • UI / UX
  • Figma mockups
  • UE5
  • Unity Engine
  • Photoshop
  • Git / Perforce

Timeline

Game Designer

UP360 inc.
12.2021 - 01.2025

Game Designer (Live Ops)

Lockwood Publishing
06.2018 - 11.2021

Junior Game Designer

Paw Print Games
07.2017 - 05.2018

Senior Design intern

International Hobo
09.2016 - 04.2017

BSc (Hons) - Games Design

University of Bolton

Master of Arts - Games Development

University of Bolton
Declan Peach