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Nicklas Steffensen

Mississauga,ON

Summary

Knowledgeable professional with a background in Computer Game prototyping and development. Experienced working on multi-disciplinary teams and collaborating to achieve goals using AGILE development methodologies.


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Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Computer Game Designer

LBC Studios
08.2022 - Current

• Coordinated the efforts of a multi-disciplinary team to develop new system features and design revisions

• Utilized Agile development practices and Scrum based workflows to oversee development goals across various departments

• Collaborated with Player Experience team and Data Scientists to identify high level goals based on KPIs and analytics

• Revised Hempire's existing in-app review prompt; upon implementation, the average daily number of five star reviews for Hempire on the Google Play Store has tripled

• Employed iterative design and rapid prototyping to achieve design goals in an effective and timely fashion

System Designer

iMVR Canada
09.2019 - 08.2022
  • Collaborated with Art and Programming departments to design system features using custom scripting tools
  • Oversaw development of cargo coupling/uncoupling modules; led a team of three programmers/artists to ensure project was complete on schedule and to company standard
  • Delegated tasks and identified timelines for delivery of key system features on a multi-disciplinary team

Education

Bachelor of Arts - ComputerGame Design And Development

Sheridan College
Oakville, Ontario
06.2019

Skills

  • Unity2D and 3D
  • Unreal Engine
  • Visual Studio (C#)
  • Game Design
  • Collaboration
  • Data Analytics
  • Game Economies
  • AGILE Methodologies
  • Sprint/Scrum Development Methods
  • Github/Sourcetree
  • JIRA
  • Adobe Suite
  • Microsoft Office Suite

Accomplishments

    Ubisoft NEXT 2021 Level Design Competition - Top 10


    Sheridan College 2019 Design Week - Finalist

Timeline

Computer Game Designer

LBC Studios
08.2022 - Current

System Designer

iMVR Canada
09.2019 - 08.2022

Bachelor of Arts - ComputerGame Design And Development

Sheridan College
Nicklas Steffensen