Alexander Stanin Email & Phone Number

Russia

• Documentation and Pipeline Enhancement: Refined the game’s level design processes, enabling simultaneous multi-location development and boosting team efficiency.
• Leadership in Design: Directed the entire design cycle from prototyping to finalization, aligning closely with game design standards and enhancing inter-departmental coordination.
• Innovation and Feature Development: Initiated and managed new features, influenced creative solutions for game design improvements, and supported cross-functional teams in mission creation.
• Quality Assurance: Conducted targeted playtests and analyzed performance data to optimize levels, contributing to the project’s high standards and consistent stakeholder approval during presentations.

Remote

• Exhibition Levels: Designed exhibition levels, including tutorials, focusing on metrics, visual language, AI, bosses, and mechanics.
• Integrated Documentation: Created in-engine documentation with test cases, custom meshes, and comments, adopted team-wide.
• Visual Language and Playtesting: Led the development of the game's visual language and established a robust playtesting culture.
• Systematic Approach: Systematized the level design process, improving development efficiency.

Remote

• Full Development Cycle: Participated in the complete development cycle from early pre-production to art polishing, including shader development and texture work.
• Semi-Open World Development: Contributed to the design of a semi-open world map, focusing on gameplay logic and developing several settlements and points of interest.
• Promotional Material: Created compelling promotional materials, including an article about the development of Rivermore Village, that helped the team secure multiple exhibition spots and grants.

• Research and Development: Actively participated in the R&D phase, shaping the foundation of core game modes and character dynamics to highlight unique features and address balance issues.
• Competitive Analysis: Conducted comprehensive competitive analysis of rival games, implementing and testing various design solutions to validate gameplay concepts and enhance the game's competitive edge.
• Collaborative Design: Worked closely with game artists and developers using Unreal Engine 5 to craft preliminary level designs that supported gameplay testing and feature validation.
• Playtesting and Quality Assurance: Led playtesting sessions, utilizing feedback to enhance overall gameplay quality, ensuring that each level met both technical standards and gameplay objectives.

Remote

• R&D and Gameplay Enhancement: Participated in the R&D phase, collaborating with the Game Design team on developing and testing gameplay theories, and refining core gameplay elements.
• Playtesting and Analysis: Led a range of testing activities, from functional and combinatorial tests for AI and encounters to exploratory tests to gauge overall gameplay experience and user interaction.

Remote

• End-to-End Level Design: Worked on all multiplayer maps from R&D to early production, ensuring alignment with game design requirements and player experience goals.
• Playtesting and Innovation: Led extensive playtests and experiments, including developing an automated in-engine data collection and visualization system.
• Documentation and Feature Development: Developed and documented key gameplay elements and thematic maps based on mechanics, significantly impacting interactions with core systems.

Master'S Degree / Магистр, Economics / Экономика

Bachelor / Бакалавр, State And Municipal Management / Государственное И Муниципальное Управление

Bachelor / Бакалавр, Environment Design / Дизайн Среды

A-grade protection WRC on the topic: "The complex of the Czech embassy in Addis Ababa: the main building of the embassy". На "отлично".