Ben Goldstein Email & Phone Number

Remote

At Voodoo, I design core, meta, and live-ops features as a game designer for Coffee Pack! A hybrid-casual sort puzzle game ☕✨

Jerusalem

As the sole game designer in an elite 4 member team, I was responsible for crafting the high-level vision, core loop, and core mechanics for a new game IP in the merge & battle genres, aimed at a casual-midcore audience in the free to play mobile space. I was the driving force that pushed for big-picture thinking, a proven-better-new mentality, and a player-centric design approach. Our development was closely advised and mentored by the industry-leading Metacore games.Key Achievements:♦ Developed and balanced a compelling demo with dynamic 3D merging, exciting battles, and immersive base building, earning high praise from 100 Playtestcloud users (over 4/5 in enjoyment and engagement scores).♦ Collaborated closely with a client developer to bring three prototypes to life, bridging design concepts with playable experiences.♦ Led in-depth game design explorations, identifying market trends and driving innovation in the merge & battle genres.♦ Spearheaded extensive playtesting, generating insights that fueled our iterative design process and kept us aligned with player preferences.

Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel

As part of Playtika's leading Jelly Button studio, I designed and balanced game elements for Merge Stories - a unique blend between the Merge and RTS battle game genres.Achievements:♦ Designed the game’s FTUE flow which achieved an impressive completion rate, contributing to a strong day 2 retention.♦ Balanced tactical battles with over 40 unique units, meticulously adjusting their attributes for optimal gameplay.♦ Crafted entire game chapters, including creative concepts, core gameplay adjustments, and new units/mechanics for battles.♦ Designed hundreds of levels for real-time isometric 3D combat, overseeing a team of 4 senior designers in creating 300+ production-ready levels with unmatched quality.♦ Communicated feature compositions through clear GDDs, guiding them through the full product lifecycle.

Tel Aviv District, Israel

I designed and balanced game elements for Jelly Button's Merge Tower Bots - a unique blend between the Tower Defense and Merge game genres. Achievements:♦ Managed GDDs for in-game features, ensuring they reflected the latest design considerations.♦ Balanced diverse "Bots" with distinct stats and abilities, aiming for compelling and unique gameplay experiences.♦ Crafted intricate enemy wave compositions to deliver immersive and engaging level experiences for players.

Tel Aviv District, Israel

I designed and balanced levels for Jelly Button's blast game - Blast Voyage.Achievements:♦ As a level designer, I designed, built, playtested, and adjusted new levels for Jelly Button's fresh take on the BLAST genre (Match 3).