Gaston Santamaria Email & Phone Number

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Director and Designer with a focus on creating experiences through purpose-driven design decisions to evoke emotions and engage players.🚀 Designed and developed “Space Odyssey” a 3D momentum based platformer.🦑 Designed and launched “Squid Guys”, a mobile game that quickly gain a noticeable player base due to being release along the show. Executed management systems and organized strict timetables to reach the deadline of the show release, leading to a boost in player base. (Later taken down by Netflix)📝 Created a webpage with game design analysis and reels that boosted user interaction.

During my course "Videogame Design & Production" I teach the principles of game design and delve carefully into each theory to create their first own project utilizing a full production flow. Our focus is on the purpose and emotions to evoke, designing each and every aspect of the game to align with it.• Led and coordinated cross-functional teams, including artists, programmers, and designers to create a game within a 12-week timeframe. Utilized weekly meetings and sprint reviews to analyze designs, apply theories, set new tasks, and organize the projects.• Implemented a task assignment grid system, dividing tasks within the team and color-coding them based on their status to enhance project tracking. This optimization improved task allocation and boosted team performance by 60% compared to previous years.• Designed a dynamic scope control system, enabling real-time evaluation and redirection of projects to prevent them from becoming overly complex. This initiative resulted in an increase in the completion and refinement of projects.• Introduced a weekly playtest system, playing and meticulously analyzing games to reduce bugs and enhance player satisfaction. Leveraged this process to refine designs, guide students in receiving feedback, and adapt the course for continuous improvement.

During my course I teach the principles of game design and delve carefully into each theory to create their first own project. Our focus is on the purpose and emotions to evoke, designing each and every aspect of the game to align with it. As we only have a few weeks to develop, I use a sprint task and review system to control the scope and reach the deadlines.• Student projects exhibited and featured at “Indie Dev Argentina (IDA)” and “Bit Bang Fest” events in Buenos Aires, Argentina.• Created a webpage with game design analysis and reels to generate engagement and expand the community which led to a motivation boost for my teams and made the projects continue growing with each post and feedback expanding projects lifecycle.Below, watch the Gameplay Showreel of my student projects and in my Webpage you can see the development process, the theories taught and applied, playtesting/player feedback, and finally a thorough analysis I made of each game.

Bachelor'S Degree In Videogame Design & Development Of Interactive Media, Video Games Design & Development

Ciclo Básico Común Completed, Architecture

Bilingual Bachelor With Orientation In Economics Science, Economics Science