Samuel Dassler Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Greater Seattle Area

Principal designer of all Live Ops game contentWork in a cross-disciplinary team of artists, engineers, producers, and marketers to pitch and execute exciting new events to improve player retention and engagementDesign content for product demo showed at official Pokémon Premier EventsWrite text for tutorials and in-game newsletters

Implemented card logic for over 300+ cardsDefined UX standards for common card interactionsReviewed work of other Card ImplementorsOnboarded new team members and prepared documentationWorked with engineering and production partners to define efficient work processes

Greater Seattle Area

Write scripts that discuss game design topics for Extra Credits, a show watched worldwide by customers and professionalsWrite episodes of Extra History and Extra MythologyResearch, reference gathering, and fact checking for Extra Mythology and Extra History

Greater Seattle Area

Lead Designer and developer for education video games that teach players about climate change and earth sciences.Prototype and implement games with C# in the Unity Game EngineProofread and edit science content for accuracy and readabilityGive lectures about game development to students enrolled in the Earth Games Studio class

Greater Seattle Area

Created an interactive, digital children's book based on the book Sleighbear, written and drawn by award-winning author Virginia Wright-Friersonprogrammed all game logic with C# in UnityCreated system for supporting English and Spanish voice-actingProofread all text for clarity, readability, and punctuationUsed photoshop for touching up and altering.

Programmed VR gameplay mechanics for Oculus Rift and Gear VRTested real-time HRV data collection between sensors and app

Designed 30 levels for a fast-paced shooter game on mobileBalanced weapon damage and enemy healthBalanced cost of upgrades and game economy

Seattle, WA

Created 40+ game levels and polished them to final shippable state in UnityDesigned and Implemented 6 complex boss encountersHeld bi-weekly playtest sessions and implemented fixes based on user data.Led level design meetingsTaught environment artists how to use advanced Unity featuresDemonstrated the game in-person to thousands of attendees of PAX and.

Bellevue, WA

Performed software testing on 6 release candidates and post-launch mobile titles.Recorded and analyzed gameplay data in Excel to help ensure game balance.Wrote succinct bug reports in Jira for teams located worldwide

Seattle, WA

Part of interdisciplinary Scrum team that built the initial prototype in UnityImplemented many complex game systems from scratch using C#

Seattle, WA

Liason between developers and publishers to keep development smooth and on schedule.Maintained internal documentation so the development team’s game vision was unified.Designed Paint and Twin Frog modes as low-cost replacements for cut content.Wrote and animated narrative movies in XBLA and PSN SKUs as bonus features.Performed Ad Hoc QA testing.Helped.

Ba, Game Design

Master'S Degree, Communication Leadership